Category: Storm
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Possibly record rain hits Tofino. Labour Day looks OK. Campfire ban may be lifted soon.
It may have been a record setting day on Tuesday in Tofino. Port Alberni only had a little bit of rain but the West Coast got hammered with 60mm falling at Ucluelet Secondary School and over 100mm falling at Wickinninish Community School in Tofino! Environment Canada has not published data from their Tofino (A) station for yesterday…
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Thunderstorm causes fire, heavy downpours. Return of Heat Tuesday
(Headline Photo by Rob Frolic) We got a reprieve from the heat on Sunday but the cool temperatures also brought some afternoon thunderstorms. And extremely heavy rains. Particularly in the central Island area. This caused heavy downpours that likely contributed to two simultaneous crashes on Highway 4 that affected the road for hours. My…
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Updated 11AM Saturday — More details for Thunder during Thunder in the Valley
Update Saturday 11AM The morning model has the threat of rain drying up by the 3-4PM hour The threat returns at about noon on Sunday through 3PM. It won’t be much but again probably just enough to halt the races. Update Saturday 7AM Based on the latest model run from friday night, the most likely chance of…
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Tuesday showers and possible thunder. Fire Risk holds at High.
It will be quite pleasant again today but a little bit of a change is going to come late in the evening and overnight as a chance of showers develops with a chance of a few rumbles of thunder as well. The rain is projected to arrive after sundown tonight. In the first image below you…
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Heat backs off but summer continues. Extreme Fire Danger
A great run of weather is going to continue into BC Day Long Weekend. By the end of today (Friday) we will have been over 30°C six days in a row. The highs were closer to the UWash model thankfully than the EC forecast earlier in the week so we didnt get up to 36°C as…