Year: 2017

  • Rain returns late Monday evening. Showers Tuesday/Wed. Rain Storm Wed Night

    Rain returns late Monday evening. Showers Tuesday/Wed. Rain Storm Wed Night

    11AM Flood Warning Maintained Current text: Flood Warning – Somass River (MAINTAINED) ISSUED: November 27, 2017 11:00 AM The River Forecast Centre is maintaining a Flood Warning for: Somass River including Sproat River, Ash River and tributaries A series of frontal systems moved over Vancouver Island last week and over the weekend, saturating the soil…

  • FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR SOMASS

    FLOOD WARNING ISSUED FOR SOMASS

    This from the River Forecast Centre this morning. “Important note: The River Forecast Centre’s website test server is not available and we are not able to update the web version of this Flood Warning. Please refer to this email for the Flood Warning but NOT the River Forecast Centre’s website. We will update the website…

  • Update: Flood Watch Issued for Stamp/Sproat/Somass system—- Sunday Windstorm – Model picks on Bamfield

    Update: Flood Watch Issued for Stamp/Sproat/Somass system—- Sunday Windstorm – Model picks on Bamfield

    Updated 11:30AM. Wind warnings ended and unlikely for rest of the day and the rain should be mostly done too. Good stuff! But flood watch still in effect. Updated 9PM: Good News https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/934638155025629185 Bad News: Flood Watch – Somass River (UPGRADED) ISSUED: November 25, 2017 17:00 PM The River Forecast Centre is upgrading a Flood…

  • Heaviest rain and warmest temperatures done. But watch rivers.

    Heaviest rain and warmest temperatures done. But watch rivers.

    It was a deluge yesterday. So far this week we have received 82mm of rain. It was also very warm, it got up to 15.8°C here at Alberniweather and 13.6°C at the Airport. That broke the short term record… but not the all time record of 17.2°C set at the Beaver Creek station on that…

  • High Streamflow Advisory Issued

    High Streamflow Advisory Issued

    See the previous post for details on the rain.  I will update this post if there is anything else significant that changes. The River Forecast Centre has issued a High Streamflow Advisory for our region. You can see updates directly here. The Current Advisory (Nov 21 1:41PM) High Streamflow Advisory – Vancouver Island ISSUED: November…