Category: Storm
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Winter Storm Warning Now – Maybe Thursday too.
Arctic Air Mass moved in Sunday afternoon. Note: Travel day recommendations at the bottom! We started cold Monday morning but those of you in tune with the weather might have noticed the cold wind that blew in around 3PM on Sunday afternoon. This was pretty clearly the arrival of the Arctic airmass over us! As…
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Snow on the Way! Watch for Freezing Rain
Freezing Rain or snow Saturday East Vancouver Island The extremely wintery weather continues this weekend, starting Friday night. There is still some disagreement in the models so this forecast will sound a little different from this morning’s Environment Canada forecast. The UWash model is currently showing light precipitation beginning midday Saturday on the East side…
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Stormy potentially messy Friday night – Calmer Sunday – How to use Mastodon
Rain or Wet Snow starting soon We will have a messy end to the week tonight as a frontal system moves onto Vancouver Island. The expectation is that this will be a high-elevation snow event only. However, beware that heavy rain rates can drag the temperature down and potentially create heavy, if short-lived, snowfall. The…
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Snowfall Warning in Effect – More snow – Check out Fall Summary
Snow already falling Snow has been falling off and on since early this morning across the Island. There is a snowfall warning in effect for Inland and East Island locations. The radar (which only shows up to about Parksville) shows snow falling across the South Island right now. However, even this is underestimating as it…
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November and Fall Season Summary 2022 – Where’s the Rain?
Records were set!