Year: 2010
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God: One Wind and Rain Storm for the Olympics please
Come on, admit it. You’re secretly wishing for it aren’t you 😉 Welcome to Vancouver, Need an Umbrella? 😀 UPDATE: This is getting a little more serious now. As of this morning (Monday) the GFS has increased its estimate up to 210mm Thursday through Sunday. With the largest amounts coming Friday night and Sunday morning.…
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A bit of a snore
The past couple weeks haven’t exactly been a rip roaring time as far as weather goes. That’s probably something to be happy about I guess… really… but as my wife reminds me now and again, it would be nice to at least see a *little* snow this winter? Sorry folks, it just doesn’t look like…
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More of the same… except in the Arctic
It seem like no matter the larger weather pattern this year, it’s all pretty much the same for us here in BC. El Nino just brought historic storms to the entire state of California complete with tornados and destructive rain plus more wind and rain to Arizona and into New Mexico. And once that dies…
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Very Low Barometer… windy tonight
(Update: Did I call it? 😉 Wind Warning now issued for all of Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland… look for the barometer to head towards 97kpa. The closer it gets, the stronger shot we will receive. Up to 80kph) You might have noticed the barometer value up top is in the yellow. That generally means…
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El Nino is finally coming
UPDATE: Flood Watch Ended for Port Alberni thanks to cooler temps/snow in mountains — But Flood Warning for Cowichan Valley issued (details here) As Jeff Masters at WUnderground and many other weather bloggers have said… this year hasn’t been your typical El Nino year in North America. Why? Because we had an exceptionally negative Arctic…