Category: Cold

  • Long Term Winter Forecast Bombs.

    Well it’s hard to deny it anymore, and indeed, the weather forecasters are now starting to apologize… Why? Because this winter has really been nothing like what they (yours truly included) were predicting in those breathless forecasts back in October and November. Both Environment Canada and Accuweather.com were predicting a very cold winter for Western…

  • Snow – then a slight warming?

    Starting early Saturday morning there is a threat for snow in Port Alberni and the other usual places. Again like it has been all winter, how long it snows will depend on how long the cold sticks around in the Valley and the warm southerly winds stay away. This storm doesn’t strike me as a…

  • More Slush/Snow on the way

    Monty_67 called it last night. The temperature sunk like a rock and the heavy rain made it sink down to freezing and we ended up getting covered with a soggy blanket of snow. It has stopped snowing now but there is a chance we get a little more Friday night. In between then and now…

  • Watch for snow and slush

    The heavy rain today looks to be dragging down the snow level. It was raining in town and slushing on the hump when I left at 6AM this morning and Now 8AM it is snowing in Port. We are right on the freezing mark, so we could see this snow persist until we get a…

  • Moving Weather Server

    Hi everyone! Hope you are staying safe out there. Our weather has turned into a crusty mess! Everywhere but here is around 8C. I’m hoping that we can get a taste of that warmth to melt away all the nasty frozen slush, but I have my doubts. I will be moving my weather computer today…