Category: Wind
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Rain continues Thursday – Easing off by the weekend – Australian fires claim more lives.
UPDATE: Highway 4 to Tofino CLOSED Wet Weather Continues It has been a very wet week. In fact, there hasn’t been more than a 24 hour gap in the rain (or melting snow) since January 16! Including some snow melt, my rain gauge has measured 216mm since then, and counting. It’ll probably be past 300mm…
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Winter Storm Warnings Issued (Now ended)
Update 10:30AM – Warnings ended. Rain is here. Expect this rain to continue most of today and tomorrow. We should see temperatures over 5°C before nightfall Saturday. Update 7:30AM Rain has begun in areas… significant snowfall at higher elevations around Port Alberni like the lake and south end. Update 7AM – Warnings updated. Here is…
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Highways clear Friday morning – Weekend of slush and rain on the way.
Quick road report Quick report as I wait for my bus at Parksville. The roads were pretty good with only a few patches of slippery snow around Cameron Lake and before Parksville. It is below freezing everywhere though and the melt yesterday has made for icy patches especially near the edges of roads and streets.…
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50cm of snow? Yes… Ladysmith, Nanaimo, and Lake Cowichan, I’m looking at you. Other places, less, but plenty.
FINAL POST UPDATE (10:30AM Thurs) There is blue sky! Right after the crazy sideways slush… anyway. I think we can count this particular storm over. So this will be the last update for this post. Thanks all for visiting and for your contributions. Update 7:30AM – SD70 Open – Highway slippery sections Update 6:45AM –…
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Snow falling around the Island this morning and all week.
Just got in to work after a snowy drive. Especially south of Whiskey Creek. Be careful out there! I will update this post later on. For now, be aware there are snowfall warnings for West Vancouver Island. There is about 3-5cm of snow in Nanaimo at VIU. The roads are very slick. Be careful out…