Month: January 2016

  • More rain all day Friday, showery weekend. Flood Watch Update.

    Short update after a hectic couple days: First, the River forecast centre has now ended a Flood Watch for the Somass and tributaries. We will get another days worth of rain today. Not as strong as Wednesday but still plenty.  It should taper off by mid morning on Saturday but there will still be showers…

  • Update Thursday 8AM Very Rainy Wednesday – Possible Wind – Runoff in the Watershed

    Update Thursday 8AM Very Rainy Wednesday – Possible Wind – Runoff in the Watershed

      Flood Warning & Watches issued by BC River Forecast Center after last night’s #BCstorm FMI: http://bit.ly/KaF1ou http://twitter.com/EC_BCweather/status/692759365363826688/photo/1 Update 8AM Thursday – Rainfall Warning Ended. Issued at 2016-01-28 15:13 UTC by Environment Canada: Rainfall warning ended for: West Vancouver Island, B.C. (081400) Inland Vancouver Island, B.C. (081500) Current details: Significant rainfall is no longer expected.…

  • Rain Starting Tuesday Morning – More Wednesday – Crazy Winter Weather elsewhere.

    We’ll stay mostly dry to start the work week this morning however, things will pick up on Tuesday morning when the first of 3 rain waves come through. The first wave will start before 4AM Tuesday. But it should end before 4PM in the afternoon Tuesday. A second stronger system will move in around 4AM Wednesday.…

  • Showers through Friday then tapering off for the weekend

    It’s a nearly dry Weekend forecast! We will still have a few rain showers to get through today but by Friday night those showers should end and we will have a mostly cloudy weekend with some possible sunny breaks Saturday and Sunday afternoon. Rain is likely to return Monday night or Tuesday but we’ll take…

  • Significant rain coming late Wednesday through Thursday

    Significant rain coming late Wednesday through Thursday

    Rainfall amounts of up to 60mm are possible between Wednesday and Thursday evening.  We haven’t seen this strong a rain event since early December.  Below is the 24hr chart. The rain will begin around 10PM tonight and intensify overnight with the heaviest rain coming between 1-4AM.  It will rain all through Thursday and into Friday…