April 13 - Snowfall warning

[dj_patm]

Our weekly snowfall warning has been issued.

To all the people who say "Stop complaining, its Calgary, it always snows in April"... Fuck that. I've lived here since 1992 and I do not remember a winter/spring with such an extreme snow/melt cycle. Literally EVERY week, Huge snow fall, melt, Huge snow fall, melt... etc.

Add the fact that this snow is falling overnight where the temps will be cold enough for the snow to stick around and start melting tomorrow morning, it should make for a very fucked up drive to work.

I think we should announce "Warmth Hour" where everyone in the world idles there car, turns on all electronics and cranks heating for an hour in order to combat winter forever :)

[Crymson]

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?ab12

FUUUUCKING SICK OF THIS FUCKING PLACE

[Troll-ol]

I'm used to it, doesn't bother me anymore haha. Still got winter tires on.

[n1zm0]

our city already fails @ earth hour, no doubt we'd screw up warmth hour

as crappy as it is, i'm happy dealing with it as long as this is as worse as it gets for our 'natural disasters'. not alot to be worried about here in this part of the world compared to other places regarding environmental disasters. plus this rush to get summer tires on as said 100x elsewhere - remember where you live ffs - 1 week after all gravel is picked up imo, you forgot how to drive winter conditions in a flash snowstorm, you shouldn't be driving here.

i think out of all southern canadians, i think Albertans take summer for granted the least :D

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Excellent. Time to use the Jeep tomorrow.

[dj_patm]

You plan on driving over the cars in traffic? lol

[shakalaka]

Glad I didn't change the tires. :D

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Nope, I have a route to school that avoids all heavy traffic and intersections, but it's unplowed. Takes the same time as my normal route on a good day. If it's just wet tomorrow I will take my Subaru.

[adidas]

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....i am not

[Xtrema]

There is always one more big dump in Apr/early May.

As long as temp holds up, this should be ok. But I may stay home tomorrow as my both accidents in my driving life is during spring snow storms.

[heavyD]

Originally posted by Xtrema
There is always one more big dump in Apr/early May.

As long as temp holds up, this should be ok. But I may stay home tomorrow as my both accidents in my driving life is during spring snow storms.

I agree that periodic snow dumps throughout the year are normal but it's been colder than normal for months now. Seems like we are seldom over the past two years above historical averages. Always below the curve. It sucks.

[max_boost]

Come to think of it, it is kind of ridiculous. If the weather is like this into May and it starts to cool down in September, I can seriously run my snow tires 8 months of the year. Added benefit, no speeding tickets, can't drive fast. LOL

[yellowsnow]

oops, just put on my summer tires a couple days ago :nut:

[flipstah]

I will not let anything stop my last BSD plans!

[top_speed]

good thing im in vegas:love: :thumbsup: hopefully it will be better when i get back on saturday haha

[ekguy]

Yeah not surprised either...Won't be taking winters off till mid may at least.

[Tomaz]

I learned last year that the winters don't come off until May long weekend.

I still want to buy an island in the Bahamas... anyone wanna do a group buy?

[tobslau]

Originally posted by Tomaz
I learned last year that the winters don't come off until May long weekend.

I still want to buy an island in the Bahamas... anyone wanna do a group buy?

Lul, can I do an IOU?

Meh Calgary is Calgary. We gots job and oil but bad weather, nothing to wahhhhhhh about.

[dj_patm]

If I get one of those good jobs I'll stop whining :)

If I can ever afford to have a heated drive way, I will never complain about the weather again.

[Feruk]

This is me not caring... Hopefully a longer winter will mean a scorching hot summer.

[dj_patm]

Quoted from another Calgary forum:


A look at historical information from the weather network indicates that there might be some evidence that this indeed is on the lower spectrum of things as far as April's in Calgary are concerned, despite our reputations for having poor springs.

Through the first 12 days in April the past 11 years, the highest temp has only been lower than this year twice, the lowest temp has been lower 7 times, and we have recieved more precipitation only twice.

