Category: Cold
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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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Winter Storm Warnings Issued (Now ended)
Update 10:30AM – Warnings ended. Rain is here. Expect this rain to continue most of today and tomorrow. We should see temperatures over 5°C before nightfall Saturday. Update 7:30AM Rain has begun in areas… significant snowfall at higher elevations around Port Alberni like the lake and south end. Update 7AM – Warnings updated. Here is…
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Highways clear Friday morning – Weekend of slush and rain on the way.
Quick road report Quick report as I wait for my bus at Parksville. The roads were pretty good with only a few patches of slippery snow around Cameron Lake and before Parksville. It is below freezing everywhere though and the melt yesterday has made for icy patches especially near the edges of roads and streets.…
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50cm of snow? Yes… Ladysmith, Nanaimo, and Lake Cowichan, I’m looking at you. Other places, less, but plenty.
FINAL POST UPDATE (10:30AM Thurs) There is blue sky! Right after the crazy sideways slush… anyway. I think we can count this particular storm over. So this will be the last update for this post. Thanks all for visiting and for your contributions. Update 7:30AM – SD70 Open – Highway slippery sections Update 6:45AM –…