Year: 2014
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Beware Gusty Winds and Debris
Just a quick update today. Details on upcoming rain is in the post below. There were some strong winds last night that have caused power outages on the East Coast of the Island and also a ton of branches and debris on the highway through Whiskey Creek. The winds should abate later today and then…
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Rain as far as eye can see. Snowpack hope?
Last night was a deluge we haven’t had since early January. And it won’t be the last. Here is an interesting bit of info. Last week, in a conference call to emergency personnel, David Jones of Environment Canada said after November 1st of any year until the next year, the likelihood of there being a…
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Picture post! More snow than expected. Rain and warmth coming next!
We lucked out and it stayed quite a bit colder than was originally forecast! We ended up with one of the biggest totals of snow on the Island along with Courtenay. 8.5cm was measured at Alberniweather HQ. It’s going to get warm too. It should be 5°C or more today and tomorrow. Then Wednesday morning…
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Precip won’t start until overnight. Beware of snow and freezing rain.
The morning model says we will stay dry until around 2AM tonight… Here is the precipitation. Here is the snow for the same time. As you can see the Valley is not included with the snow, however, the temperature is set at just above zero. So If this holds I expect anything that falls to…
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Light snow to start Sunday afternoon. Heavier overnight and changing to rain by Tuesday
I’m going to use the precipitation maps because the models aren’t going to be able capture the differences between snow and rain. I was out in our backyard in the sun this afternoon and the ground was frozen solid. That’s going to mean until we get some real warm wind and air temperatures, any snow…