Apr 1-12 Max temp, Min tem, precipitation

2011: 14.5, -7.7, 19.5mm
2010: 15.3, -9.4, 5.7mm
2009: 16.8, -8.5, 1.1mm
2008: 17.2, -13, 17.3mm
2007: 12.5, -10.1, 27.6mm
2006: 15.7, -2.6, 19.9mm
2005: 23.3, -5.9, 1.9mm
2004: 20.9, -5.7, 0.8mm
2003: 19.4, -13, 18.5mm
2002: 16.9, -17, 10.2mm
2001: 10.5, -13.4, 18.8mm

From the data it looks like 2001 and 2007 were worse years than this year so far. Although if you extrapolate the current forecast for the next six days and compare to the next six days in 2001 and 2007 you get this:

2011: 14.5, -7.7, 41.5mm (I took the mid-point of their precip projections)
2007:17.5, -10.1, 31.8mm
2001: 18.9, -13.4, 19.2mm

In both 2001 and 2007 the weather got warmer and drier. If the current forecast holds close similarity this will be the worst start to April in Calgary this century.

[Troll-ol]

Originally posted by tobslau


Lul, can I do an IOU?

Meh Calgary is Calgary. We gots job and oil but bad weather, nothing to wahhhhhhh about. and rocks and trees and trees and rocks and water

[adam c]

That can't be right, in 2006 I bought my Integra at the start of April, the first thing I did was take off the winters and put on the summers and never looked back until the fall

[Tik-Tok]

Well that was an interesting drive to work :nut: Thanks City of Calgary/Carmack, for doing absolutely no preparation on any of the roads and Deerfoot. :banghead: I JUST saw 3 sanding trucks rolling out down McKnight, as I was pulling into work. A little preemptive road spraying would have been nice.

Jesus fucking christ, the whole way up was driving through 6" of frozen slush. Made me really appreciate a lightweight (<3000lbs) AWD car.

[sr20s14zenki]

Originally posted by Tik-Tok
Well that was an interesting drive to work :nut: Thanks City of Calgary/Carmack, for doing absolutely no preparation on any of the roads and Deerfoot. :banghead: I JUST saw 3 sanding trucks rolling out down McKnight, as I was pulling into work. A little preemptive road spraying would have been nice.

Jesus fucking christ, the whole way up was driving through 6&quot; of frozen slush. Made me really appreciate a lightweight (&lt;3000lbs) AWD car.

They ran out of their budget in the first month....remember? :rofl:

[Blue]

oh man, the highway were brutal !
cars infront of me were swirling around,
people on the far right lane have hazard lights on :banghead:

[AndyL]

ok ill say it roads are horrible, good layer of ice under that slush...

Donuts in the tow truck were not fun...

[sr20s14zenki]

Just arrived at work. Did 80-100 from crossfield to outskirts of calgary, once i got into calgary it was all ice and slush, cars in the ditch everywhere, speed reduced to around 60-40. Still, looks like a plow hasnt touched the fucking road all night.......no suprise.

[Vagabond142]

What's the bet it'll all be melted off tomorrow? :P

[Unknown303]

What an awesome 5 minute drive to work. I love snow days.

[SCHIDER23]

^^

:rofl: :rofl: ASS! :)

North Bound Deerfoot was pretty slushy, and slow doing 60, but after 16 Ave it got empty LOL, I though the road was closed cause it was empty, Southbound was another story.:thumbsdow

[schocker]

Stony trail is a mess so I have had to abandon my car and get a ride as I will never make it onto crowchild. :facepalm: :facepalm:

[CapnCrunch]

Originally posted by schocker
Stony trail is a mess so I have had to abandon my car and get a ride as I will never make it onto crowchild. :facepalm: :facepalm:

I don't know why but Stoney is always a complete fucking mess. I saw some truck behind me start going sideways, then straight into the ditch lol.

[Unknown303]

Memorial was crap at 5:30. I 4wd drifted the majority of my way to work.

[Cos]

Not too shabby. Worst was AGAIN people who couldnt drive. Hwy 2 north went from 2 lanes to 3 lanes and it looked like a bunch of curling rocks going down the road (not in lanes, swerving like an SOB). Some people doing 40 or 50 in the fast lane.... just madness.

I love my AT's and 4x4 in these conditions.

[tirebob]

About to leave from Airdrie into the city... Still on my studded winters so I am not worried at all, but I am certain I am going to be aggravated as hell by everyone else by the time I get to the shop! Will submit my road report later since I will probably have little else to do today when all of my appointments cancel... :banghead:

[JfuckinC]

im not even leaving for work for another hour, fuck thatttttttttttt.

