Year: 2014

  • So when won’t it rain?

    This week’s forecast is pretty straight forward. It is going to rain a whole bunch, particularly tomorrow. So you might be wondering when might be a time when it shouldn’t be raining. I like to use the 3 hour forecast from UWash. In the next 3 days, the only daylight 3 hour segments that shows…

  • Here comes the Rain Friday – Weekend looks OK

    Here comes the Rain Friday – Weekend looks OK

    The rain will start very early Friday morning, be strongest between 5AM and 8AM and taper off through the evening and night. Between 11PM Thursday night and 11PM Friday the models are predicting 60mm of rain to fall.  Here is the breakdown: 11-2AM: 2 mm, 2-5AM: 8 mm, 5-8AM: 16 mm, 8-11AM: 16 mm, 11AM-2PM:…

  • THIS IS A DRILL: MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HIT – MAJOR TSUNAMI LIKELY – HEAD TO HIGH GROUND

    —– THIS IS A DRILL – ONLY A DRILL FOR BC SHAKEOUT – This is what you would see if there was a major earthquake near and tsunami likely in Port Alberni  —-  EVACUATE TO HIGH GROUND IMMEDIATELY YOU HAVE LESS THAN 15 MINUTES SAFE GATHER POINTS LISTED HERE   CITY HALL – ECHO CENTRE – THE HOSPITAL – PACIFIC RIM…

  • Updated: Great BC Shakeout Drill Thursday – great rain shakedown Friday.

    Update Thursday 6:50AM: there will be a special post today at 10:16AM for the ShakeOut Drill stay tuned. I will post a forecast for Friday at around 11 when the todays first models are complete. GET READY! The International ShakeOut Day of Action is Thursday, October 16! More than 690,000 British Columbians have registered so…

  • Happy Thanksgiving Monday.  Rain today, break tomorrow, then more rain.

    Happy Thanksgiving Monday. Rain today, break tomorrow, then more rain.

    A short Thanksgiving post. I hope all of you are able to enjoy time with family and friends. The rain should begin before 11AM today and be most intense between 11AM and 2PM. It will continue into the night and end after 8PM. Between Monday and Tuesday morning we should expect to see 30mm of…