Category: Storm
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August and Summer 2023 Summary: Drought – Fire – Isolation
Low rainfall in August continues dry Summer.
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UPDATE 2PM- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Ended – But lightning continues
Warning Rescinded – now a Watch The Warning has now been rescinded as the storm has weakened a little but a Watch remains in effect for both northern parts of Inland and East Vancouver Island. There is also fairly intense Lightning occurring south of Port Alberni near Nahmint Lake. Watch for fires, also hail and…
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Inlet winds clear the air
Just noticed the southerly winds up the Inlet have kicked in and dramatically improved the air quality and reduced the pm2.5 readings. We went from 40ug/m3 and an AQI of over 100 to 7ug/m3 and AQI below 30 in just the past hour. We are blessed by our geography! I would expect the Smoky Skies…
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Rainfall closes Highway 4 Cameron Lake
Update: Road is now expected to open at 5PM this afternoon (Aug 9). Keep checking DriveBC for updates. Quick Update. As you will have seen from the DriveBC status on the front-page and menu bar, the road was closed this morning and will remain closed through the day. The next update is scheduled at 5PM,…
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Lightning possible this afternoon
Update: No thunderstorm developed, but we had a heck of a sunset! See the Mastodon feed for pictures! Quick update. I am monitoring the radar and skies for lightning as the heat and relative humidity feed energy into the atmosphere. (I recorded a heat index of 38°C in the new yard location). Will be watching…