Month: January 2014
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Heavy rain coming – Snow for the mountains!
There is a lot of moisture poised to come our way. By 1PM today the front will be at our collective doorsteps. It’s been a long time since we’ve see one of these typical west coast storms, but it’s finally here. The latest model run indicates most of the rain, up to 65mm in the…
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Rain tonight. Serious rain, and wind, Friday/Saturday
We haven’t had a good rainstorm since November… And really even since the end of September. When we’ve managed to get any precipitation at all, it has been in the form of relatively weak fronts moving over the Island. We will get another one of those weak fronts tonight. The rain should start in the…
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Jet stream giveth and taketh away
It’s the height of the cold snap back East. I saw wind chills of -60F reported in the Midwest. New York City has set a new record low of -5F (-20C) for this day. It’s cold and here’s why. The news has clung on to the words “Polar Vortex”. I think it’s kind of a…
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A wet week ahead!
We haven’t seen a forecast this wet really since November or even September. I’ll let the pictures do most of the talking. Here’s the forecast for the whole week. We should get a little drizzle overnight, but the rain should be in full swing by this time tomorrow morning. The first waves are forecast to…
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December Smashes 1914 Rain Record – 2013 Second Driest Overall and Warm
Records Fall With 1041 mm at the Airport, 2013 should be officially recorded as the 2nd driest year since records began in 1896. Only 1985 was drier at the official stations. The month of December 2013 was the driest ever recorded. Dry Dry Everywhere: No matter where you look in the Alberni Valley it has…