Month: October 2023
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Happy Halloween! Wednesday night rain
It’s going to be a perfect halloween evening for kids to get out and find that candy! 🙂 The clear (if not foggy) and cold conditions will end on Wednesday night as a frontal system moves onto Vancouver Island. Expect rain to begin around 5PM on the West Coast and 8PM further inland. We should…
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Very Chilly Breeze Tuesday – Early Possibility of Snow
An Arctic Outflow Event in October? Well this is a thing… it’s been quite awhile since we’ve seen snow before Halloween but we have a possibility of at least flakes in the sky and at worst a messy Tuesday and Wednesday morning. A low will strengthen as it moves down the Island tonight and tomorrow…
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Impressive Storm РSign of El Ni̱o? РMore next week
Alberniweather received 90.9 mm Since October 13th, Alberniweather recorded just over 112 mm of rainfall, most of that fell in 3 days (text data). This compares to 108 mm at the Airport over the same three days. Drought isn’t over. It might feel like it’s over, or seem like it should be because the lakes…
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GREAT BC SHAKEOUT EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DRILL 2023
THIS IS A DRILL A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED. A TSUNAMI MAY ARRIVE AT ANY MOMENT. IF YOU FEEL SHAKING –> DROP – COVER – HOLD ON WHEN SHAKING STOPS DO NOT WAIT FOR OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION – IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE TSUNAMI AREA FULL TSUNAMI MAP BELOW. THIS IS A DRILL How do I get above the 20 metre Tsunami…
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Rainfall Warning in Effect – Advisory for Highway 4 – Shakeout Thursday
Rainfall Warning Issued – but Heaviest on North Island Environment Canada issued a Rainfall Warning yesterday afternoon. The majority of the rain is expected on northern sections of the Island including Gold River but we are still expected to get up to 50mm of Rain in Port Alberni Tuesday and possibly another 40mm on Wednesday.…