Category: Wet
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First Day of School!
As you rush around trying to get the kids ready for school, (Schedule here. 10AM-12PM for Elementary, 10AM-2PM for Grades 8s only at ADSS, Wednesday all ADSS in at 8:30AM)…. here’s the forecast for the Tuesday and Wednesday! It has started cool and with a little drizzle and that will continue until around 11AM. We should…
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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…