Category: Storm
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Rain as far as eye can see. Snowpack hope?
Last night was a deluge we haven’t had since early January. And it won’t be the last. Here is an interesting bit of info. Last week, in a conference call to emergency personnel, David Jones of Environment Canada said after November 1st of any year until the next year, the likelihood of there being a…
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Picture post! More snow than expected. Rain and warmth coming next!
We lucked out and it stayed quite a bit colder than was originally forecast! We ended up with one of the biggest totals of snow on the Island along with Courtenay. 8.5cm was measured at Alberniweather HQ. It’s going to get warm too. It should be 5°C or more today and tomorrow. Then Wednesday morning…
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Updated Thursday: Travelling this weekend? Prepare for Significant Snow.
Update: BRRR! It’s cold out there. The models have shifted the snow from Sunday to Monday morning. Environment Canada has also issued a Special Weather statement warning of the possibility of a snow storm. We have to wait until the forecast comes into the short term before saying for sure where and when and how…
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Rain tonight. Serious rain, and wind, Friday/Saturday
We haven’t had a good rainstorm since November… And really even since the end of September. When we’ve managed to get any precipitation at all, it has been in the form of relatively weak fronts moving over the Island. We will get another one of those weak fronts tonight. The rain should start in the…
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Finally! A snow day and snow winner! Drive Safe.
The kids got an early Christmas present! About 3cm of snow at Alberniweather HQ… as much as 10cm elsewhere, and a snow day on the last day of school! CONGRATULATIONS TO DEB WHO GUESS 3:30AM THIS MORNING AS THE FIRST TIME FOR SNOW! YOU WIN! AND YOU HAVE EMAIL! 🙂 Or email me (alberniweather@gmail.com) if…