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Christmas Eve showers, small earthquake, and Christmas lights tour.
Now Four Earthquakes in past 12 hours. A fairly unusual cluster of earthquakes now developing off of the coast. There have been 4 fairy large earthquakes, around 5-6M in just the past 12 hours. Are they pre-shocks to a larger earthquake or just a larger-than-usual cluster in what is always an active place. John Cassidy…
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Blustery weekend before a chance of Christmas morning flurries.
We started the day on Friday in between systems. A reminder that my station is not measuring rainfall at the moment. You can get measurements from Alberni Elementary which saw over 30mm yesterday alone. Port Alberni was spared the wind that hit the east and south parts of the Island. Many areas were without power…
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Sutton Pass ugly with snow. Rest of the week ugly with rain.
Quick update to notify folks. Check back on this post as I update it with the week’s forecast. This is Sutton Pass right now. The Hump was OK when I went over and looks OK now. You can see them all on the webcams page. Rest of the week rain. This rain and showers should…
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Slight chance of overnight and Monday morning flurries.
It is a beautiful sunny Sunday in December. There is precipitation coming overnight but whether it falls as rain or a mix of rain and snow is difficult to say. Best advice would be to prepare for a mix of rain and snow if you are driving over the Hump or other mountain passes. We…
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Possible snow Monday morning? A first look at Christmas.
There will be some showers lingering in the area tonight and into Saturday morning but we should see some sunny breaks on Saturday as it cools down again near zero. Saturday night should be clear and cold and as clouds move back in on Sunday this will set us up for possible snow Sunday night…
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