[Sugarphreak]

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[adam c]

the roads are fine, i left 5 minutes early since i needed gas and still was early for work

[gyu]

anyone drive on shag? i'm kinda worried about that big hill.

[CapnCrunch]

Ahh the usual Beyond,

Use snow tires - claim everyone else can't drive.
Have a 5 minute commute to work - say roads are awesome
Have a 2 hour commute to work - complain about Armageddon

[DENZILDON]

Originally posted by Sugarphreak


Second is bikes... seriously, WTF are you doing riding bikes today?

Really? You should have taken a pic!

[mrsingh]

Not a fun commute at all, very slippery coming out of Kincora. I get onto Stoney Trail West and there is a Jetta that has spun out and hit a pole by the 14 th St exit, bumper-to-bumper trying to get past that. Get to Cardel and waited 20 mins to hop onto the 301 to DT, which proceeds to get stuck pulling out of every stop! Yes I have winter tires, oh well it's expected in Calgary, at least I got a 45 minute workout shoveling the heavy wet snow before I left for work.

[88CRX]

Left home 20 minutes early..... stopped at Tims and still go to work 10 minutes early :dunno:

Deerfoot bridge just north of Douglas Dale was flooded several inches deep with water haha, which caused a huge delay, everything else was smooth sailing.

[AaronK]

Yeah I had a perfectly fine commute, didnt see any big delays anywhere

[benyl]

Today's commute was actually better than usual for me. haha

[Guillermo]

my commute was fine, heritage macleod and crowchild north were all great. back roads up near the U were terrible, though, good thing i have snow tires because I wouldn't DIED somewhere with my summers on, i'm sure of it. sidewalks still not plowed near the U, so everyone is walking on the car tracks in the middle of the road. again, good thing for the winters because without them there are some areas where you would get stuck if you had to stop/slow for peds walking in the middle of the road.

[Sugarphreak]

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[tirebob]

So from Airdrie to Cross Iron Mills, there were probably 8-10 cars in the ditch with the drivers still scratching their heads... Once you passed Cross Iron it was just wet with a bit of slush and drivers doing maybe 70kph to 80kph the rest of the way into calgary. Not too bad...

[dj_patm]

I fucking LOVE awd.

[Unknown303]

Originally posted by CapnCrunch
Ahh the usual Beyond,

Use snow tires - claim everyone else can't drive.
Have a 5 minute commute to work - say roads are awesome
Have a 2 hour commute to work - complain about Armageddon

But it seriously only takes 5 minutes. :poosie:

[403Gemini]

Originally posted by CapnCrunch
Ahh the usual Beyond,

Use snow tires - claim everyone else can't drive.
Have a 5 minute commute to work - say roads are awesome
Have a 2 hour commute to work - complain about Armageddon

Where's option "Work from home , didnt know it was a snow storm till this thread" ?

I saw the warnings but when I was driving home last night at 930pm it was raining and I just thought that the weather man was wrong again.

... I really need to open some blinds in the morning lol

[JfuckinC]

17th ave was backed up into chestermere..... turned around went to highway 1, if it wasnt for one trucker and a slow van i woulda been fine, i was trying to do 80-90 in my 2wd 1/4ton pickup and everyone else was doing 60? Just what are you all so afraid offffffff?!

[tobslau]

Originally posted by JfuckinC
17th ave was backed up into chestermere..... turned around went to highway 1, if it wasnt for one trucker and a slow van i woulda been fine, i was trying to do 80-90 in my 2wd 1/4ton pickup and everyone else was doing 60? Just what are you all so afraid offffffff?!

Gots to drive slow mang, what happens if you drift into a snowbank where the skifree monster will nom nom you.

[n1zm0]

deep SW to Calaway park pretty much only an extra 5 mins on top of normal time, retards thin out after COP naturally

about 4 cars in the ditch on highway 1 westbound, must've been in the early morning when there was lots of snow/slush packed on the road.

[Ihatetowait]

Average drive for me from martindale to 32nd ave, other then the usual "ethnic delays" in the area I hit every day.

ProTip: Shovelling out the rear tires of your honda civic doesn't do as much as shovelling the fronts.

