Category: General
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Loopy jetstream keeping us cool and dry for forseeable future.
The UWash model is completely dry for the next 7 days. There is not a hint of rain. This is due to the jetstream flowing up and around a high that is anchored along the coast. Here is the jetstream today: And here it is next Monday. You can see that the high has shifted…
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Rain tonight into Thursday, more Friday evening and Saturday then a break?
The rain train continues. The good news is that the Flood Warnings and High Streamflow advisories have been lifted for the Somass river and tributaries. The bad news is there is some more rain coming. You can expect up to 30mm to fall overnight and into the morning. We should get a break Thursday afternoon…
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Rain returns late Monday evening. Showers Tuesday/Wed. Rain Storm Wed Night
11AM Flood Warning Maintained Current text: Flood Warning – Somass River (MAINTAINED) ISSUED: November 27, 2017 11:00 AM The River Forecast Centre is maintaining a Flood Warning for: Somass River including Sproat River, Ash River and tributaries A series of frontal systems moved over Vancouver Island last week and over the weekend, saturating the soil…
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FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR SOMASS
This from the River Forecast Centre this morning. “Important note: The River Forecast Centre’s website test server is not available and we are not able to update the web version of this Flood Warning. Please refer to this email for the Flood Warning but NOT the River Forecast Centre’s website. We will update the website…
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Update: Flood Watch Issued for Stamp/Sproat/Somass system—- Sunday Windstorm – Model picks on Bamfield
Updated 11:30AM. Wind warnings ended and unlikely for rest of the day and the rain should be mostly done too. Good stuff! But flood watch still in effect. Updated 9PM: Good News https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/934638155025629185 Bad News: Flood Watch – Somass River (UPGRADED) ISSUED: November 25, 2017 17:00 PM The River Forecast Centre is upgrading a Flood…