Category: General

  • Spring has Sprung?

    This is a pretty easy forecast to make this time. There is a whole lot of moisture out in the Pacific just waiting to come drench us. It won’t be torrential rain, but it will be steady. The strongest pulse of rain looks like it will be on Saturday and Sunday. Today though it will…

  • Dry monday – Messy Tuesday – Wet Week

    We’re going to start out the week this week dry… Monday should be reasonably pleasant. EC is giving us some snow tonight but I think it’s not going to happen until early tomorrow morning at the earliest, likely not until after dawn on Tuesday. I think there is a good possibility that our pocket of…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…