Year: 2016
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Showers Tuesday. Potentially dangerous Storm on Wednesday
It’s going to rain or drizzle most of the day today as a weak system moves through. It should clear a little after 4PM. Total accumulation for the day is only 8mm. The more drastic system will occur on Wednesday night and Thursday but the wind may miss most of the South Coast. For rain, the totals…
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Monthly Summary February 2016 – Records – El Niño and looking ahead to end of storminess.
An Above Average February dwarfed by 2015 but still well above average. While it wasn’t quite as extreme as February 2015, this February did deliver one possible all time daily record for high temperature. See down in the records section for more on that and the incredible (and probably false) reading from 1916! We continue to…
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Stormy Weekend. Wettest Friday but possible wind Saturday.
As I type this on the bus into Nanaimo there is a beautiful orange hue to the eastern sky obscured by clouds. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning. This is a day that that old adage will probably be valid. Here is the rain situation over the next 3 days. 4AM to 4AM Fri/Saturday, Sat/Sunday and…
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Week ending on a Stormy note – Plenty more Rain and possible Wind coming
The beat goes on my friends. By Thursday 10AM the rain will have begun again. It will have cleared up by 7PM. There is also a Wind warning for West and East Vancouver Island. No warning for our area however the UWash model indicates the most likely time for strong winds is between 4 and…
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Highway 4 Cameron Lake closures – Earthquake in Indonesia – Rain returning this afternoon
Ministry recovers truck from Lake. The ministry of Transport put out the word yesterday that they would be recovering the truck from Cameron lake between 6AM and 6PM today. Plan for possible delays. So far though, there are two lanes open. Lanes open both directions #bchwy4 Cameron Lake – slow down, use caution & follow…