Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)
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Awaiting West Coast Tsunami Centre statement on NZ area Earthquake
NO Tsunami threat for BC – 2:30PM The word has come down and it is good (and not unexpected) for us. Here is the official message. No Tsunami expected for our area from the 8.1M quake. Other areas of the Pacific and Australia are under a threat. I won’t post any further updates unless something…
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Unsettled showery week continues. Please test a new web design. Anemometer (wind) offline.
We have moisture spinning just to the West of Vancouver Island that will be sending us bands of moisture periodically through the next few days. Today (Wednesday) should be mostly cloudy periods. Rain will move through Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Expect the fog to continue as well in the mornings as we cool to…
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Happy first day of meteorological Spring!d
March 1st! Where did Winter go!? We still have twenty more days until the equinox – you can see the exact time on the front page in the Almanac – but for statistical purposes, today marks the start of the March/April/May spring period! We had a chilly and slightly snowy February, as we often do.…
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Possible wet snow Wednesday night – More likely just rain and windy.
After a couple quite pleasant days and chilly mornings we will have a return to precipitation Wednesday night. Expect rain to begin around 10PM Wednesday and last through the night. There will be wind with this system as well. Thankfully though, it should be all pushed through and into Washington State and the BC Interior…
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Wet snow today through tonight.
Wet snow is already falling. This could continue through the day but it is unlikely that it will accumulate significantly. The snow should change to rain this afternoon but depending on where you are, closer to the mountains or deeper in the valley, some areas could see wet snow fall all day. Patchy Friday There…