Year: 2015
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Very warm and wet weekend – and the Webcam is back – A Guide to the Setup!
the rain has begun. It won’t stop more than a few minutes or hours until Sunday. As I detailed yesterday, the west coast is in the crosshairs with some potentially extreme amounts. Our totals are I think a little less sure but should get into the 30-50 range for the three days. Spring temperatures Check out…
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Heavy Rain on the Way.
The showers this morning should end this morning and we should have a mostly dry day. However, by afternoon, the clouds and showers will return and they won’t let up until after the weekend. Friday daytime rain Rain should start around 10AM Friday. By Saturday morning values will be mixed, but we could see anywhere up…
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World logs warmest year despite long Canadian Winter – Local Oceans in Spotlight
It’s official. THE U.S. N.O.A.A., N.A.S.A., Japan Meteorological Agency, and Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature (BEST) project have all declared 2014 the warmest in their records stretching as far back as the 1850s. The 5th major global analysis record at the UK Met Office is expected to announce the same shortly. Because of the differences in analysis techniques and datasets, the…
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Update 10AM – Deepening Low on the way. Strong winds and rain possible.
Update 10:15AM. My poor roof can’t handle much more. After the big storms in December with 100kph gusts, the meager 50-60kph gusts are causing some severe flapping of our shingles. Update 10AM: We’ve achieved a second peak wind gust late this morning of 61.1kph at around 9:30AM. The first peak was very early this morning around…
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Fog Should Burn Off to Sun – More Rain coming
The fog should burn off this morning. Elsewhere on the Island it is clear and beautiful. When I walked out the door the sky was actually just barely covered in a light fog and you could easily see the moon shining through and Mt. Arrowsmith in the distance. However, things quickly cooled and caused the…