Category: Wind
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Rainfall Warning – up to 150mm – (Updated)
Update Sunday 8AM The Airport got 12mm on Saturday. The more serious rain has come overnight and today though. So far we have 25m at Alberniweather since Midnight and wind gusts to 60kph. Our rain total for the storm since Friday is 43mm. Here is the updated Rainfall Warning. We should get another 30mm at…
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A record Happy Thanksgiving! And the rain can’t come soon enough.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I hope you’ve enjoyed the fantastic and record breaking weather we’ve had over the weekend. We broke records on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for highs of the day. 25.5C yesterday was good enough for the Hot Spot in Canada. 16 records were broken in BC yesterday. Our forecast of 24C should break…
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What happened to the bummer summer?
Someone on the great alberni.ca forum asked me today: “Chris how do you explain the two prior back to back terrible summers we had? Me, I am enjoying the heck outta this year and hope it continues!” Short answer: Switch to negative (cool) Pacific Decadal Oscillation.. which has subsequently been overwhelmed by a weak El…
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Big Rain Tonight through Monday
Snow? What Snow. That was just an April Fools Day joke right? Back in the real world… we have slightly more normal weather coming our way for Monday night and Tuesday morning: A very strong storm is going to head towards Haida Gwai and send heavy rain our way Tuesday morning. Environment Canada is calling…
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Yet more rain (snow on passes) a break on the Weekend
Again be careful out there if you are driving. Here is the scene on the local passes: Here’s the Hump – Looks wet now but there are still reports of slush sections, but beware of snow flying that could cause poor visibility. Here’s Sutton Pass – a lot more snow, but road looks clear now,…