Month: January 2012
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Watch for snow and slush
The heavy rain today looks to be dragging down the snow level. It was raining in town and slushing on the hump when I left at 6AM this morning and Now 8AM it is snowing in Port. We are right on the freezing mark, so we could see this snow persist until we get a…
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Northern Lights Tomorrow – In the Wind and Rain
Tomorrow is pretty interesting. First, plenty of rain is coming. Nothing too serious, but a good 40mm. Enough to get the streets running. That should start overnight with the strongest downpours in through the morning and middle of the day. There will be some wind with it, but nothing like Saturday. That should come in…
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Updated: Power Outage at Alberniweather
The power came back on just as I was headed out the door. Site is updating normally. Around 1300 other BCHydro customers in Port Alberni have been affected as well. Current Conditions will not be updating until the power comes back on. BC Hydro says 8:30AM. I haven’t checked the batteries in my weather station…
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Wind Warning Continued — Evening likely.
Update 8:00PM Looks like the worst is over. Peak gust here was 88.5kph. Heard reports of 110kph gusts in Campbell River and 90kph sustained winds in Port Hardy. Pretty good storm! Hopefully you’re reading this with your lights on. BC Hydro shows power out on Stirling Arm, Hector Rd. and Kitsuksis. Looks like Vancouver Island…
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Major Wind Warning Issued – Rain coming too
There is a wind warning issued for all regions of Vancouver Island *except* North Vancouver Island. Very Strange Southeast winds up to 90 gusting 110 km/h will develop Sunday. (This is the strongest warning I believe we’ve had since the storm of November 2006 when my station recorded over 115kph gusts) Why? Because it’s headed…