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a significant snowfall (snowfall warning criteria) combined with another winter hazard such as freezing rain, strong winds, blowing snow and/or extreme cold. Blizzard Warning ( BZW ) – Issued when winds of 40 km/h (25 mph) or more, are expected to cause widespread reductions in visibilities to less than 400 m (0.25 mi), due to blowing snow ...
Environment Canada meteorologists issued the first snowfall warnings of the season along the British Columbia – Yukon border where 20 cm (7.9 in) of snow was forecast. [31] Highway 1 was closed over Rogers Pass east of Revelstoke because of a vehicle crash in the wintry conditions.
On December 13 a strong frontal system impacted the western coast, dropping 77.5 millimetres (3.05 in) of rain on downtown Vancouver, [5] and 67.0 millimetres (2.64 in) at the Vancouver International Airport. [6] Snowfall warnings were also put in place for the Coquihalla, and other high elevation places. [7]
Winter storm live tracker: Snowfall maps, current alerts, weather warnings, ice forecasts, power outages. Scott Sistek. Updated January 6, 2025 at 12:41 PM.
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Monday night's snowfall was Vancouver, B.C.'s first measurable snow of the season -- 1.2 centimetres recorded at the airport -- its earliest in more than 31 years (Oct. 28, 1991).
Baraga, in northwestern Michigan, received the most snowfall from the blizzard in the state, with 42.8 in (109 cm) of lake-effect snow. [24] Blizzard conditions occurred in Cincinnati , Ohio, on December 23, despite no blizzard warning being issued for that area. [ 25 ]
A snow squall warning (SAME code: SQW) is a bulletin issued by Environment Canada's Meteorological Service of Canada and the National Weather Service in the United States to warn population of two types of snow events reducing visibility in blowing snow: lake effect snow squalls and frontal snow squalls. [1]