BC Mountain Weather Forecast available online?

[payaso]

I looked at the site http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca but it seems to give a city style forecast for the nearest town. Is there a mountain specific forecast or site such as the NOAA mountain ones that are so useful down in the States? Like this http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/wrhq/TotalForecast.csh?TotalForecast+WR+WA+017+073+MAPCOORDS^81^18

The NOAA forecast provides pretty specific (and often quite accurate) freezing levels and other information specifically of interest up in the mountains.

 

Thanks ahead of time for the help, I know it takes forever to find the NOAA link unless you already have it bookmarked.

[snoboy]

There is one here (scroll down), for the Whistler area, but I don't actually know of a decent one like the noaa.

 

There is a fair bit of info available at the CAA weather page.

[PaulB]

Detailed mountain weather forecasts are not generally available from Environment Canada through their public website. Commercial operations like ski resorts can pay for a localized forecast, which they may publish on their own website.

 

Rescue Dynamics in Edmonton maintains an excellent summary of BC and AB weather resources here.

[jmace]

This link will give you a freezing level, if thats all your after. E.C. stopped giving detailed forecasts after they realized that the general population doesn actually use that info, too bad. http://www.snow-forecast.com/maps/van_3days.php

 

If your looking for more detailed info you will have to become your own forecaster, Don Serl gives an idea on how to detrmine freezing levels in a post in the ice climbing forum about Lillooet temps and calulating nearby temps at higher elevations.

 

when you get to the site, click on the temperature maps.

Edited August 24, 2004 by jmace

[Dru]

I have come to the conclusion that the mountain weather forecast is basically useless anyways. I mean say you want to climb Garibaldi. You look at the Squamish forecast and if the POP is 40% or higher it will probably be pissing down on the mountain. Likewise if the forecast for Revelstoke is for thunderstorms you don't have to be a genius to figure on bad weather on Sir Donald.

[snoboy]

yeah, but the real question is WHERE IS DA FRESHIEZ, then a proper mountain forecast can be useful.

[Dru]

I can look out my window and see da freshiez.