Category: Wet
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Snowing in Downtown Port Alberni. – <1cm so far.
Well, I made fun of the EC forecast earlier today. But you know what, this is why they get payed and I don’t. It’s snowing pretty good out there right now! Big Fat Flakes. It’s just starting to stick on the roads. The grass is covered. 10-15cm overnight!? Maybe so! Then get ready for RAIN…
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Sun before the Storm!
The sun is shining, but don’t let it fool you, it’s windy, the windchill is at 0C right now. There are showers all over the Island. And it’s going to get wild in the next 24 hours. We have a good ‘ol fashioned PacNW Hurricane coming our way. Thankfully, it will not be going directly…
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February Wrap Up – Pretty Normal
I went through my records for February since 2006. In terms of temperatures, this past February has been pretty average. Not overly warm (like 2010) and not overly cold (like 2011). The mean temperature was 3.3C (2010=5.3C 2011=1.9C) It also seems to be about average for my station for rain. 146mm of rain fell, about…
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Magnetic Storm going Strong — Rain Coming
Just checked the Kp graph over at the NOAA that measures geomagnetic storm strengths and looks like things are picking up now after a long storm over the past 18 hours. Best time to see Auroras are around Midnight local time. So if you’re up tonight, take a peak outside towards the North. Who knows,…
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Snow Bust! Again! – But watch out East Island! Whiteout!
We seem to have been bitten by a no-snow bug this year. This is the second time that we’ve been expecting significant snowfall only to end up with green grass. At this point I would be surprised if we get anything at all over night. There doesn’t seem to be much moisture available at all.…