Category: Wet
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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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Switch to Cool Wet for a few days – Climate Change causes Cedar trees to freeze
After two weeks of pretty consistent heat, there is a definite shift in the pattern as the ridge of high pressure has broken and the jet stream positions itself closer to our area. The top image is the jet today. You can see it looping around a low pressure area that will bring some showers…
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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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Couple wet days coming especially in mountains. Beware near streams.
I will be busy at the City all day tomorrow so wanted to get this out after the night model run and before tomorrow morning. The UWash model is pretty firm that we will get precipitation starting between 5AM and 8AM tomorrow. It will be moving fairly quickly as you can see by the series…
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Variable and Cool Week – Next Week Looking better.
The first full week of July will not be particularly summer-y but the first half looks better than the second half. There will be a chance of rain Monday by late morning and into the afternoon. Tuesday and Wednesday look mostly dry and so should be pretty pleasant (though high temperatures are a little below…