Author: Alberniweather
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Wild Rainy Friday afternoon and evening – drying Saturday – rain Sunday
As I type, the rain is coming down very hard in Nanaimo. in fact, it is doing just as the UWash model said it would…. Notice the blob of rain off Nanaimo in the image below. There are eports of heavy rain, hail, even a water spout was spotted in Georgia Strait yesterday. The…
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Dry and Cool Wednesday – Wet Thursday
We had quite the unexpected downpour on Tuesday night. The station measured 20mm/hr around 8PM. My tiny blades of new grass will have enjoyed that if they didn’t get blasted out of the ground. The rain barrels (and reservoirs) will surely be full. We get a bit of a break today. It should remain cool and…
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Hottest day of the Year on Tap – Records Broken – Cooling and Showers through Week
It was nothing short of a spectacular weekend and that spectacular weather is going to continue for at least another day. The forecast high for today is 24ºC but I would not be surprised if the thermometers in the City of Port Alberni crack 25ºC. We’ll see. We did set a short-term record on Saturday…
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Rain is Over – Hot Weekend on the Way
The rain has left and we are now into a pattern of a building high pressure ridge. You can see the high pressure field out in the Pacific in this forecast image for tomorrow morning. That means the storm track gets pushed North and warm air will invade from the South. And will it ever…
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Only light or scattered intense showers this week, then a sunny and warm weekend!
The official forecast is a little more dreary than it really needs to be I think. Today will have light showers starting after 11AM and maybe lasting an hour or two. Nothing too serious but just have an umbrella on standby. It might rain a bit more around 4PM but that will be very short…