Category: General
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January 2015 Summary – Dry and Warm – No Snow – Robertson Extreme.
A very warm and somewhat dry January smashes records and sets course for new low snowpack. Temperatures Way High – Snow Pack Way Low Temperatures well above normal mean no snow anywhere. I took a quick picture of our mostly bare mountain as I was headed out of town this morning. That mountain should be a lot…
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Showers Early Today – then a break until Rain Wed Night and Thursday
Hope everyone had a good Family Day holiday! A short update as I work on the January summary (remember January!?) After a very damp weekend we should get a bit of a break today and Wednesday. It will stay mostly cloudy or foggy throughout though so we won’t see much or any sun before the…
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Rain here. More in the forecast than before.. Work done.
The rain is here. The work on the water main should be done. The image in the headingis a microwave satellite shwoing the water vapour in the atmosphere. As you can see, the Pineapple Express “atmospheric River” is visiting us. We’ve already got over 30mm since midnight. Here is the 5AM special weather statement for our area:…
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Update: 3PM Wednesday – Streamflow Advisory – Please Conserve Water Today – Lots of Water Falling tonight
Update 3PM Wednesday: Streamflow Advisory Issued. The BC River Forecast Centre is issuing a High Streamflow Advisory for Vancouver Island including: Central Vancouver Island (including the Somass River) West Vancouver Island East Vancouver Island A multi-day atmospheric river event is expected to impact coastal British Columbia over the next several days. Heavy rainfall is expected to begin on Thursday, with several…
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Mostly soggy week
A warm but soggy week awaits us. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday rain. We are in for a straight week of wet stuff. The models show Monday’s rain starting just after 7AM. it should continue until around 3PM with accumulations around 8mm. Light showers should begin again late Tuesday morning and lasting through the day with…