Category: Wet
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Wild Rainy Friday afternoon and evening – drying Saturday – rain Sunday
As I type, the rain is coming down very hard in Nanaimo. in fact, it is doing just as the UWash model said it would…. Notice the blob of rain off Nanaimo in the image below. There are eports of heavy rain, hail, even a water spout was spotted in Georgia Strait yesterday. The…
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Hottest day of the Year on Tap – Records Broken – Cooling and Showers through Week
It was nothing short of a spectacular weekend and that spectacular weather is going to continue for at least another day. The forecast high for today is 24ºC but I would not be surprised if the thermometers in the City of Port Alberni crack 25ºC. We’ll see. We did set a short-term record on Saturday…
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March 2015 Summary – Warmth Continues – No Snow on 2014/2015 register
(Expect rain to start before noon Friday – Full weekend Forecast tomorrow) February was so out of whack that even though March was again significantly warmer than normal it was actually only slightly warmer than February. So here goes… the easiest prediction you will ever see made. I predict there will be no significant snow pack…
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Soggy Days Ahead
We got an unexpectedly nice and warm day on Thursday. Officially we reached 16.6°C at the Airport but at Alberniweather we got over 17°C and it felt even warmer in some spots. We have a fair amount of rain coming our way this weekend starting this afternoon. Here it is in pictures. Finally, here is…
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In rain shadow this morning next wave Friday – Warm sea in the news
It may still be drizzling out there but we are actually escaping the worst of the rain this morning. As you can see above, most of the rain is going around us while we get shadowed. These regional showers will take all day to taper off but we should remain just cloudy for the most part.…