Category: Wet
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Rain starting soon and lasting most of the week.
The rain will begin shortly in Port Alberni and last most of the week. There should be a slight break late tonight. We will receive around 16 mm of rain today through Tuesday morning. The rain shouod intensify a bit Tuesday and we will likely get over 20 mm. We should get another small break early Wednesday…
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Warm and Wet Weekend – Record Warm World – Coffee and Chocolate Threatened – Apocalypse Now
Update: New Study reveals record high North Pacific Ocean temperatures threatening cold water species including Salmon. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/record-north-pacific-temperatures-threatening-b-c-marine-species-1.2845662 Update 9:45AM: The Air Quality Advisory and Burning Restrictions have now ended. Today, Saturday and Sunday will be warm, will have periods of rain and possibly some wind too. Thankfully though after a rainy Friday, most of the…
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Rain coming Wednesday night/Thursday
(Don’t forget to enter in the Contest!) The Air Quality Advisory has been continued. It might get lifted tomorrow if we get a little breeze tonight but the real shift in air mass won’t happen until Wednesday Night and Thursday when a front comes ashore. The rain will be strongest overnight and then taper off…
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FINAL UPDATE 9:00PM – Wind Warning Continued – 90kph Gusts Possible
UPDATE 9:00PM The Wind Warning has ended. Port Alberni escaped mostly unscathed. Our strongest gust was 54kph around 12:30PM today. Other parts of the Island didn’t fare as well and nearly 33,000 people are without power right now, mostly in the Cowichan Valley. UPDATE 4:00PM The wind warning has been continued for our area. The…
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October 2014 Summary – Wet and very Warm – No Snow Contest Until After Election
A very wet and very warm October has made the thought of drought a distant memory. But how does this rank from past Octobers? And what about the Snow Contest!? Temperatures well above normal. As was the case for September, the month of October saw temperatures above normal in both the City and at the Airport. Minimum temperatures…