Year: 2021
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Strait Effect Snow Thursday night into Christmas Eve Day – Then Cold, and Snow.
Thursday and Christmas Eve Snow Potential We may be looking at one of our best forecasts for near-Christmas snow in a long time. It starts Thursday as things cool down again after our warm, windy and rainy Wednesday that managed to melt most of the snow still lingering from the weekend. We have a little…
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Dangerous Freezing Rain potential – Webcam replaced – Youtube Live Feed up
Cold start! Today will be the coldest day of 2021, so far. It might get colder in the final days of the year. (Previously the coldest days of this year were back in February. On February 9th we got down to -3.6ºC. This morning we got down to -6.1ºC. It was even colder at the…
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Winter Storm Watch in Effect – Freezing Rain Possible for Port Alberni – White Christmas?
Freezing Rain forecast for Tuesday Afternoon Environment Canada takes Freezing Rain seriously and the forecast reflects that. Here is the Winter Storm Watch just issued for our area. A system will advance towards the south coast on Tuesday, bringing in milder air aloft. Precipitation is forecast across much of Vancouver Island beginning Tuesday afternoon. With…
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Update 2:30PM – Snowfall Warnings – Possible Wet Snow or Freezing Rain tonight and Saturday morning
EC Issues 15cm Snowfall Warning. Looks like the forecast has changed slightly. And it has more snow. Environment Canada has issued a snowfall warning for Port Alberni (and other places). A strong Pacific frontal system will move onto Vancouver Island later today, bringing heavy snow tonight followed by rain tomorrow. Upwards of 15 cm of…
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Nice today – Possible Flurries tonight – But should be mostly rain on the way this weekend.
We should get some sunny breaks in amongst the clouds today as we get into an unsettled pattern before returning to a new system of either rain or snow on Friday and the weekend. Wednesday and Thursday variable Moisture is patchy out there today and tomorrow. Some areas might see brief rain showers or flurries…