Category: Wind
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Weather Forecast Post – Cool and possible showers coming Saturday?
Before doing the fire post, I wanted to get back to a regular weather forecast post. There is a definite shift in the weather coming that could have important implications for our fire. Smoke Keeps Heat at Bay Again Where it not for the smoke, we would have had continued on our >30º C weather all…
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Nearly 30ºC on Wednesday – Warm Weekend – And Water Conservation Measures at Great Central
We set a short term record yesterday with an official high of 28.8ºC at the Airport. Alberniweather got up to 29.5ºC and many anecdotal reports had temperatures over 30ºC in the City. You can expect more of the same today even though high cloud will shield some of the sun’s rays. There is a possibility…
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May the 4th be with you this Monday morning!
After a positively perfect weekend with high over 21°C, the darker side of the weather will return and give us some clouds and even possible thunder in the skies. Some rain will invade around 3PM this afternoon but the true power will be felt in the wind as its barbed indicators line up on our…
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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…