Month: February 2023
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Windy – Snowy – Saturday and Weekend
Everybody Gets Some This Time The threat of strait-effect snow seems to have finally passed, but now it’s time for a more traditional snow system to makes it way to Vancouver Island! Starts overnight Friday Starting around 1AM Saturday morning, we can expect to see flurries moving down the Island with light winds. Snowy Saturday…
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Environment Canada wins – Drive Safely on the East Island
Update: Snowfall Warning Issued for Nanaimo/East Island Strait-Effect Snow is occurring. EC refers to it as “snow streamers off the Strait of Georgia”! 5-15cm is possible especially away a little further inland (Coombs, Errington, Jingle Pot, etc) https://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc46 Treacherous Highway 19 and parts of Highway 4 A quick post to say be careful out there!…
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One more snowy blast? Not seeing it…
Do you? Perhaps the model at UWash is totally out to lunch and wrong but it sure doesn’t see snow or even any precipitation at all after Tuesday. It has most of the moisture leaving the Island by 7PM tonight. There is a small pocket that appears in the very early hours of Thursday morning…
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Chilly and Possibly Snowy Family Day Weekend Plus A Look At Our Warming City
Wintry Family Day Weekend The forecast is pretty cold and wet. While we are unlikely to see any serious accumulation in Port Alberni or any other lower-elevation, there will definitely be snow on the mountains and maybe in the deeper Valley locations. If you’re travelling, take your time on the roads and expect it to…
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January 2023 Summary – A fairly average month.
Records were set!