Category: General
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Dry? Wet? Warm? Cold? Roll the dice, it ain’t December anymore.
It has been a rough week for forecasters and the models they rely on. After the UW GFS got its big win on Saturday when the snow appeared as it had predicted, it then completely failed to capture the severity of the snow on Sunday and especially Monday. This week looks like it’s going to…
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Picture post! More snow than expected. Rain and warmth coming next!
We lucked out and it stayed quite a bit colder than was originally forecast! We ended up with one of the biggest totals of snow on the Island along with Courtenay. 8.5cm was measured at Alberniweather HQ. It’s going to get warm too. It should be 5°C or more today and tomorrow. Then Wednesday morning…
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Environment Canada is the official authority on Canadian Weather Forecasting
I want to get this out there because of late I have heard much chatter about the role and influence of social media, amateur weather sites, and official weather from Environment Canada, and elsewhere. Really bluntly: You should never trust anything on this website, or any other non-Environment Canada or non-Government Agency website to be…
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January 2014 Summary Driest October-January Ever plus warm dry January does nothing for the snowpack
More Records Smashed… dry weather marches on (though relief may be coming) Port Alberni has easily smashed its previous records for driest October-January period. Though not historic like December, the month of January has continued the dry trend we have seen throughout this ‘rainy’ season. Officially we received between 30-40% of our normal rainfall and…
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Cold by Sunday/Monday and onwards
There are some flurries in the official forecast but don’t expect them to amount to anything. The UWash models has us snow free and dry but mostly cloudy through Sunday. Sunday and Monday temperatures will drop below freezing at night. By Tuesday night we could be looking at temperatures approaching -5° C. It’s going to…