Month: January 2020
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Rainfall warnings and High Streamflow advisories in place.
Environment Canada is forecasting up to 100mm of rain for Port Alberni in the next 24 hours (more for the hills and West Coast). ACRD and City have sand and sandbags available. If you have a leaky basement (I’ve been there done that!) you can find sand and sandbags at the City works yard on…
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Port Alberni in crosshairs for lots of Rain Thursday, Friday, Saturday – Sunday snow looking weak.
Rainfall Warnings Issued for West, Inland, and East Vancouver Island. Environment Canada is ramping up its messaging now. We are expecting a very large amount of rain for Port Alberni and Inland areas in particular. Below is the text for the warning for both West Coast and Inland Vancouver Island, the East Coast warning is…
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Waves of Rain to end January – Return to Cold and Snow Sunday?
A short post. Don’t expect too much variation in the forecast over the next week as we go from wave to wave rain and showers. Tuesday should be a mostly off day with showers ending by noon this morning and it maybe even clearing briefly in the afternoon. Rain will return with some force on…
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Small Earthquake near Bamfield and Ucluelet.
Did you feel it? Submit a report. For Science! 🙂 Click the image for more info and to put in a report. You can tell the USGS about what you felt here. No Tsunami threat. According to the West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Centre: Magnitude changed from 4.4 to 4.8 back to 4.5 As…
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Highway 4 West of Port Alberni remains blocked.
I will try to post updates as I see them on Twitter. Monitor Drive BC, the ACRD and the Peak radio for updates. Check yesterday’s post for the weekend forecast.