Category: Storm
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Little Less Moisture Forecast – Still Snow
Snow is still in the forecast except the amounts of dropped off quite a bit. It looks like there is somewhat less moisture in the atmosphere than they anticipated before so the most we’re going to get is 5cm before it changes to rain in the afternoon. And in fact, with the temperature only just…
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Snow Forecast for Tuesday/Wednesday
So the models have held strong and are still predicting pretty significant snowfall over the next 48 hours starting with light flurries before sunrise Tuesday morning. Here is the GFS for 10AM Tuesday. This is about the earliest that we can expect the first serious snowfall to start up. As you can see in the…
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Warning: Major snow possible Tuesday through Wednesday.
More to come… but just so we’re clear. This could be our biggest snow event of the Winter. Alright, we have a large amount of precipitation coming our way Tuesday. (not so much tonight). Here are some illustrations: Here, this is the Canadian GEM (regional) model for Noon on Tuesday (18Z). Notice the front sweeping…
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Chance of Snow Friday and Friday Night
Looks like the chances for some wet snow is increasing for Friday. Here’s the latest model: I’ve boxed out the two distinct parts of what I think might happen on Friday. The green box is the start of the event, which should be wet but might include sleet/slush especially at higher elevations. The second event…
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Updated : Power out again 85kph gust
Last Update 10:40PM Just one last update to let folks know there are no power outages in Port Alberni at this time but everything south of town to Bamfield is out and looks like there are a number of folks out on the East side in Errington, Parksville, etc. Thankfully the wind looks to be…