Category: Wet

  • Wednesday looks pretty wet

    Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, the VIU Strike has monopolized most of my time and thrown me off my usual schedule. Today (Tuesday) we should escape without too much rain though much like Monday the later into the day we go, the more likely there will be rain drops falling. The rain will…

  • Happy Vernal Equinox!

    Today is the first half-day of spring! 🙂 Spring will officially start at 4:21PM PDT. I’m hoping we’re in the sunshine by then. The fog rolled in not long after the Super Moon rose above the mountains and now we’re locked into a chilly morning. It will stay pretty dry the next few days with…

  • Threat of Snow remains — But warmth taking hold

    It seems as though over the next week (the first week of Spring!) we’ll be in a bit of an in-between place for weather. The first day of Spring, the vernal equinox, when day and night are roughly equal in length, will be March 20th. The first moment of Spring will occur at 16:21 (4:21PM)…

  • Continuous rain breaks 100mm mark

    When my station records rain it keeps track of its continuity. If the rain does not pause for more than 3 hours then it keeps the “Rain Storm” counter going. Since the rain started at 4AM on Sunday, March 13 we have received 101.8mm of rain. Depending on where you are around the Valley no…

  • Wind, Rain – No Radiation

    You can expect lots of wind and rain over the next few days as we get a series of systems coming through. It really has turned to Spring I think and we’re in it for good now. What I would not expect is any kind of radiation from Japan. Lots of people seem to be…