Year: 2015

  • Update: 3PM Wednesday – Streamflow Advisory – Please Conserve Water Today – Lots of Water Falling tonight

    Update: 3PM Wednesday – Streamflow Advisory – Please Conserve Water Today – Lots of Water Falling tonight

    Update 3PM Wednesday: Streamflow Advisory Issued. The BC River Forecast Centre is issuing a High Streamflow Advisory for Vancouver Island including: Central Vancouver Island (including the Somass River) West Vancouver Island East Vancouver Island  A multi-day atmospheric river event is expected to impact coastal British Columbia over the next several days. Heavy rainfall is expected to begin on Thursday, with several…

  • Mostly soggy week

    Mostly soggy week

    A warm but soggy week awaits us. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday Friday rain. We are in for a straight week of wet stuff. The models show Monday’s rain starting just after 7AM.   it should continue until around 3PM with accumulations around 8mm. Light showers should begin again late Tuesday morning and lasting through the day with…

  • Foggy or partly clear day – showers Sunday

    It was clear this morning however Inwould expect the fog to form as the sun rises and overall the day should be a mix of fog and sun and cloud. It will cloud over for good on Saturday before a weak system starts to affect us on Saturday night.   Expect more widespread showers on…

  • A few showers Thursday morning but mostly quiet

    A few showers Thursday morning but mostly quiet

    It has been a quiet week so far and we even got some nice sunny breaks yesterday. there was a clear star filled sky this morning when I walked out the door. Hopefully those clear skies stick around for most of the day. it will cloud over tonight though and we should get a few…

  • Record setting weekend – Calm week – Anniversary of “The Big One”

    Record setting weekend – Calm week – Anniversary of “The Big One”

    Pictured above is the sunrise this morning on the West Coast courtesy of Josie Osbourne, Mayor of Tofino Hot Weekend for January After a soggy start, it turned out to be a decent weekend and was certainly very nice and warm.   We set or tied all time record high temperatures since 1900 on all stations…