Category: Wind
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Rain here. More in the forecast than before.. Work done.
The rain is here. The work on the water main should be done. The image in the headingis a microwave satellite shwoing the water vapour in the atmosphere. As you can see, the Pineapple Express “atmospheric River” is visiting us. We’ve already got over 30mm since midnight. Here is the 5AM special weather statement for our area:…
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Update: 3PM Wednesday – Streamflow Advisory – Please Conserve Water Today – Lots of Water Falling tonight
Update 3PM Wednesday: Streamflow Advisory Issued. The BC River Forecast Centre is issuing a High Streamflow Advisory for Vancouver Island including: Central Vancouver Island (including the Somass River) West Vancouver Island East Vancouver Island A multi-day atmospheric river event is expected to impact coastal British Columbia over the next several days. Heavy rainfall is expected to begin on Thursday, with several…
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Very warm and wet weekend – and the Webcam is back – A Guide to the Setup!
the rain has begun. It won’t stop more than a few minutes or hours until Sunday. As I detailed yesterday, the west coast is in the crosshairs with some potentially extreme amounts. Our totals are I think a little less sure but should get into the 30-50 range for the three days. Spring temperatures Check out…
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Update 10AM – Deepening Low on the way. Strong winds and rain possible.
Update 10:15AM. My poor roof can’t handle much more. After the big storms in December with 100kph gusts, the meager 50-60kph gusts are causing some severe flapping of our shingles. Update 10AM: We’ve achieved a second peak wind gust late this morning of 61.1kph at around 9:30AM. The first peak was very early this morning around…
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Fog Should Burn Off to Sun – More Rain coming
The fog should burn off this morning. Elsewhere on the Island it is clear and beautiful. When I walked out the door the sky was actually just barely covered in a light fog and you could easily see the moon shining through and Mt. Arrowsmith in the distance. However, things quickly cooled and caused the…