Category: Wind

  • Rain starts Monday evening – Through Wednesday then Sun.

    Happy November! We’re starting out the month with a very typical bit of rain in the next 24-72 hours. The rain has already begun on the North end of the Island but it won’t slide south until this evening. Below is the forecast for this afternoon from 1-4PM. Notice it only reaches down as far…

  • Yup, that’s snow in the forecast! Special Weather Statement up.

    Yup, that’s snow in the forecast! Special Weather Statement up.

    Messy Friday coming! Don’t get any crazy ideas that we will have snow before Halloween, but at the very least we are definitely going to have snow on the hills after Friday and a couple more frosty mornings like we had this morning. It might even be as low as -5ºC Saturday or Sunday morning!…

  • Cold is here. Sunny then messy Rain with high elevation snow possible Friday.

    Cold is here. Sunny then messy Rain with high elevation snow possible Friday.

    Might be time to rev up the snow contest! We will be receiving our first freezing temperatures of the fall in the coming days! Pleasant Wednesday and Thursday – Chilly Fog should clear Wednesday before noon. It will be mostly sunny both Wednesday and Thursday, but cool. Thursday’s high will only be to 9°C! Friday…

  • A little disagreement on Thursday rain.

    A little disagreement on Thursday rain.

    Models have insignificant rain. While EC is predicting rain for Thursday and Friday for our area, the UWash model really doesn’t. Here is the 24 hour total between 5PM Thursday and Friday. Barely 2 mm is expected in Port Alberni. A lot more is expected to fall on the West Coast and North Island but…

  • Windy and wet Tuesday but better through the week.

    Windy and wet Tuesday but better through the week.

    Thunder this morning There were reports of thunder rumbling through the valley early this morning. There has also been plenty of rain. 17mm already since midnight as I write this. There is a storm overhead 🙂 It is also quite chilly! Just 5.7°C this morning. No wonder Mt. Washington got snow yesterday! There are wind…