Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)
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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 -9.9ºC out at the Airport and -4.1ºC at Alberniweather! BRRR. Thankfully, the roads are well salted. 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…
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November 2016 Summary and Outlook – Rain and Warm
Remember November? Before the snow… it rained, forever! There are 30 days in November. It rained on 28 of them. This is right after it rained 29 out of the 31 days which appeared to be the most since 1963. So in total it has rained 57 of a possible 61 days when it rained in the…