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**TH2008** · 01-26-2009 07:46 PM

SNOWFALL WARNING: East Vancouver Island
Issued at 3:41 PM PST MONDAY 26 JANUARY 2009

5 TO 10 CM OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN MAINLAND AND EAST VANCOUVER ISLAND BY TUESDAY EVENING. 5 CM OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE CENTRAL COAST BY TONIGHT. 20 TO 30 CM OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER INLAND SECTIONS OF THE NORTH AND CENTRAL COAST BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.

SOUTHERLY WIND OF 60 TO 90 KM/H AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING FRONTAL SYSTEM ALONG THE NORTH COAST WILL EASE THIS EVENING AS THE FRONT PASSES. A STRONG PACIFIC FRONTAL SYSTEM PUSHING OVER THE NORTH COAST WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH SOUTHWARD AND INLAND THIS EVENING. SNOW HAS MAINLY CHANGED TO RAIN OVER COASTAL SECTIONS OF THE NORTH COAST AND THE SNOW WARNING HAS BEEN ENDED IN THIS REGION. INLAND SECTIONS AND AREAS FARTHER SOUTH WILl CONTINUE TO RECEIVE SNOW. THE COASTAL SECTION OF THE CENTRAL COAST IS EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 5 TO 10 CM OF SNOW THIS EVENING FOLLOWED BY 40 TO 50 MM OF RAIN OVERNIGHT AND TUESDAY. INLAND SECTIONS WILL REMAIN BELOW FREEZING RESULTING IN TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 20 TO 30 CM BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON WITH HIGHEST AMOUNTS NEAR STEWART AND KITIMAT. THE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL REACH THE SOUTH COAST TONIGHT. FLURRIES ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP TONIGHT AND INTENSIFY TO SNOW AS THE SYSTEM MAKES LANDFALL EARLY TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES WILL GRADUALLY RISE THROUGHOUT THE DAY CAUSING SNOW TO BECOME MIXED WITH RAIN OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTH COAST. AREAS FURTHER INLAND AND HIGHER ELEVATIONS WILL REMAIN AS SNOW UNTIL THE SYSTEM MOVES INLAND TOMORROW EVENING AND PRECIPITATION ENDS COMPLETELY. APPROXIMATELY 5 CM OF SNOW IS EXPECTED OVER THE SOUTH COAST WITH 10 CM OVER HIGHER ELEVATION TERRAIN AND THE FRASER VALLEY.

**kickidee** · 01-28-2009 04:43 AM

So I went out yesterday. The snow did not come up to the top of my shoe soles. I looked out today. Lots of very cold looking frost. Oh how oh how do we survive it all? where is that 5 to ten they promised us! We can come out from under the bed now if only for the morning.

**Tenspot** · 02-03-2009 08:16 PM

Received these today as part of a powerpoint presentation of historic pictures of Montreal. These show some of the methods used back in the 1920's. Horses were used in smaller communities on the Island 'till 1948. Maybe the Amazing City of Nanaimo could bid on some of this "slightly used" equipment.

LOL