Category: Storm
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Difficult week to predict
You may notice this post is tagged, cold, wet, wind, and storm. We could get it all. First, Monday: Today will stay cold and dry. The latest NAM and GFS model runs agree that there is more chance for snow on the East coast, (coming off the Strait) than there is for Port Alberni. But…
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Final totals from the storm – UPDATED
(EC has posted the values for the 3rd for Tofino see below) You may have already read some of this in the AVTimes today, but here it is in full. Unofficially, the rain for the 3rd is in record territory for Environment Canada in the Alberni Valley but not an all time for the month…
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90mm and counting. Will end this evening
The heavy rainfall warning continues. We can expect another 20-30mm through the day today. Weve already received 30mm since midnight and 90mm since midnight Tuesday. The rain is finally starting to abate in Tofino. They received an incredible 230mm (9 inches) yesterday and are near 260 total (10 inches). That has to be near a…
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Snow pushed back to Wednesday night
While there does look to be a bit of snow coming starting Tuesday, and it is nearly guaranteed to be all white, the models are pushing back the main chunk of precipitation until Wednesday night and Thursday morning now. I’ve found another great website with fast loading model forecast animations here: (I recommend using the…
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Weather is never boring to tweet! Record High Barometer.
Something very unusual happened overnight Wednesday night. The barometer just kept going higher, and higher. It finally topped out at 1045.9 millibars (104.59 kiloPascals or 30.88inches of mercury). The high pressure was caused by a very strong ridge of high pressure that has taken hold over BC and the North East Pacific. I got some…