Category: Wet

  • Blustery day – Rain beginning this evening.

    Blustery day – Rain beginning this evening.

    You only have one more week to make your guess in the Snow Contest! Head to the Snow Contest Post to make your entry or email it to alberniweather@gmail.com. We’re in for a little bit of wind today as a low spins offshore.  Here is the satellite picture this morning. There is no warning posted for…

  • Thunderstormy West Coast – Rainy Valley – Variable Weekend

    Thunderstormy West Coast – Rainy Valley – Variable Weekend

    (make sure you enter the snow guess contest!) They are currently reporting Thunderstorms in Tofino. Quite a bit of lighting with the shortwave this am although most of the activity should pass just N of #YVR pic.twitter.com/MiAS7DoeV5 — Chris Doyle (@ensembleator) October 21, 2016 The models indicate this will continue most of the day and…

  • Rainy evening then off and on rest of week.

    Rainy evening then off and on rest of week.

    It has been an off and on kind of week and that pattern will continue. And by the way, make sure you enter the snow contest! Current entries are in the calendar. Showers will begin today around 2PM as a system comes onshore. It will intensify significantly over night with the peak rainfall in the…

  • Update 11:30PM – Storm Done – Canadian Model wins.

    Update 11:30PM – Storm Done – Canadian Model wins.

    Update 11:30PM – Storm Done – Canadian Model wins. This will be the final update on this post. The Wind Warning has been lifted.  The storm has crossed the Strait and winds are diminishing quickly.  In the end, it looks like the Canadian model won the day. It predicted the track last night nearly perfectly.…

  • Update 12:30PM – Storm 2 takes its time. Causes Tornado in Oregon. Strongest Port Alberni winds coming before 5PM.

    Update 12:30PM – Storm 2 takes its time. Causes Tornado in Oregon. Strongest Port Alberni winds coming before 5PM.

    Update 12:30PM – Storm 2 takes its time. Causes Tornado in Oregon. Strongest Port Alberni winds coming before 5PM. This storm has really been taking its time.  The forecast last night said it would make landfall before 11AM.  Yet at 11AM this morning Environment Canada had this to say in the updated Wind Warning. At…