Flooding Alert for West Coast BC. Lower Mainland.

Ryan Maue @RyanMaue 9h
Crescent City (KCEC) ECMWF 12z QPF totals for next 10-days, over 12'' of rain. West coast deluge on its way. [link to mobile.twitter.com (secure)]

OP- What triggered this? EQ's?

Roberta Gonzales ‏@RobertaCBS5
Check out when the NEXT Cold Front rolls through the Bay Area! [link to cbsloc.al]

These high tides and storm surges are going on everywhere. There is a storm rolling in but places all over have had these King Tides and Storm Surges. California. Florida. Hawaii. Pakistan. Veitnam. Cambodia. and on and on the list grows.

In live in Southwestern BC and the Snow finally arrived and now won't quit. I have had a foot accumulate in the last 3 days where I am at. Snowed 2 more inches overnight and were supposed to get another 5-6 inches in the next 24-36hrs.

The snow will make the Ski Hill behind me happy as there has been no snow up till now only alot of unseasonal rain and warmer weather. They should have opened in early November but couldn't. I guess they will get a few runs going now. ( SilverStar )

UK and Portugal too... Thread: Storm Surge Allert to UK!!! One death and 11 rescued!!!

I'm surprised we aren't flooded daily with the amount of rain we receive up here. A little water isn't going to hurt us.

OP, can you give us a source for this information? (Coquitlam here)

I used to live in Vic- back in 1994/95 snow, instead of rain fell- brought the region to a halt- lotta damage- structures (roofs) not build for heavy snow loads, etc. I've often thought if all that rain was snow, the place would be literally buried- in 10's of feet.
These surges concern me- I still have family there, and even if I didn't-
In the middle of the country now- raining, above zero- no snow to speak of... in other words, we're experiencing something closer to west coast winter climate, and for the last 2 years. 'Unprecedented' is the word being thrown about (although that just means in current record keeping).
Be safe OP, and thanks.

Should be able to find it on all the local ditty news. Wind warnings as well. Weather channel has alerts for BC. I actually caught it at Poleshift Ning of all places.

Supposed to really roll in Monday. Then spill onto us as snow. Vernon Area.

For lots of Rain. Be Safe. Put everything up thats in the Basement. Delta .

Unusual tides expected this week; share your photos
[link to www.heraldnet.com]

They want you to send them your pictures.

poleshiftning has been tooting the flood horn for a long time now. flood incidents are starting to hit more frequently in areas that get more news coverage than say thailand, where it has been going on badly for some time.

don't forget to keep an eye on the atmospheric rivers. west coast.

one week timeline google search:
[link to www.kpbs.org]
San Diego Researcher Helps Track ‘Atmospheric Rivers’
dec. 11 2012

[link to earthobservatory.nasa.gov]
After a series of rainstorms drenched northern California in late November and early December 2012, sediment-laden water was coursing down the Eel River toward the Pacific Ocean. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite acquired this natural-color image on December 9, 2012.

Stay safe, everyone!!!!

Hi Coquitlam from next door in New Westminster
This report from News1130 is the only local info I've found


[link to www.news1130.com]

An atmospheric river is more than twice the size of an average Pacific storm, said Dettinger. "If you sort of throw all the other storms together and figure out what the average amount of water that comes out of them is, the atmospheric river on average is about 85 percent larger."

[link to www.kpbs.org]