Category: General
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4.8M Earthquake hits Victoria. No Tsunami Warning at This Time.
Final Update 12:00AM Remember, if you are not actually in physical danger.. there is no need to call 911. No Tsunami Expected (see link below). Hopefully no one is hurt, I can’t imagine an earthquake of that magnitude doing significant damage but it is always possible. Take care everyone. And by the way, it’s snowing a…
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A White Christmas? Lynn Ruttan the Snow winner! Winter Solstice 8:48PM tonight
Welcome to the last day of Fall! (The winter solstice is officially set for 8:48PM December 21st) For the first time, we have had a repeat winner in our snow contest! Congratulations to Lynn Ruttan whose guess of 3:05PM Thursday was closest to the time we received 5cm of snow at Alberniweater. Lynn wins a…
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UPDATE 12:30PM – Will it Snow? Will it Snow? Will it Snow? Probably no. Not much.
Update 9:30PM – Models still split but the most reliable ones say rain, not snow. Here are the various runs as of now: It seems to indicate that there is more chance of snow, but the highest resolution ones, including the UWash below, say no snow for most areas of the Alberni Valley. It is much…
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Rain returns Thursday – White Christmas Unlikely
I have already had a whole bunch of people ask for a Christmas forecast. The short answer is if you want to see snow this Christmas, head to Mount Washington. They should do quite well. :). There do not appear to be any indications of an imminent cold snap so ya, green Christmas me thinks. 🙂 In…
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Final Update 8AM Sunday – Final Storm of December procession could be biggest.
Final Update 8AM Sunday – Warning Over. A look at wind around the Island. Environment Canada has removed the Wind warning for our area. Once again, yesterday has proven that predicting high winds in Port Alberni is exceedingly difficult. Our top gust at Alberniweather was only 38kph while Maquinna school got up to 58kph. Warnings…