Category: General
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Flurries likely – Weather Sation coming home – no Tsunami
The winds are shifting to the Northwest. In fact there is a Gale warning in effect for the South part of the West Coast with gales up to 30knots today. Brrrr. We were zero here in the Valley this morning. Any precipitation that falls is likely to be white or at least slushy. Luckily, the…
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Neutral Pacific and the “S” word
First an update on El Niño, or the lack thereof. The latest EL NIÑO/SOUTHERN OSCILLATION (ENSO) report is out from the NOAA Climate Prediction Center. Their observation: During November 2012, the Pacific Ocean reflected ENSO-neutral conditions. …it is considered unlikely that a fully coupled El Niño will develop during the next several months. ENSO-neutral is…
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Starry morning sky
A quick update for star gazers since the skies are relatively clear this morning, if you look to the East towards Mt. Arrowsmith you should see some bright stars. On top is Saturn, a little bit below and to the left is Venus (which may be hidden behind the mountain) and if we could actually…
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Rainy weekend over – Station nearing California destination
The last 48 hours have certainly felt the wettest since fall began. Alberni Elementary got over 60mm of rain between Friday and Monday morning. The Environment Canada station at the Airport got 93mm. Not too shabby! Of course, my station stayed perfectly dry because it is in a box in some delivery depot in Oakland…
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Calm before the Weekend Storm
Murphy has reared his ironic head and ensured that what looks like the strongest storm of the winter so far will appear when my weather station is offline. Oh well, we can still admire it coming, revel in its effects, and watch other sources for the details (he says through gritted teeth :)) The next…