Category: Storm
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UPDATED 8AM Tuesday : 103kph gust! Very large series of storms on the way. Flooding Possible. Stay tuned.
UPDATE 8AM It’s roaring out there! We got a gust of 103kph at 7:28 this morning! This should be the last hurrahs of this storm. Another hour or two. We are currently just under 100mm of rain for the storm total. Rainfall Warning Back – Rainfall totals 80-110mm. 3rd Ave flooding. DriveBC is…
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Alert: “brief blizzard-like conditions” possible East Vancouver Island Overnight
Update: 7:45AM Saturday Teresa Pavin, please contact me at alberniweather@gmail.com so we can arrange your snow prize! 🙂 The snow is done for Alberni (the cold is not!) but the snow is still falling in areas south of Nanaimo. Luckily it doesn’t look to be falling too hard. The webcams in Chemainus and Duncan don’t…
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Rain starting soon and lasting most of the week.
The rain will begin shortly in Port Alberni and last most of the week. There should be a slight break late tonight. We will receive around 16 mm of rain today through Tuesday morning. The rain shouod intensify a bit Tuesday and we will likely get over 20 mm. We should get another small break early Wednesday…
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FINAL UPDATE 9:00PM – Wind Warning Continued – 90kph Gusts Possible
UPDATE 9:00PM The Wind Warning has ended. Port Alberni escaped mostly unscathed. Our strongest gust was 54kph around 12:30PM today. Other parts of the Island didn’t fare as well and nearly 33,000 people are without power right now, mostly in the Cowichan Valley. UPDATE 4:00PM The wind warning has been continued for our area. The…
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October 2014 Summary – Wet and very Warm – No Snow Contest Until After Election
A very wet and very warm October has made the thought of drought a distant memory. But how does this rank from past Octobers? And what about the Snow Contest!? Temperatures well above normal. As was the case for September, the month of October saw temperatures above normal in both the City and at the Airport. Minimum temperatures…