[K3RMiTdot]

almost hit someone because someone decided to run a stop sign -___-"

[Jeremiah]

Drive was pretty fun this morning, I quite enjoyed it. Got stuck in my neighborhood but was able to get out without much effort.

Only an extra 10 minutes or so to the commute

[ddduke]

Originally posted by K3RMiTdot
almost hit someone because someone decided to run a stop sign -___-&quot;

Me too, people in Altadore/mount royal/marda loop need to realize that there's no point of ripping because there's a stop sign even 100 metres.

[dj_patm]

I find the biggest slow down on big snow days is fucking dusting off your car. Took me like 10 minutes.

Its not fun in dress shoes with no grip...

[heavyD]

Originally posted by CapnCrunch
Ahh the usual Beyond,

Use snow tires - claim everyone else can't drive.
Have a 5 minute commute to work - say roads are awesome
Have a 2 hour commute to work - complain about Armageddon

Hmm. I had to drive across the city from far NW to Sunridge Industrial area in the NE in a 2WD pickup truck (no sand bags) with cheap all-season tires which is possibly the worst type of vehicle you can drive in this weather. Took an extra 10-15 minutes to get to work but meh no big deal. I claim people just can't drive.:)

[e31]

The ruts and bumps were sure rattling the hell out of the hard top on my convertible. Having all-seasons also added to the sketchy drive, but the limited slip once again rules the day.

[JfuckinC]

Originally posted by dj_patm
I find the biggest slow down on big snow days is fucking dusting off your car. Took me like 10 minutes.

Its not fun in dress shoes with no grip...

lol i just slide everywhere on this slush/ice stuff, no need to pick up my feet, i dont want to end up on my ass.

[Kloubek]

9 inches fell at my house, but it is seriously melting off quickly now.

I'd hate to be in the 'hat right now.

[Idratherbsidewayz]

Originally posted by dj_patm
I find the biggest slow down on big snow days is fucking dusting off your car. Took me like 10 minutes.

Its not fun in dress shoes with no grip...

Agreed!

Especially with this slush where every passing car wants to drench you (I'm on a boulevard). I would run to the other side of my car and hide, haha.

Back end kicked out on my drive in while switching lanes because of the foot of slush in between lanes. Skeeetchy...

[dj_patm]

My new snow removal technique for the car in this weather is throw on my ski jacket (no zippers sticking out) and throw my arms over the hood and just push off all the snow. I didn't do it today but a week ago when it dumped I did that and it took like 30 seconds to get my car snow-free lol.

[Vagabond142]

^^^^ my snow removal technique, because my car is a literal P.O.S. is to grab the snow shovel and 20 seconds later, car is clear :D

[cycosis]

Originally posted by Idratherbsidewayz


Agreed!

Especially with this slush where every passing car wants to drench you (I'm on a boulevard). I would run to the other side of my car and hide, haha.

Back end kicked out on my drive in while switching lanes because of the foot of slush in between lanes. Skeeetchy...


I got coated head to toe this morning by slush :(

[JfuckinC]

Originally posted by Vagabond142
^^^^ my snow removal technique, because my car is a literal P.O.S. is to grab the snow shovel and 20 seconds later, car is clear :D

lol i shovelled my truck off this morn, then used a broom for the last bit.

[maxwinedog]

5-10cm more snow tommorow, sweet! We cant get enough snow here in calgary! I think it should just snow all year round.

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by maxwinedog
5-10cm more snow tommorow, sweet! We cant get enough snow here in calgary! I think it should just snow all year round.

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[badatusrnames]

Originally posted by maxwinedog
5-10cm more snow tommorow, sweet! We cant get enough snow here in calgary! I think it should just snow all year round.

Uhh... it already does. Did you just move here or something?

We get snow every month of the year.

[alloroc]

Originally posted by tobslau


Gots to drive slow mang, what happens if you drift into a snowbank where the skifree monster will nom nom you. http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la6w9ebIDw1qazdhko1_500.gif

[alloroc]

Originally posted by heavyD


I agree that periodic snow dumps throughout the year are normal but it's been colder than normal for months now. Seems like we are seldom over the past two years above historical averages. Always below the curve. It sucks.

Actually not too bad the current month's almanac is posted on wx.ca temps are right around normal.

Everyone that moved here 10 - 15 years ago have just been spoiled by the last solar maximum. Weather seems pretty normal.

