Month: February 2020
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Update: Air Quality Advisory in Effect. — A variable week
Island Health and BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change have issued an Air Quality Advisory for the Port Alberni area. Here is the current reading from the BCairquality.ca website. The 24hr reading is over 25ug/m3 which is the limit for an AQ advisory to be issued. The current 1 hour reading is 13ug/m3 which…
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Strong wind and some rain Friday – Sunny weekend!
Weird storm drops down Friday night delivering wind and rain. A strange pattern is setting up as a low pressure centre moves toward the Central Coast. However instead of moving north and east as is normal for this storm will be following the jetstream south and east along Vancouver Island. Consequently, the low will produce…
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Updating all Day Tuesday – Snowfall warnings issued. 5-10cm on Island, more locally.
Final Update 5PM Update 5PM: The snow should be mostly done now and we should just see rain except at higher elevations or where pockets of cold air have remained. The Special Weather statement is still in effect for our area even though the snowfall warnings have ended for the East Island. Stay vigilant for…
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More snow on the way?
There is another weather system on the way on Tuesday. EC is warning of significant snowfall across the Island but it’s going to be very variable as to where it choose to fall, and stick. You can see EC’s statement at the bottom of this post. Timing around the Island. Precipitation will begin to fall,…
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January 2020 Summary – A lot of Rain – Some Snow – an Earthquake – and a Fire.
A very rainy, but not quite record rainy, month.