Category: Wind

  • Snow and Sleet Falling – Careful Out there!

    Snow and Sleet Falling – Careful Out there!

    The forecast was just updated to reflect a little more accurately what is going on out there… and that is wet snow! Check the Webcam page Webcams for updated imagery from the Hump and Sutton Pass.  Unfortunately the Hump is offline right now but here is Sutton Pass right now. Poor Visibility! ;=) There was…

  • Stormy Wednesday Night, Rainy Thursday slushy Hump on Friday— Freezing Sunday?

    Stormy Wednesday Night, Rainy Thursday slushy Hump on Friday— Freezing Sunday?

    We are in a break between systems today but still have showers around and those showers will intensify back into rain tonight as a new system comes through. Heavy Rain is expected between 11PM and 1AM tonight with up to 16mm falling in that 3 hour period. (blue) It will back off a bit but…

  • One more storm to go – and Testing 360° Webcam

    One more storm to go – and Testing 360° Webcam

    We will dry out a bit Saturday as the rain moves away and the wind picks up behind the front.  We might get gusts up to 50kph. While we wait for the next system take a look at the new live webcam. Right now it is living in my upstairs bedroom window but if I…

  • Rain coming again tonight, then a break Wednesday

    Rain coming again tonight, then a break Wednesday

    Rainfall warning continued: Rainfall warning continued for: Inland Vancouver Island, B.C. (081500) Current details: Rain, at times heavy, continues. The ground, already near saturation, has little ability to absorb further rainfall. An intense frontal system stalled across northern Vancouver Island will continue to stream copious rainfall onto northern and central sections of the Island. The…

  • Rainfall Warning – Threat of more Flooding continues – Comparing to 2014 and 2015

    Rainfall Warning – Threat of more Flooding continues – Comparing to 2014 and 2015

    We are back into the rain this morning.  The high res forecast shows up to 30mm is expected between 4AM Monday – 4AM Tuesday in the Valley with up to 60mm falling in the Beauforts and Sproat Lake and over 100mm-150mm in the mountains to the West and NorthWest. I think it is already a little…