Category: General
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UPDATE 7: Whoa. Where’s my Parka??
UDPATE 7 2PM Just got back from Nanaimo. Took an hour to get through Nanoose. It’s snowing pretty hard over there still but only in places… you go from whiteout and people slipping everywhere (including trucks) to a clear lane and light snow. The Hump is clear and heavily sanded. UPDATE 6 11AM: I’m headed…
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UPDATED: More snow possible tonight
UPDATE Be careful on the East Coast especially. There are blustery and cold winds blowing from the Northwest and it’s making for slippery driving, and walking! No big accumulations here mainly because of the Beauforts blocking us off, but on the East coast there could be patches of significant accumulation if the Strait effect kicks…
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What a Day…. change in forecast
Well… that was quite the day wasn’t it? Blizzards, sun… snow, slush, ice, and a lot of mayhem on the Hump. Well, the good news is it looks like the worst might be over. I just noticed that EC has put out a special update to their forecast at 8:59PM tonight. They’ve gone from 5-10cm…
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Careful driving!
Just got back from Powell River and the hump was a whiteout with an inch of snow on the road. Not much plowing happening though they were going up the hill when I came down, so they might have just been on a shift change or something. If you happen to be going over tonight…
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Persistent borderline cold forecast
After a couple of wild days things should start to settle down today. Then the battle begins between the cold and the warm air. The models have been pretty consistent with cold air, especially for later this week… but they aren’t totally unanimous. The GFS has us getting mightily cold the first week of march……