Month: November 2010
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Congratulations to RevJim on his Christmas Lights!
In all the craziness last week with the snow and everything the deserving winner of the Snow Contest didn’t really get his place in the spotlight. So. CONGRATULATIONS TO REVJIM! RevJim was the lucky winner of a box of LED multi-colour Christmas Lights from Canadian Tire. Here’s a photo of lights, they’re under the icicle…
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Big Snow or big No?
The Environment Canada forecast is pretty clear which way it’s going. They think we’re going to get a fair amount of snow tomorrow and maybe even some into tomorrow night when the moisture is really supposed to fall. Here’s the GFS model. It has us at a pretty steady temperature, but not below freezing from…
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Winter is here to stay
The cold weather may have come a little early this year (and a little strong, we set a new record low for a daily maximum on Wednesday), but it’s not going anywhere. We should have a pretty decent weekend with hopefully just some nice flurries in the air on Saturday. Then it should clear up…
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Winter Storm Warning in Effect
I’ve never seen this for Port Alberni. It has been issued for our section of the Island only, the Snowfall warning remains for other sections. Bolded below is the likely reason for the warning. What is a Winter Storm Warning When 25 cm of snow or more is expected to fall within 24 hours, OR…
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Snow coming – but how much?
So the question in the next 48 hours will be not whether we get snow, we will. The question will be how much and for how long. Environment Canada has issued a Snowfall Warning….. [edit: oops! not just for us, for the East Coast, South Island, Gulf Islands, Lower Mainland and Sunshine Coast too!) Here’s…