Funny/Well Written Weather Report from Environment Canada

[Dogbreath]

Someone had a chance to let their literary talents loose-quite the piece!

Watches

10:36 AM PST Friday 02 January 2015
Winter storm watch in effect for:

• Metro Vancouver

The first major winter storm of 2015 will beget a messy meteorological medley on the BC Coast Saturday.

The remnants of the the Arctic air that brought a cold, sunny and memorable end to 2014 will linger along the coast this weekend. On Saturday, a strengthening high pressure system over Yukon will deepen the Arctic air in northern BC, then shove another dose of the frigid air south and west through the BC Interior.

By Saturday morning, after summiting the coastal passes, and forced downhill and seaward by gravity, dense and bone-chilling Arctic air will be pouring out the inlets and valleys of the North Coast. Simultaneously, a Pacific warm front packing plenty of moisture, a warm layer of air aloft and correspondingly high freezing levels, will slowly smother the North Coast, blanketing the South Coast Saturday night.

The combination of outgoing Arctic air at low elevations and incoming Pacific air at higher elevations, will create a montage of rapidly changing winter conditions that will eventually have planners, road crews, and the public from Stewart to Hope scrambling to avoid, mitigate and otherwise work around the weather.

The first few flakes will fly Saturday on the North and Central Coasts. Strong and drying outflowing air will delay significant accumulations of snow until Sunday when the force of incoming warm wet Pacific air overwhelms the dry.

On the South Coast, the winter charm will begin Saturday night. Near the coastline, snow or mixed rain and snow will develop late in the evening. The precipitation will spread inland where colder air will sustain snow through the night. Eventually the warmer air will spread inland and that warm layer of air aloft will create freezing rain where sub-freezing air remains trapped in the South Coast Valleys and inlets. In Vancouver and Abbotsford, accumulations will likely only occur at higher elevations prior to a rapid change-over to rain.

As more Pacific air floods onto the coast Sunday, snowfalls will be heavy in some inland regions and freezing rain will create locally treacherous travel conditions. A steady flow of warm moist air will persist through the early part of the week.

Stay tuned for updates and a warning or two. It's going to be a busy few days at the weather office and everyone will need to pay attention.
Winter Storm Watches are issued when multiple types of severe winter weather are expected to occur together.

Environment Canada meteorologists will update alerts as required. Please monitor local media or Weatheradio. Email reports of severe weather to pacificstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet with the hashtag #BCStorm.

 

[bigbruce]

That's a good one - very refreshing!

 

[gungadin]

So much more readable, hope it continues. Maybe a few positive comments or an e-mail will help.
Sent them one.

 

[Cuba Libre]

See what happens when the boss is on Xmas leave !!

 

[sammyslabber]

I think my fishing opportunities are looking better elsewhere...