Category: Storm

  • Juneuary Hits: Lots of Rain on the way

    In case you lost track, yes, Tuesday is June 1. No, our weather has not been nice. Yes, our weather has been colder and more wet than normal (for May). And guess, what, Tuesday night and Wednesday will be even more wet. According to Bret Anderson at Accuweather this evening, and according to the map…

  • Explosive Cyclonic Generation

    Words that will surely make the heart of any weather-geek beat a little faster. That is how Mark Madryga described the low-pressure center and storm currently gathering force off the Washington Coast. You can see it quite nicely on the Satellite imagery right now… curling into a nice tight hurricane-esque spiral. If your weekend plan…

  • Happy Easter, A little more wind, and changing the view

    Happy Easter everyone. The Easter Bunny has visited our place this morning. I hope he hopped over to your place too. And I hope those of you who are celebrated the more traditional Easter are enjoying it as well. Weather-wise we will be having a little more wind and rain today. Nothing like Friday though.…

  • Batten down the Hatches

    Now for the real forecast. 🙂 There is a Wind Warning in Effect. Here’s the Synopsis from Environment Canada. I’ve added emphasis for us. Start: Inland Vancouver Island 4:08 AM PDT Friday 02 April 2010 Wind warning for Inland Vancouver Island continued Winds southeast 60 to 80 km/h expected today over much of Vancouver Island,…

  • New Forecast: Cloudy with a chance of Meatballs

    Spring can sometimes really make for some weird weather. And today is definitely living up to that. The official forecast is out from Enviro Canada. I couldn’t write this stuff myself, so I’ll just quote what they said: An intense frontal system will approach the British Columbia coast late today. The strongest winds will be…