Category: Storm
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The rain cometh
There is quite an impressive looking low sitting off the coast. It’s going to sit and brew out there for a while and then head up to the North Coast to give them some high winds. Down here, it will deliver a warm, and wet southwesterly flow. We should get around 60mm between now and…
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Solander howls but missing us
There is a major storm hitting the North Coast. It’s not giving us much trouble here though there will be wind on the East Coast and plenty of rain. The real action is happening on the water where there is a Hurricane force wind warning for the North section of West Vancouver Island. True to…
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Rain, wind then dry weekend
Another short update: There will be more rain and likely some wind coming tonight before we get a chance to dry out on the weekend. I will have a more detailed update this afternoon or tomorrow.
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More rain tonight and tomorrow – flurries Monday?
Just a quick update. The showers this morning will pick back up into rain tomorrow with some more wind like we had Tuesday. Not very pleasant. It’s also getting colder so whenever we have heavy rain there is the possibility that sleet will be mixed in especially on the Hump and elsewhere. The shot of…
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Rainy weekend over – Station nearing California destination
The last 48 hours have certainly felt the wettest since fall began. Alberni Elementary got over 60mm of rain between Friday and Monday morning. The Environment Canada station at the Airport got 93mm. Not too shabby! Of course, my station stayed perfectly dry because it is in a box in some delivery depot in Oakland…