Category: Wet
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Sun coming tomorrow – Drizzly day today – Spring Forecast
Not a whole ton going on so the updates are pretty short these days. It’s a pretty drizzly day. Not as much in the Alberni Valley which is nice… but other parts of the Island are seeing some darker skies with soaking west coast drizzle so make sure you have your rain jacket on and…
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More Rain – Winter totals – Climate Change?
Welcome to the first day of (Meteorological) Spring! The rain should taper off this until around noon and then will pick up steam again and really get going around 2 or 3PM when the Pineapple Express firehose points squarely at us. It should taper off overnight before delivering its final, somewhat weak blow on Saturday…
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Grab a Cocktail – Here comes the Pineapple Express
Update 8:30PM: Incredibly it is still only 3C but the rain has definitely come. Steady 5-6mm/hr rain rate and 17mm so far today. An impressive 46mm has fallen already in Tofino. Plenty more to come. This wave will last until morning then we might even see the sun before another wave comes in the afternoon.…
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Special Weather Statement issued for Thursday/Friday/Saturday rain storm
Environment Canada issued the following statement… It’s also worth noting their mention of freezing levels which means it will be raining on the mountains too. Pineapple express rainstorm expected Thursday night through Saturday. ——————————————————————— ==discussion== A pineapple express-type rainstorm will develop across the South Coast of BC on Thursday. A warm Pacific front will tap…
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Fog, a break, the Rain storm.
The fog should hopefully break this morning. If you were following on Facebook or Twitter lastnight you would have seen folks reporting the wet snow as it started t come down, in buckets at times. It was pretty ugly. Astrid Braunschmidt from CTV posted this snapshot from the hump. Yuk. We may get some more…