Month: October 2012
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Models agree. Most Rain Saturday night through Sunday
Our first rain storm of the season has arrived and its first band of rain has moved through. We already have over 4mm of rain from last night. The steady rain should end shortly this morning and then return with similar amounts tonight through Saturday. Here is the GFS… I’ve included the total up to…
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Rain Amounts diverging..
There’s no doubt we will get rain and a bunch of it, but the difference in the Canadian and American models is pretty dramatic. The Canadian model is calling for around the same as yesterday… about 120mm from Friday through Monday. The GFS (US) meanwhile (use code CWQC) has bumped its forecast up to over…
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Gauging the rain to come
There is no doubt it will rain starting Thursday or Friday. In fact, as I type this there is a light mist falling in Qualicum. First, it’s worth remembering how much rain we need, which is a lot even for us on the West Coast. Not since 1896 (in Beaver Creek) and 1929 (at City…
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Rain is coming. How much is key.
Tuesday and Wednesday will be our last days of sun as the high pressure ridge finally breaks down. In its place we will be hit with our much more familiar train of Pacific Systems for at least a week. The amount of actual rain we get is difficult to say up until the day it…
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A record Happy Thanksgiving! And the rain can’t come soon enough.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you’ve enjoyed the fantastic and record breaking weather we’ve had over the weekend. We broke records on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for highs of the day. 25.5C yesterday was good enough for the Hot Spot in Canada. 16 records were broken in BC yesterday. Our forecast of 24C should break…