Month: November 2010

  • Careful on the Roads – Enjoy the Sun

    It will be very cold for the next day or two and then there is a chance of snow on Thursday with rain right behind it. I’ve just come from Port Alberni to VIU in Nanaimo and the roads are generally clear. The Hump is heavily sanded with some snowy sections. It’s passable but I…

  • USE EXTREME CAUTION – WHITEOUT IN PORT ALBERNI

    Don’t go for a drive if you do not absolutely, life-and-death, need to… and if that, call an Ambulance. It is extremely dangerous right now. Whiteout conditions in many places, not just Port Alberni but Victoria and other places as well. On the brighside REVJIM is the winner of the snow contest!

  • Cold Start and Wet End to Week

    We got down to a low of -5.1 on Monday morning. We should go down a little lower Tuesday before we start to warm up on Wednesday. Relatively anyway… Tuesday we could hit -10 or lower with a windchill. Last night they mentioned -18 as a possibility of windchill which is pretty bonechilling for us…

  • Beware Blowing Snow (Updated)

    UPDATE 3: Snowfall warning for East Vancouver Island issued 5 to 10 cm of snow is expected tonight. Update 2 Just took a peak at the forecast into next week and wow… Canada looks cold from Coast to Coast to Coast. This is Tuesday: (blue is below 0C, purple -10, grey -20) Just saw on…

  • Snow… or not?

    Just noticed an updated Forecast statement tonight at 7:23PM calling for wet snow on “higher terrain”. Keep an eye out on the Hump, also Sproat Lake area. This is all setting up well for what could be a very snowy Friday night on the East Coast of the Island. As the big low pressure center…