Category: Cold
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Snowing on Hump drive carefully – A Messy week ahead
Wanted to quickly warn folks as I just came over the Hump this morning at 6AM it was snowing fairly heavy all the way up the hump eastbound. Snow was sticking but the plows were out. Drive carefully, I will fill in the rest of this post with what to expect for the week. Check…
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Temp is 0! Prepare for possible snow today. Strong winds Friday!
Updates toward the top… We have winners in the First Snow Contest! Iām calling it at 7:10PM! Winners to be announced soon! EC issues Snowfall Warning for North sections of East vancouver island. Issued at 2020-01-03 01:24 UTC by Environment Canada: Snowfall warning issued for: East Vancouver Island – Courtenay to Campbell River, B.C. (081330) Current…
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Heavy rain might mix snow today. Heavy snow on high terrain.
A fairly intense system should enter and exit the picture today. Starting around 1PM Showers should begin around 1PM and for most of the rest of the central Island by 4PM. Where you see the heaviest rainfall, the blue areas below, those will be the places most likely to see snow mix in as the…
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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…