Year: 2015
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Rain Thursday morning and through the day – Wet Weekend
The rain should begin by early Thursday morning. The rain should build through the day with the heaviest rain coming in the evening between 3 and 5PM. It should then taper off by late Thursday night and be dry and cool on Friday morning. Total rainfall for the event: no more than 50mm There is…
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Quiet Start to Week – Comox Boil Water Advisory enters 2nd Month
Nothing happening until Thursday It looks like a quiet week ahead on the weather front. There is no rain forecast in the UWash model for the next 3 days as a ridge of high pressure deflects oncoming fronts to our North. On Thursday there a system is slated to break through. Thursday and Friday should add up…
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CORRECTED – December and Annual 2014 Summary – Warm, Wet. 50+yr Robertson Creek Station Ended
UPDATED/CORRECTED – Warm and wet December to cap off warm 2014 locally, and likely warmest ever globally. This update will feature both the December 2014 summary and the full 2014 Annual Summary. It has been quite the slog getting this first ‘annual’ summary done, but it is done! *PHEW* December 2014 Summary – In with a Bang, Out…
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4.8M Earthquake near Tofino. NO TSUNAMI EXPECTED
Did you feel it? I am in Nanaimo and did not, but hearing from lots of people who did feel it. USGS report here. The NWS tweeted almost immediately: Tsunami Info Stmt: M4.8 095Mi SE Port Alice, British Columbia 1803PST Jan 7: Tsunami NOT expected #NTWC — NWS Tsunami Alerts (@NWS_NTWC) January 8, 2015…
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Boring Forecast – December and Annual Summary coming up.
After all the excitement last weekend this week has been pretty boring in comparison. You can expect more cloudy/foggy days ahead. And don’t worry, it’s not just us. I’m looking out at overcast skies at VIU in Nanaimo too and it was very foggy yesterday. There might be a break in the fog on Saturday, so…