Category: Storm
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FINAL UPDATE TUESDAY ——— Snow possible Tuesday especially East and South island. Full Details!
UPDATE 5PM — SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED — Still snowing around Cameron Lake. Things should begin to die down but be careful around Qualicum Falls and Cameron Lake. There is still snow coming down. UPDATE 11AM — MAJOR ROAD DELAYS — INCLUDING PROPANE TRUCK on Highway 19. This is enough to scare you….…
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Rain returns late Monday evening. Showers Tuesday/Wed. Rain Storm Wed Night
11AM Flood Warning Maintained Current text: Flood Warning – Somass River (MAINTAINED) ISSUED: November 27, 2017 11:00 AM The River Forecast Centre is maintaining a Flood Warning for: Somass River including Sproat River, Ash River and tributaries A series of frontal systems moved over Vancouver Island last week and over the weekend, saturating the soil…
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Update: Flood Watch Issued for Stamp/Sproat/Somass system—- Sunday Windstorm – Model picks on Bamfield
Updated 11:30AM. Wind warnings ended and unlikely for rest of the day and the rain should be mostly done too. Good stuff! But flood watch still in effect. Updated 9PM: Good News https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/934638155025629185 Bad News: Flood Watch – Somass River (UPGRADED) ISSUED: November 25, 2017 17:00 PM The River Forecast Centre is upgrading a Flood…
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Heaviest rain and warmest temperatures done. But watch rivers.
It was a deluge yesterday. So far this week we have received 82mm of rain. It was also very warm, it got up to 15.8°C here at Alberniweather and 13.6°C at the Airport. That broke the short term record… but not the all time record of 17.2°C set at the Beaver Creek station on that…
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High Streamflow Advisory Issued
See the previous post for details on the rain. I will update this post if there is anything else significant that changes. The River Forecast Centre has issued a High Streamflow Advisory for our region. You can see updates directly here. The Current Advisory (Nov 21 1:41PM) High Streamflow Advisory – Vancouver Island ISSUED: November…