Category: Wet

Merry Christmas to all my readers. I hope you are well this season and able to connect with your loved ones over the holidays. I won’t be posting much, if at all, over the Christmas weekend, but the good news is that the forecast is pretty simple. Rain, and wind. Here’s how it looks like…

I wasn’t going to worry too much about tonight, but Environment Canada has warned of a chance of freezing rain tonight, which is always treacherous. Freezing rain occurs when rain falls from the sky and freezes on contact with objects and the ground. We’re currently well below zero, nearly -2C now. The showers and rain…

Today, Dec 21st at 9:30PM Pacific Standard Time is the winter solstice and will mark the longest night of the year and the official start of winter. (5:30AM on Dec 22 UTC) If you would like some really fascinating reading about how the different cultures of the world mark this important day, check out the…

And no I’m not talking about Amundsen’s ice bust on display today at the South Pole in honour of 100 years since he made it there. I’m talking about our snow forecast here… Or lack of it materializing. There is still a chance it could cool down enough tonight for us to get some snow……

I noticed as I went to bed last night that we were holding steady at 1C and we remain there this morning. It could still snow at this temperature but the likelihood of it persisting diminishes. It’s so hard to tell what will happen when we are on the borderline like this. It seems like…