Year: 2011
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UPDATE 4: Sunday snowier than Saturday
UPDATE 4: Last update of the night. In a strange twist… it appears that nearly all the snow today has been focused on Vancouver with a little in Victoria and Nanaimo but nothing of significance. Instead. We got a little sun, and above freezing temperatures. Not bad, I’d say. but it’s not going to last.…
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February 25 Record Low Temp
Wanted to let you know that it looks like Port Alberni set a new record for extreme low temperature for February 25. The old record was set at Robertson Creek Hatchery in 1993 at -10C. This morning the Environment Canada station at the Airport registered -11C. So that makes it a record. The record for…
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UPDATE: Could be a Weekend or Week to remember?!
UDPATE: Check the update below OK, I’ve made you wait long enough. Here’s the deal. Tonight. Very Cold. Friday. Cold Again (and Sunny!) Saturday… lets look: The GFS is telling us around 10cm will fall between Saturday and Sunday afternoon, most of it Sunday. The Canadian Model says much the same or maybe a little…
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Quick Update: Careful driving on East Side
Road conditions vary from hard packed ice across all lanes on Highway 4 and Highway 19 to reasonably dry and clear. It’s nice in Port Alberni and there are only light flurries falling in some parts of Nanaimo this is slated to continue today until it all finally clears away by tonight. The main topic…
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UPDATE 7: Whoa. Where’s my Parka??
UDPATE 7 2PM Just got back from Nanaimo. Took an hour to get through Nanoose. It’s snowing pretty hard over there still but only in places… you go from whiteout and people slipping everywhere (including trucks) to a clear lane and light snow. The Hump is clear and heavily sanded. UPDATE 6 11AM: I’m headed…