Category: Cold
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UPDATED 10AM: Snow is coming just a matter of how much.
UPDATE 10AM: re read the post. Things are starting sooner, and accumulations not quite as severe. I will update again if anything else major changes. All sources have come into agreement. There will be snow this weekend, and there may be a lot in some places. The biggest question that remains is how much snow…
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EC issues Weather Statement on possible snow – Here is a worst case scenario.
Environment Canada has issued the following special weather statement about the weekend possibilities. 3:07 PM PST Thursday 20 February 2014 Special weather statement for Inland Vancouver Island issued Complex weather pattern this weekend. Environment Canada is monitoring a weather system that is forecast to reach the South Coast this weekend. Similar to recent storms that…
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Confidence grows for snow Saturday/Sunday – will be updating later – and snowpack!
We are going to get a bit of a break from the wet snowy weather today and Friday but the weekend is still a big question mark. The GFS out of The University of Washington has been going strongly in favour of heavy snow late Saturday and into Sunday. None of the other models, the…
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Picture post! More snow than expected. Rain and warmth coming next!
We lucked out and it stayed quite a bit colder than was originally forecast! We ended up with one of the biggest totals of snow on the Island along with Courtenay. 8.5cm was measured at Alberniweather HQ. It’s going to get warm too. It should be 5°C or more today and tomorrow. Then Wednesday morning…
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Updated Thursday: Travelling this weekend? Prepare for Significant Snow.
Update: BRRR! It’s cold out there. The models have shifted the snow from Sunday to Monday morning. Environment Canada has also issued a Special Weather statement warning of the possibility of a snow storm. We have to wait until the forecast comes into the short term before saying for sure where and when and how…