Alberniweather

Watching the Port Alberni Weather since 2005

  • Snow clinging to higher elevations and South east island.

    Much like last week, the models seem to be backing off on snow in our little Valley. Here is the latest forecast for accumuluations between Thursday and Friday afternoon. Here is the same image zoomed in to the Island. You can see that our Valley is noticeably excluded from the festive colours of snowfall. We…

  • Chance of snow increases again – plan travel accordingly

    White stuff is in the forecast again after today’s weak rain front passes through. Most of that rain will fall on the west coast. We are being passed over again. By Wednesday night and Thursday morning it is going to cool off a bit and we should be near or below zero. Combine that with…

  • Another relatively dry week

    We might be in the fog a lot this week. Certainly today and tomorrow will be foggy. Tomorrow (Tuesday) will also feature some rain in the morning. But it will again be one of these fronts coming down from the north which generally fly over top of us and focus their precipitation on the West…

  • Another snow miss – Annual gathering of scientists.

    Well. It was another miss, Some areas got some wet snow… Maybe even enough to cover the ground. But Alberniweather HQ remains skunked for the season. Only a trace managed to stick to the ground, and it is now long gone after the rain. The reason from the miss? The system just wasn’t as strong…

  • Updated 11:30AM — Thursday Snow-Maybe-Cast – Check it out! 🙂

    Update 11:30AM — Snow has finally come, mainly to higher elevations though there is some wet snow and sleet falling in Port Alberni. Sutton Pass looks nearly impassible. The Hump is snowing but not too bad. Please drive carefully. Now that the precipitation is here, it will likely keep snowing for as long as the…