Category: General

  • First Day of Spring! Windy… rain tapering off.

    Quick update(10:20AM): Wind Peak has grown for West Coast for 2PM… Change shown below: 4PM shows 65-70knot (110-130+kph) gusts possible for Tsawassen/Georgia Strait. Ferry cancellations likely. We’ve had a wet night. We have received 30mm of rain since this storm started around 4PM yesterday. Overnight we had bouts of wet snow and I woke up…

  • Quick rain showers… then getting into fair weather.

    A weak system will come through today and this evening. bringing some rain showers. Nothing like we had last week. After that, things are looking quite dry and, if the fog stays away, very nice right through the weekend! Lets hope. 🙂

  • Sun dogs behind the fog

    A quick post this morning. Like yesterday, we awoke this morning to below zero temperatures and lots of fog. The fog burned off by noon and we had a wonderful and warm afternoon. It was clear and icy in spots on the East Coast. I managed to snap a quick picture of a sun dog…

  • Special Weather Statement issued for Thursday/Friday/Saturday rain storm

    Environment Canada issued the following statement… It’s also worth noting their mention of freezing levels which means it will be raining on the mountains too. Pineapple express rainstorm expected Thursday night through Saturday. ——————————————————————— ==discussion== A pineapple express-type rainstorm will develop across the South Coast of BC on Thursday. A warm Pacific front will tap…

  • Wet Week Ahead – Winter Normals

    After a great Saturday, we had quite the Sunday with constant rain and some of our strongest winds of the winter. We received 35.3mm of rain on Sunday and we’ve got 114.8mm so far for February which is about half the 234mm we normally get in February. In fact, while we are on the topic…