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Russ Lacate retweeted
25 Jul 2024
⚠️ Jasper Complex Wildfire Update: Current as of 1638 ⚠️
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Russ Lacate retweeted
25 Jul 2024
⚠️⚠️ Jasper Complex Wildfire ⚠️⚠️
Current as of: July 24, 7:10 pm, Mountain Time
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Around 6:40 pm this evening, wildfire reached the Jasper townsite.
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Russ Lacate retweeted
25 Jul 2024
⚠️⚠️ Jasper Complex Wildfire ⚠️⚠️
Current as of: July 24, 1800h, Mountain Time
At just before 6 pm this evening, portions of the South Fire in Jasper National park reached the outskirts of the Jasper townsite after being driven by strong winds gusts from the south and southeast.
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24 Jul 2024
I’m back in the lab this week @CBCVancouver . Stories were following: keeping track of the changing #wildfire situation in the BC Interior, plus your @celeboflight forecast for tonight’s fireworks at English Bay.
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Russ Lacate retweeted
17 Jan 2024
Some rough METAR math and a few observations but feel free to contribute your snowfall totals in this thread. #BCSnow
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17 Jan 2024
5/ Something to keep an eye on: Inland routes east of Metro #Vancouver & through the #FraserValley may experience a prolonged spell of #freezing rain lasting throughout Thursday night and into Friday morning, but this does NOT apply to coastal areas. #bcstorm
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17 Jan 2024
4/ As precipitation redevelops late Thursday, it may be a mix of #snow, rain & #freezing rain for several hours Thursday evening, before the #arctic air is finally flushed away during the night. All precipitation changes over to rain as temps rise to 2 ahead of sunrise Friday.
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17 Jan 2024
3/ It may turn out to be about a 24-hour period (3pm Wed to 3pm Thu) of dry and cold conditions across Metro #Vancouver, before precipitation redevelops late Thursday afternoon. We are not quite out of the woods yet. #bcstorm
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17 Jan 2024
1/ #Bcstorm weather update midday Wednesday: Reported accumulations of 15 to 25 cm across
Metro #Vancouver so far, with another 5 cm to come, as snowfall becomes lighter and intermittent early this afternoon, then ends near 3pm.
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16 Jan 2024
5/ Finally the last of these scraps of trapped #arctic air will be flushed away Thursday night, as all precipitation across Metro #Vancouver changes phases to #rain later Thursday night and into Friday morning. Back to 'normal' weather (milder & wet) this weekend. #bcstorm
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16 Jan 2024
3/ #Snow continues to accumulate Wednesday, with another 10 cm in the morning, then 2 to 5 cm in the afternoon. This is almost exclusively a snow event, as temperatures remain near zero all day across Metro #Vancouver. Snow ends and the pattern dries out by sunset Wednesday.
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16 Jan 2024
2/ Only a little patchy #freezing rain mixes in late overnight and through daybreak Wednesday, as much of the warmer air aloft gets pinched off to the south and into Washington State by the Pacific jetstream.
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16 Jan 2024
1/ Forecast fine-tuning: Remaining dry under an increasingly cloudy sky today and this evening, followed by the first few #snowflakes arriving close to 10:00 pm. Overnight accumulations 8 - 12 cm between midnight and sunrise Wednesday. #BCStorm
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15 Jan 2024
4/ Due to the frozen ground, and the low-level outflow breeze ahead of the midweek #BCstorm it seems likely that snow on Tuesday night will succeed in sticking and accumulating even right down to sea level initially, setting the stage for a troublesome Wednesday morning commute.
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15 Jan 2024
2/ Model outputs continue to disagree on the where the rain/snow boundary will lie, and how quickly the arctic air will retreat. Best estimate at this stage is for rapidly accumulating snow Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, at least initially. FV3-HiRes vs GEM Regional.
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15 Jan 2024
1/ Winter Weather Update from 12z model run: Filtered sunshine with sub-zero temps today. Clouding over Tuesday as temp finally climbs above zero. Potential winter storm by midweek, as #snow begins Tuesday night leading into a slick Wednesday mix of snow, sleet and freezing rain.
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