Category: Cold
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The Warmup that Never Happened – The Freeze up that Will
So did we all enjoy yesterday’s little surprise? We might have another, perhaps more dangerous, surprise today and tomorrow. More below: I know more than a few that didn’t enjoy yesterday. What we had yesterday was what we were expecting a few weeks ago but never happened. A bunch of cold air got trapped in…
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Today: Wind and Rain AND SNOW – then getting cold
UPDATE 2: 3:15PM – The snow has now changed to rain. Expect this to continue long enough to wash away the snow. Stay safe out there, it’s really ugly in places. There is also a wind warning for the East Coast and we should get wind her too. UPDATE 1PM: In case you haven’t already…
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Cold Snap on the way.
Once the rain ends today we will be headed into a cold spell. We will have a few more showers on Tuesday, but starting Tuesday night the winds are going to shift around to the Northwest and the cold will be coming not only for us, but for the whole Pacific NW. Check out the…
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Possible flurries tonight
There is a weak system on its way for tonight that might give us some flurries once the sun goes down. The map below shows the first very light wave should hit around 5PM, the second stronger wave should hit between 7 and 9 PM. Neither will be hugely significant though. No more than around…
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Christmas Snowfall Warning
A very Merry Christmas to everyone. I hope all of you can bed down tonight in Port Alberni and wait for something that just does not happen very often. Here are the words from Environment Canada we’ve all be waiting for. 10 to 15 cm of snow expected on Christmas day. Please be careful. Please…