Heavy Snowfall Advisories Ended For Northwest Areas
Sunday, December 9, 2012 @ 7:20 AM
Terrace, B.C. – Heavy snowfall had prompted Drive BC to issue travel advisories in the Terrace, Kitimat and Kincolith areas this morning.
Areas affected were Highway 16 from the Agate Creek Bridge to the Big Oliver Creek Bridge, Highway 37, from Kitimat to the junction with Highway 16 at Terrace, and the Nisga Highway, from the Highway 16 junction at Terrace to Kincolith.
Drive BC has now lifted those advisories.
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So did anyone weigh the snow to see if it was heavy? Does heavy sow come from heavy water?
Inquiring minds want to know. ;-)
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BTW, how many cm of snow did fall in those communities?
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So here is how much snow fell in the last few days in the northern Cascades.
Stephen’s pass just northeast of Seattle
48 inches Saturday; 8 inches today.
http://www.onthesnow.com/washington/stevens-pass-resort/skireport.html
4 feet of snow on one day ?
That would be heavy.
Probably would be ‘heavy’ too because with that much snow falling the temperature is probably warm and the weight of the snow would be wet and heavy too. In higher elevations it would be lighter because it would be colder but it would maintain its loft.
When I worked at powder king it was not uncommon to get snowfalls in excess of 36 inches and the heaviest snowfall in a 24 hr period was just shy of 50 inches in the early ’90s
50 inches? Wow!
I would have loved to have been the first person up the chair that day.
The snow at powder king is dry and fluffy. The snow on the west cost is wet and heavy. I have heard of 8ft snow falls in 24 hrs in Kitimat.
the southerners have no idea what it takes to live up here. They can not fanthom the idea of no cell service between communities. They figure if they run into the ditch they can call BCAA, and they will be rescued in half an hour.
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