Category: Wet

  • Final UPDATE 7:30PM Winter Storm Warning ended – here are the Details on when and where.

    Final UPDATE 7:30PM Winter Storm Warning ended – here are the Details on when and where.

    7:30PM Friday – Winter Storm Warning is now ended.  Still plenty of rain on the way to wash this mess away…. new post Friday morning. 6:15AM It is currently drizzling or raining. The moisture aloft has now all switched to rain so snow should be done but rain andnfreezing rain now the problem. SD70 is…

  • Update 4:15PM Tuesday – WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY

    Update 4:15PM Tuesday – WINTER STORM WARNING FOR WEDNESDAY

    Update 4:15PM – Warning Issued and Timing Below is the updated Warning statement and some predictions on timing.  The coles notes version is, drizzle or flurries should start around 3PM Wednesday afternoon.  Then assuming we are between 0 and 2°C we should see snow, possibly heavy snow, starting after 6PM. The question this becomes how…

  • December and Annual 2016 Summary – Cold and Hot!

    December and Annual 2016 Summary – Cold and Hot!

    December cooled off an otherwise Hot Year. It took me a while to get to this post… lots of stuff going on these days! However, it is worth the wait.  Wow, 2016 was another big year for weather! Unlike the world, which had its 3rd consecutive warmest (header image from NOAA) year on record. Port Alberni did…

  • Scattered showers over next few days – Ending California Drought?

    Scattered showers over next few days – Ending California Drought?

    Thursday, Friday and Saturday all will have scattered showers over the Island as we receive the tailing north edges of moisture that is mainly impacting California as you can see below. They may end up with some flooding down there, but the good news is they might come out of this winter officially at the…

  • Quick Update – Times for heaviest rain

    Quick Update – Times for heaviest rain

    The rain has come and boy does it feel nice. 🙂 Just a quick update to give you an idea of when to expect the heaviest rain.  We had one strong pulse come through around 6AM this morning.  It was raining very hard on the Hump with water pooling on the road. The next strong…