Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)
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4.8M Earthquake near Tofino. NO TSUNAMI EXPECTED
Did you feel it? I am in Nanaimo and did not, but hearing from lots of people who did feel it. USGS report here. The NWS tweeted almost immediately: Tsunami Info Stmt: M4.8 095Mi SE Port Alice, British Columbia 1803PST Jan 7: Tsunami NOT expected #NTWC — NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) January 8, 2015…
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Boring Forecast – December and Annual Summary coming up.
After all the excitement last weekend this week has been pretty boring in comparison. You can expect more cloudy/foggy days ahead. And don’t worry, it’s not just us. I’m looking out at overcast skies at VIU in Nanaimo too and it was very foggy yesterday. There might be a break in the fog on Saturday, so…
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Warnings ended. Rain now on.
THe threat of any snow in low or high elevation is now over. There will still be mountain snow but things should be all clear for the highway and elsewhere. All the warnings included the Air Quality advisory have ended. All of the models were more enthusiastic with snow than what we ended up with. It…
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Updated 8AM Sunday – Will we see snow? Stay off Hump. Winter Storm Warning Continues
Updated 8AM There has been no accumulation yet. The heaviest bands of rain should come soon but I do not think we will see any accumulation in town and if we do, it will be very short lived. THe hump and Sutton pass are a different story. It will change minute by minute. As you…
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Air Quality Advisory issued.
Heads up. Due to the high pressure and stagnant air, Environment Canada has just issued an Air Quality Advisory for Port Alberni. The Ministry of Environment, in collaboration with the Northern Health Authority and the Vancouver Island Health Authority, has issued an air quality advisory for Vanderhoof and Port Alberni due to the high concentrations…