April snow brings May Showers and June to flowers ... and floods in Manitoba :P

[dj_patm]

almanac is bs. There was a study that put the Almanacs predictions to the test and it found that it was right 52% of the time, and given that there predictions are hardly specific, you'd most likely achieve similar results by basing your predictions on how many bubbles an asian tramp can blow with a mouth full of jizz.

[alloroc]

EDIT ... :thumbsup:


WX.ca (http://www.wx.ca) is the best weather page in Western Canada. Some guy (Randy Peters) has gone through a ton of trouble to set up a fully functional weather station in his back yard and post the results on the web.

http://wx.ca/?service=page/Tech


The almanac page is not the "farmer's almanac." It is a historical almanac of average and record temperatures with the current month plotted on it.

I didn't want to have to host a pic but this is from today - April 16 ...


http://members.shaw.ca/rezzle/default.png

http://members.shaw.ca/rezzle/Clipboard01.gif

[Kloubek]

I'm pretty sure he was thinking of the Farmer's Almanac.

[alloroc]

Originally posted by Kloubek
I'm pretty sure he was thinking of the Farmer's Almanac.

Ya reading my post again i can see why the confusion. ... i lost it there lol I'll edit :D

[The_Rural_Juror]

Originally posted by alloroc
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la6w9ebIDw1qazdhko1_500.gif

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[dj_patm]

Originally posted by alloroc


Ya reading my post again i can see why the confusion. ... i lost it there lol I'll edit :D

My bad :)

[kaput]

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[.norco.]

Originally posted by kaput
Personally I don't mind the snow, as long as it isn't cold.

agreed.. when its cold as tits that's when it sucks to go outside. -3 i can deal with.. but summer would be nice :dunno:

[msommers]

Snowing again by our place around Nose Hill.

[schocker]

Originally posted by msommers
Snowing again by our place around Nose Hill.
It has been snowing at my place all morning. It has the consistency of a slurpee today, nice that the driveways across the culdesac have all melted though.

[jdmXSI]

Originally posted by kaput
Personally I don't mind the snow, as long as it isn't cold.

Same here but isnt this much snow still on the ground in the middle of April a bit much?

[heavyD]

Originally posted by kaput
Personally I don't mind the snow, as long as it isn't cold.

Well it is cold for this time of year.

[Swank]

Roads are freezing up now, 14th st and Anderson was surprisingly dicey. I feel bad for anyone who jumped the gun on summer tires and are driving tonight.

[Disoblige]

Hmm.. A tad worse this year in terms of weather I must admit. Oh well, that's what a DD is for. ;)

[taemo]

I had my car scheduled to put new rims and summer tires on monday :banghead:

[shakalaka]

I had my full car detailing appointment for the 20th. I think I am going to postpone it for a couple of weeks.

[maxwinedog]

lol only calgary would snow on april 27th. Yes more snow, we havent gotten enough this year mother nature!

[Unknown303]

Awesome, best thursday ever. :clap:

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

Freaking dumping up here in the Hamptons.

[G-ZUS]

Originally posted by maxwinedog
lol only calgary would snow on april 27th. Yes more snow, we havent gotten enough this year mother nature!

it's snowed in August in Calgary before, nothing new.:dunno:

[maxwinedog]

Originally posted by G-ZUS


it's snowed in August in Calgary before, nothing new.:dunno:

and this is why i go with all seasons + winters instead of summers + winters. Nothing worse than being stranded with summer tires when its snowing in summer. :thumbsdow

[Twin_Cam_Turbo]

lol I have been getting around fine on summers the past 3 weeks, there was one day I had to take my Jeep with all seasons in the past month.

[Team_Mclaren]

Originally posted by maxwinedog


wahhhhh wahhhhh

[Tik-Tok]

Originally posted by maxwinedog


and this is why i go with all seasons + winters instead of summers + winters. Nothing worse than being stranded with summer tires when its snowing in summer. :thumbsdow
The winter was a little harsher than usual, but this is normal April weather. Expect more snow until around May long weekend.


GTFO of Alberta, or GTF off Beyond, or just get used to it.

(all of the above is preferred)

[ercchry]

whoops, should have looked at the weather today before i decided on taking the 240 over the jeep to work...

[flipstah]

OMFG. We're getting it hard in Quarry Park. :cry: