Year: 2013
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First Day of Spring! Windy… rain tapering off.
Quick update(10:20AM): Wind Peak has grown for West Coast for 2PM… Change shown below: 4PM shows 65-70knot (110-130+kph) gusts possible for Tsawassen/Georgia Strait. Ferry cancellations likely. We’ve had a wet night. We have received 30mm of rain since this storm started around 4PM yesterday. Overnight we had bouts of wet snow and I woke up…
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Rain and Wind tonight, blustery tomorrow.
There is rain and wind on the way. The East Coast of the Island is under a modest wind warning. Says EC An intense area of low pressure is moving toward Vancouver Island and will cross the northern tip early Wednesday. Ahead of the low southeast winds of 60 to 80 km/h will develop abruptly…
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Finding Pan-Starrs — GOOD LUCK!
It is very difficult to see the comet Pan-starrs. It is faint. You will have to find it with binoculars first or with a telescope before you can even try to see it with the naked eye. Or so I have read. But we have a chance tonight since it is reasonably clear. Hopefully the…
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A break – to look for comets
In the rain. There will be a chance of showers but in general we should dry out considerably through Monday. Even the forecasted rain for Tuesday look iffy. We still have a chance to see that comet if we ever get a clear night. Look for the comet low in the West/WestNorthwest Sky (towards the…
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More Rain – Warm Temps – and Comet Sighting?
We had quite a blustery afternoon and night last night. The wind hasn’t dipped below 8kph since around 3PM yesterday. It looks like it’s dying off now. The rain will return later today. Now that it is Spring and dry weather isn’t too far away, I shut the valves on our water barrels on the…