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Happy First Day of Spring! Rain Train on the Way. Equinox Eclipse!
In just under 8 hours, at 3:46PM, the equinox will come and go and Spring will officially start! The rain has come with the official beginning of spring (finally). We have received around 40mm in the past 48 hours. Nothing major, but a nice amount to charge the lakes, if not the snowpack, which remains at…
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Rain has come – west coast warning – dazzling aurora
The rain is here to stay for a few days. A Heavy rainfall warning is in effect for the West Coast of the Island. Thursday Rain all day. Heaviest rain before noon. Total: 30mm between 5AM Thursday/Friday. Friday Rain all day. With the heaviest as the system departs around 8PM. Total up to 30mm. 60-120…
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Counting down to Spring Equinox – A cool and variable week – Zero South Island Snowpack
For the first time in a while we have what could actually be described as a normal span of spring (even though it’s technically still not spring) weather on tap. In case you’re wondering, the first day of Spring is Friday, March 20th at 3:46PM (click for a countdown!). We have a couple systems coming our…
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Cyclone smashes Vanuatu – Arctic powers a drunken Jetstream – CO2 plateau signals path forward.
Updated to add just-released February temp anomaly Some news from the world on this Friday the 13th of March, 2015. Main Island of Vanuatu takes direct hit from Cyclone with 300kph winds There is nothing more powerful, and beautiful, and terrifying, than a Category 5 Hurricane (called a Cyclone in the West Pacific). Last night…
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Pattern switches briefly but worst of rain might miss us.
There was something very comfortable about waking up on Wednesday to the sound and feel of rain. We received about 25mm of rain which was a little more than forecast. Unfortunately, none of it fell as snow at either snowpack station. We remain at zero snowpack at the south island Jump Creek station. The Wolf River station…
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