Year: 2016

  • Rain or snow until around 5PM

    hi all quick update. The Hump and Sutton Pass are nasty right now thanks to this heavy rain and sleet.  It is raining here at Alberniweather but it is snow elsewhere. The precipitation will intensify (thus better chance it will fall as snow) for the next couple hours and then it should taper off starting around 3…

  • Updated 4:30PM: Snowfall Warning Ended – But still messy areas

    Updated 4:30PM: Snowfall Warning Ended – But still messy areas

    Update 4:30PM The snowfall warning has officially ended for Port Alberni but there are still some seriously ugly patches out there. Cathedral Grove and Cameron Lake, Sutton Pass and elsewhere.  Stay safe out there folks, this bout of precipitation is still slated to be mostly over by around 7PM. Update 11AM: Snowing hard! Heaviest precipitaiton…

  • White Christmas thanks to the Fog!?

    We woke up to a beautiful little dusting of snow! It seemed to come from the fog, and indeed, there is an explanation for that courtsey Ensembleator on Twitter! https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/813050639982817280   yes. Rimed ice crystals forming in saturated below 0C air near the surface and gravitationally falling-out — Chris Doyle (@ensembleator) December 25, 2016 https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/813058366016614400…

  • Merry Christmas! So close, but no snow for Christmas Morning. Maybe for Turkey Dinner?

    Merry Christmas! So close, but no snow for Christmas Morning. Maybe for Turkey Dinner?

    Port Alberni doesn’t get snow for Christmas. It is quite rare. And this year looks like we will *just* miss it.  Other parts of the South Coast including the Fraser Valley and the Cowichan area might see snow Christmas Eve! So they are pretty lucky! Christmas Day actually might be sunny (though there is a…

  • Happy First Day of Winter! White Christmas chances slim. Maybe Sunny instead!

    Happy First Day of Winter! White Christmas chances slim. Maybe Sunny instead!

    Winter began today at 2:44AM PST. With some snow still hanging around and now a chill back in the air this morning it definitely feels like the season. You may be wondering whether it will feel any more like the Christmas season this weekend?  EC has a chance of “rain or snow” for Christmas Eve,…