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While we may be in the midst of an early winter deep freeze all you need to do is look at Environment Canada’s weather warnings to see we are not alone.
With the exception of the Toronto - Ottawa region and the Atlantic provinces, the country is blocked in red, signifying there are weather warnings for everything from cold, snow, blowing snow and freezing rain.
The weather warninbg in effect for Prince George is a snowfall warning:
Total snowfall accumulation of 15 cm expected today and tonight.
A pacific frontal system will move into the interior from the west today. Snow has developed in Smithers early this morning and is forecast to spread elsewhere in the central interior by early this afternoon. The snow will persist tonight giving total accumulations of near 15 cm except near 10 cm for the 100 Mile region. The snow will ease to flurries by Thursday morning.
Winds of 15 to 20 km/h ahead of this frontal system is resulting in extreme wind chill temperatures near minus 40 in the bc Peace and near minus 35 in the South Thompson. These wind chills will moderate this afternoon.
What makes the most interesting reading is the fact that Environment Canada predicted we would have an early winter with plenty of cold.
For skiers and Snowmobilers, they also made another prediction. Prince George is teetering between the areas mapped to have normal snowfall, and the area mapped to have heavy snow.
To the North of the Pine pass, 30 inches of snow covers the area in some places. The drought that hit the area this year has become a thing of the past as farmers and ranchers struggle to find enough feed to carry cattle over the winter.
In this region we are expected to experience a bit of a heat wave come Friday when the temperature climbs to -9 before falling back to -15 (and lower) over the weekend.
Vancouver will return to milder temperatures with a high of +4 on Thursday and +5 on Friday.
Here are the lows predicted for Thursday and Friday
Thursday Friday
- Prince George -9 in snow -15
- Kelowna -7 -11
- Kamloops -11 -13
- Mackenzie -13 -19
- Williams Lake -13 -17
- Quesnel -11 -16
- Ft. Nelson -33 -25
- Smithers -15 -15
- Terrace -8 -5
- Prince Rupert 2 rain 3
- Ft. St. John -16 -17
- Calgary -14 -12
- Edmonton -18 -14
- Grande Prairie -16 -16
Now for a look at the future, Environment Canada says we are right on the border of normal winter and below normal temperatures.
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Posted by: acrider54 on November 29 2006 6:20 AM