Month: February 2019
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Share your stories about the February 28, 2001 Seattle Earthquake. Here’s mine.
Do you remember that day? This morning John Cassidy at the Natural Resources Canada earthquake centre in Victoria tweeted about the 6.8M earthquake that happened 18 years ago today in Seattle, Washington. So I thought I would tell the story of my experience from that earthquake. I was a relatively new employee of Malaspina University…
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Cloudy today and chance of flurries tonight.
We have a few more clouds this morning as some moisture creeps back into the area but don’t expect there to be much precipitation from it, if any. There is a slightly better chance on the east side of the Island but the UWash model has very little falling on the south Island at all.…
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Wonky backwards jetstream delivers dry sunny week here, and Californian rain and snow.
Easy forecast today. There is no precipitation expected for the next week on the Island. Skies will be clear except for possible fog in he early morning in Port Alberni but that should burn off before noon Monday through Wednesday. There is a little more moisture starting Thursday so more widespread fog expected then but…
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Snowfall Warning East Side for the morning.
If you are driving on the east side of the Island this morning take note. However we should get up to 7°C by the afternoon so this snow, if it falls, will not last long. Here is the warning. Issued at 2019-02-22 12:56 UTC by Environment Canada: Snowfall warning continued for: East Vancouver Island, B.C. (081300)…
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Higher Elevation snow likely Tuesday.
Environment Canada is calling for snow this morning turning to rain in the afternoon. The UWash model agrees and goes a little further on the rain front, predicting snow only for higher elevations. Showers or flurries will be light at best anyway so I don’t expect a lot of concern from today’s precipitation. Wednesday and…