Category: General
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Last Total Lunar Eclipse before 2021 is tonight! Will the clouds clear!?
Tonight is the full moon. It is the first full moon of 2019. And it will feature a full lunar eclipse! Here is the visibility and the times (from earthsky). The Eclipse is very widely visbile. All of the Americas will see it. Times below are Pacific time. Partial umbral eclipse begins: 7:34 p.m.Total lunar…
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Bad Cell service? Blame the fog. It’s going away on Wednesday.
The inversion and resulting fog will continue today. It was zero visibility on some parts of Highway 4 near Whiskey Creek this morning so please drive carefully. Below is what the UWash model looks like when it is like this. Notice the very heavy cloud in the northern Strait of Georgia that extends quite far…
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Snowfall Warning in effect. 10-20 possible. Also icy morning and maybe freezing rain. Winner on the way?
Update 6AM: the temp has popped up to 3°C but the windchill has us below zero still. The snowfall warning remains in effect. I expect it now to start as rain and then switch to snow but we will see. Yup, we have a snowfall warning! Below is the warning in full. I have more…
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Cold Air incoming could produce Tuesday snow.d
There is some cold air making its way into the air today and tonight. Winds should pick up this morning from the northwest and clear away the clouds and are expected to send temperatures down to -5°C by Tuesday morning. If that temperature holds close to the ground then when precipitation comes in we could…
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Rain Warnings Issued – Storm Timeline
EC has issued rain warnings for all parts of Vancouver Island except the North end. The West side is expecting 150mm of rain and the Inland areas around Port Alberni and Gold River should expect 100mm from this storm. There is also a wind warning for the east side of the Island north of Nanaimo.…