Category: Cold
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A rest then rain returns Saturday night – Cold air on the horizon
After yesterday’s exciting, which was more exciting in the Cowichan Valley (there are still many without power) than here, we all get a break today and Saturday. A small ridge of high pressure is building in that will give us clear days and cold nights. It got down to 3°C last night. On Saturday night…
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Full Labour Day Weekend Forecast – Plus Wind for Fishers
That’s my father-in-law Cliff with one of a bunch of salmon they caught on Thursday! I didn’t ask him for permission to post that photo. Muahahahaha. Nice fish Cliff! It will definitely feel cool this weekend as the high that protected us and gave us so much warm weather for so long has finally broken…
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HEADS UP: In case of dissension in models, hope for the best, prepare for the worst.
I will update this forecast if this mornings run changes things significantly. Stay tuned…. We have precipitation coming at us for Sunday and Monday for sure, however, much like last weekend when the models didn’t all come into agreement until the day before, this weekend we again have disagreement and a lot of variability in…
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Dry through the weekend, possible snow Sunday night / Monday
Once again there is dissension in the model ranks. Contrary to the official EC forecast, the UW forecast model has no chance of precipitation of any kind today, Friday, Saturday, or Sunday morning. Here is the precip map stretching from Thursday 4AM to Sunday 4AM. It’s bone dry for us. So if we do happen…
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Dry? Wet? Warm? Cold? Roll the dice, it ain’t December anymore.
It has been a rough week for forecasters and the models they rely on. After the UW GFS got its big win on Saturday when the snow appeared as it had predicted, it then completely failed to capture the severity of the snow on Sunday and especially Monday. This week looks like it’s going to…