Year: 2014
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Heads Up: East Coast Snow possible Sunday
There it is. I wanted to wait until tonight’s run before saying for sure, but it definitely looks like the East Coast of VI will receive some snow showers on Sunday. Port Alberni might get some flurries, but this looks like Strait effect snow, so we will mostly be protected by the mountains. It should…
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Cold by Sunday/Monday and onwards
There are some flurries in the official forecast but don’t expect them to amount to anything. The UWash models has us snow free and dry but mostly cloudy through Sunday. Sunday and Monday temperatures will drop below freezing at night. By Tuesday night we could be looking at temperatures approaching -5° C. It’s going to…
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Drizzle this morning. Maybe another shot of rain Thursday.
As expected most of the rain has been concentrated on the South end of the Island overnight. That will not have helped the folks on Mt. Washington. We have only received 1mm of rain in the past 24hrs. We got just over 8mm total this week so far. Here’s an interesting stat though, since the…
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Find a puddle! Do a Dance! The Rain is here!
I was pleased to walk out of City Council chambers last night and into the rain! There is just something about it that says home. It will rain a bit more this morning but the main event will be tonight and Wednesday morning. The main force of the system will actually be to the south…
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Thick fog remains. Showers finally coming Tuesday.
If you are out driving, beware. The fog is very thick in places, reducing visibility to less than a few metres. There was a fantastic crescent moon over Mt. Arrowsmith this morning when I went over the hump, it’s almost worth heading up there tomorrow morning before 6AM to get a look, but as luck…