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Snow Contest Winners! Faye, Jean and Lydian! Wish a Happy Birthday to Theresa!
It’s official! We can finally declare winners for the 2018 First Snow Contest! I received a text from my expert co-CEO at Alberniweather (my wife Theresa) at 3:30PM on January 8, 2019. It had snowed since about 8AM in the morning and it took that long for it to start to accumulate! 1st PRIZE: FAYE…
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Snowfall Warning in effect. 10-20 possible. Also icy morning and maybe freezing rain. Winner on the way?
Update 6AM: the temp has popped up to 3°C but the windchill has us below zero still. The snowfall warning remains in effect. I expect it now to start as rain and then switch to snow but we will see. Yup, we have a snowfall warning! Below is the warning in full. I have more…
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Cold Air incoming could produce Tuesday snow.d
There is some cold air making its way into the air today and tonight. Winds should pick up this morning from the northwest and clear away the clouds and are expected to send temperatures down to -5°C by Tuesday morning. If that temperature holds close to the ground then when precipitation comes in we could…
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Rain Warnings Issued – Storm Timeline
EC has issued rain warnings for all parts of Vancouver Island except the North end. The West side is expecting 150mm of rain and the Inland areas around Port Alberni and Gold River should expect 100mm from this storm. There is also a wind warning for the east side of the Island north of Nanaimo.…
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Happy New Year’s Eve! First look at first rain storm of 2019 on Thursday
I hope all of you have had a chance to spend time with family this Christmas and here we are now, the last day of a very eventful 2018! The weather never stops of course, and we do have what looks like a signficant rain event shaping up for Wednesday night, through Thursday and into…
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