Category: General
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Well hello snow – Might be time for that contest…
Threat of snow continues until around noon The rain started to turn to snow as I went up the Hump this morning around 6AM. Now it looks like this: There are also reports of wet snow falling in and around Port Alberni. There is a slight chance of it accumulating, particularly if it rains/snows more…
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Heavy Rainfall – Flooding possible
Environment Canada has issued a Heavy Rainfall Warning for West and Inland Vancouver Island including Port Alberni and especially Lake Cowichan. It is expected we will receive 50-75mm in Port Alberni by this evening and Lake Cowichan will continue to get more rain overnight with 100-150mm total possible. Below are the 24hr rainfall accumulations. First…
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More rain and wind incoming
Bombogenesis ongoing, again. Wind warnings have been issued for West and East Island, winds could get up to 80-100kph on exposed areas. A special weather statement is up for Inland and other areas for winds up to 70kph. Once again we have a strong system coming our way this week and it’s going to bring…
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Aurora Borealis this weekend? Clear, but cold, skies. Sunny days.
We have clear skies for the next 3 days! And bonus, we might have Aurora again! Here’s the forecast from spaceweather.com the “strong” Geomagnetic storm. GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH: A strong G3-class geomagnetic storm is possible on Oct. 30th when the CME from yesterday’s X1-flare is expected to hit Earth’s magnetic field. Such storms can spark naked-eye auroras as far south as Illinois…
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Stormy night and Monday to come
Heads up – Updated the Satellite and Imagery page Just a heads up that I have updated the Satelittle and Imagery page so that it has more links to both the local radar, satellite and also a great resource for looking at weather models that isn’t too hard to use. Check it out at the…