Month: June 2015
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Does the rain fall in the forest if you don’t measure it?
It was cloudy, it was cool, there was rain (or possibly only virga?) visibly falling on the mountain ranges. There was even a downpour at a horse ranch out Beaver Creek (my wife was there :)). There were drops on the pavement at VIU that seemed to make the rabbits happy. But it almost seemed…
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Showers to begin by 1PM Thursday
That’s right. Showers. It is already raining in Tofino, which is a wonderful thing! It's RAINING in #Tofino. Yippee! @CBContheisland @chrisalecanada pic.twitter.com/7JLkLUVaVM — Josie Osborne (@Josie_Osborne) June 18, 2015 The models are predicting that that rain will start to fall here before 1PM. It should last until around 6PM. Total accumulation: only 4mm The tradeoff…
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Forecast holds. Showers Thursday. Rain early Friday morning.
The models have settled down and now all seem to be agreeing that we will receive some moisture starting Thursday. It is an odd couple of disturbances that will affect the region. The first will centre most of its moisture on the South Island, especially Victoria and the Gulf Islands. The second will centre its activity…
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Two fires in Alberni Valley but Possible Forecast change to showers.
First Fires of the Season in the Alberni Valley ate yesterday afternoon two small fires were reported by the BC Wildfire service. Both were person caused but thankfully both were very small (0.009 hectare, 90sqm, 960 sqft). One fire was at Woodwards pit between Sproat Lake and the landfill and he other was out Beaver Creek. This should be…
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UPDATE 1PM: Fire Danger rises to Extreme – Potentially “Catastrophic” dry weather – But There is A Way Forward
UPDATE 1PM Monday: The BC Wildfire Management Branch just increased our fire danger rating to Extreme. This isn’t a big surprise even though it wasn’t in their forecast. Their forecast (for “Beaver Creek” station) also says it might go back down to 4/High on Wednesday, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it stayed right where…