Month: January 2012
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Forecast calmed. Thursday night/Friday looking stormy
Good News. The forecast has calmed considerably for us here in Port Alberni. Bad News (for some) we won’t be getting much chance for snow until Thursday night. If you are going to the Mainland though, be prepared to encounter snow anywhere east of Vancouver. The Fraser Valley is still under a snowfall warning. Victoria…
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Dangerous next few days – take precautions
As I type I am waiting for the 4PM forecast update to be issued by Environment Canada the 4PM update has been issued late. No doubt, they have their hands full what with the chaos that has been ongoing in the Fraser Valley today. They’ve got dumped on with snow with terrible consequences for drivers…
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Difficult week to predict
You may notice this post is tagged, cold, wet, wind, and storm. We could get it all. First, Monday: Today will stay cold and dry. The latest NAM and GFS model runs agree that there is more chance for snow on the East coast, (coming off the Strait) than there is for Port Alberni. But…
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Nice weekend – next week looks interesting
Don’t expect too much more snow over the weekend. There are chances through Monday of a little bit more but nothing more than what we got on Friday night. From Monday night onward though thing get progressively more interesting. It’s going to be quite cold, -5 or lower, and as the week goes there will…
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Tonight’s Snow
Here is a quick illustration of what the Rapid update cycle model from NOAA has for tonight. Temperature should be steady where it is now (around -1C) and so perfect conditions for snow. As you can see. Nothing major. We may not even get 5cm worth, it all depends how moist the front is, which…