Category: Storm
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UPDATE: Could be a Weekend or Week to remember?!
UDPATE: Check the update below OK, I’ve made you wait long enough. Here’s the deal. Tonight. Very Cold. Friday. Cold Again (and Sunny!) Saturday… lets look: The GFS is telling us around 10cm will fall between Saturday and Sunday afternoon, most of it Sunday. The Canadian Model says much the same or maybe a little…
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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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Possible snow tonight… next week is interesting
We could have a small accumulation of snow tonight if the fogs sticks around and the temperature stays about where it is now. I wouldn’t expect any serious accumulation in town, but on Sutton Pass and other high areas there should be a significant amount that will fall before turning to mostly rain. That said…
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Snow Day! Don’t break your back shovelling
Well it’s official. We have our first Snow Day of 2011! Both Vancouver Island University and SD70 are closed. Nanaimo SD is closed as well according to CKNW. It is currently sleeting and/or raining. So this snow is going to get very heavy very quickly. I wouldn’t shovel it unless you absolutely have to. What…
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Late Start, Forecast still solid
If you were anything like me, and I know a bunch of your are 🙂 you spent your day today checking out the window wondering where the flakes were (aside from inside hah!) Well, they have come! It is now snowing and pretty hard! It’s not exactly accumulating fast, but I could certainly see 20cm…