Month: December 2016
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Back to seasonal temperatures. Stormy Tuesday. Likely green Christmas but we can hope đ
The snowfall warning yesterday was a bust. The Arctic just wasn’t strong enough over the South Island and much of the precipitaiton during the day focused on Metro Vancouver. Â There is over 40cm of snow in some parts of Surrey! We will now transition to a wet and possibly windy pattern this week. Â The rest…
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Snowfall Warning Issued – 10-20cm – possible Freezing Rain
Final Update 9PM Sunday The warm winds have come. We have gone from 0°C to 4°C in less than 30 minutes and the wind has switched to the SSW.  Strong winds are reported on the East side. 50-60kph at Hornby Island. Expect the Snowfall Warning to be lifted soon. Update 12PM Drizzle is starting in some…
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Snow, Freezing Rain and Rain on the horizon plus… a surprise?
EC’s updated weather statement at 4PM Friday says As usual, snowfalls will be highly variable; current thinking is 5 to 15 cm of snow by dinner time Sunday with the higher amounts expected inland and over higher terrain. That’s up to 6 inches for the old fashioned folks! It might be very messy out there…
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In the Deep Freeze! And snow squalls in Parksville/Nanaimo area today
It is currently -9.9ÂșC out at the Airport and -4.1ÂșC at Alberniweather! Â BRRR. Thankfully, the roads are well salted. Â I had no issues going over the hump or driving in town this morning as long as I kept away from the frozen snow on the sides. In Coombs, Qualicum and Parksville and now Nanaimo there…
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One in a million….
The chances of this global (Antarctic and Arctic) sea ice crash being ‘random chance’ (ie. natural) are roughly 0.00000057%. We Are Living Through A Massive 5 Sigma Global Sea Ice Crash: Random Chance Odds Are 0.00000057%#climate (source: https://t.co/GwmZrqU4Jm) pic.twitter.com/qGp9rNPmjQ — Assaad Razzouk (@AssaadRazzouk) December 13, 2016 So please… don’t bore me with quibbles about whether humanity is…