Category: General
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Scattered showers over next few days – Ending California Drought?
Thursday, Friday and Saturday all will have scattered showers over the Island as we receive the tailing north edges of moisture that is mainly impacting California as you can see below. They may end up with some flooding down there, but the good news is they might come out of this winter officially at the…
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Freezing Rain possible Monday morning – Heavy Rain expected for next 3 Days
The kink in the jetstream (climate change) has finally untwisted (you can see the faint twist left in the image below) and we are now the target for some very heavy rains dragged across the Pacific from the Phillipines and the Himalayas! It actually makes me wonder how much smog from China might be coming our…
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The deep freeze is about to end! But rain might be a concern.
The last two days have been the coldest of the winter. We got down to -7°C earlier this morning at Alberniweather. The good news is there appears to be an end to this incredibly long cold spell. There are some minor flurries expected over the weekend. The UWash model says it is coming Saturday evening but…
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Light snow today – Then back in the deep freeze
It’s snowing on the East Side in patches as Strait Effect seems to be coming online….. https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/818869998215041024 https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/818873128914825216 @wyniasweather Snowing!! pic.twitter.com/IE5oCiJHsP — David Studer (@DaveStuder) January 10, 2017 There was light snow and slushy sections on Highway 4 and Highway 19 this morning, especially on the Port Alberni side of the hump and…
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Updated 6AM Friday — Plenty of snow in the forecast but probabilities and amounts unsure. Freezing rain possible Sunday Night.
Update 6AM Friday Update: road report: it was snowing and sticking on the west side of the hump. Snow covered. But the east side and all the way to qualicum was clear and just wet. In Parksville it is dry… 2cm on the ground and still snowing. I think EC officially wins! The heaviest precipitation…