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Station Number: CAN-BC-157
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Station Name:
Alert Bay 0.1 WNW
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Data Explorer
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| Observation Date |
3/9/2026
4:45 AM
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| Submitted |
3/09/2026 7:22 AM
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Gauge Catch
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0.39 in. |
Notes
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At 9:45 the first of a series of squalls moved in brining wind and rain. The sun emerges briefly at noon, but by 12:50 the next squall had rolled in bringing wind and graupel. The 14:30 event was a mix of wind-driven rain & snow, which rapidly progressed to snow. The flakes seemed to get bigger by the second forming sloppy globs rather than classifiable flakes. Nothing snowy accumulated up to this point. At 15:00 all the precip stopped (although the wind kept up), until 17:15 when the graupel returned, this time with some accumulation. The precip stopped again at 18:45, which is when I measured the 24-hr Snowfall & SWE. The weather was calm after this point. This morning is calm with clear, starry skies. There is a rime of ice on everything, making it treacherous to move around outside. I can not get the SWE for the snowpack, because it a rime of hard, pebbly ice, which I can't cut a cylinder through. But: I got the first numbers for my freezing rain gauge! We have lost 5mb on the barometer, it is 100% humidity, and -1C.
In summery: wintery mix. |
Snow Information
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24-hr Snowfall 
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0.3 in. |
24-hr Snowfall SWE
(Snow Water Equivalent)
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0.08 in. |
24-hr Snowfall SLR
(Snow to Liquid Ratio) |
3.8 : 1 |
| Snowpack Depth |
0.2 in. |
Snowpack SWE
(Snow Water Equivalent)
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NA |
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Snowpack Density |
NA |
Duration Information
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| Precipitation Began |
-- |
| Precipitation Ended |
-- |
| Heavy Precip Began |
-- |
| Heavy Precip Lasted |
--
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| Duration Time Accuracy |
--
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Additional Information |
| Flooding |
-- |
| Additional Data Recorded |
No |
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