Author: Alberniweather
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El Nino is finally coming
UPDATE: Flood Watch Ended for Port Alberni thanks to cooler temps/snow in mountains — But Flood Warning for Cowichan Valley issued (details here) As Jeff Masters at WUnderground and many other weather bloggers have said… this year hasn’t been your typical El Nino year in North America. Why? Because we had an exceptionally negative Arctic…
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Major Rain Storm on the way! (little wind too)
100 to 200mm of rain expected between this evening and through Monday. That’s faster than what we had in November, so be prepared for flooding in your basement. There will also be some wind, but it doesn’t look to strong right now. Keep updated though. We will be redirecting our downspout to the backyard so…
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The rain *is* coming… and other weather news.
So it’s really been a fairly boring start to 2010 so far. Especially considering what we went last year, this year just seems downright normal! (It actually feels pretty normal to me, this is what I remember winters being like growing up). But, do not despair last week the models were saying we’d get a…
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Happy New Year… two weeks of Wet! (and wind?)
So doing my regular swipe through the forecast models today and I came across a beauty of a long range forecast. Basically, our first few weeks of 2010 are going to be wet. And not just a little wet. If the forecast holds (and yes, that’s a big if right now) then between January 1…
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hi everyone! Merry Christmas! Well, not a whiff of snow around here. But hey, at least we don’t have a blizzard like most of the US. It’s going to stay pretty much as it has been the past week. I think the weather is taking a holiday too. Nothing really exciting happening though there is…