Category: Storm
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Rainfall Warning – up to 150mm – (Updated)
Update Sunday 8AM The Airport got 12mm on Saturday. The more serious rain has come overnight and today though. So far we have 25m at Alberniweather since Midnight and wind gusts to 60kph. Our rain total for the storm since Friday is 43mm. Here is the updated Rainfall Warning. We should get another 30mm at…
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Models agree. Most Rain Saturday night through Sunday
Our first rain storm of the season has arrived and its first band of rain has moved through. We already have over 4mm of rain from last night. The steady rain should end shortly this morning and then return with similar amounts tonight through Saturday. Here is the GFS… I’ve included the total up to…
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Rain Amounts diverging..
There’s no doubt we will get rain and a bunch of it, but the difference in the Canadian and American models is pretty dramatic. The Canadian model is calling for around the same as yesterday… about 120mm from Friday through Monday. The GFS (US) meanwhile (use code CWQC) has bumped its forecast up to over…
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Gauging the rain to come
There is no doubt it will rain starting Thursday or Friday. In fact, as I type this there is a light mist falling in Qualicum. First, it’s worth remembering how much rain we need, which is a lot even for us on the West Coast. Not since 1896 (in Beaver Creek) and 1929 (at City…
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A record Happy Thanksgiving! And the rain can’t come soon enough.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you’ve enjoyed the fantastic and record breaking weather we’ve had over the weekend. We broke records on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for highs of the day. 25.5C yesterday was good enough for the Hot Spot in Canada. 16 records were broken in BC yesterday. Our forecast of 24C should break…