Category: Storm
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Meandering jet stream delivers warmth to the Arctic, unusual storm to South Oregon, strong, cold easterlies to South Island.
A very strong low pressure ‘bombed’ off of the coast of Oregon and Northern California last night. This explains the very strong winds this morning. Check out the animation in this tweet. There have been power outages and impacts on BC Ferries. You can see the low on the UWash maps as well. It has…
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Rainy weekend coming – Timing and totals to expect.
Update 4PM Friday – West Vancouver Island Rainfall Warning issued. 4:07 PM PST Friday 15 November 2019Rainfall warning in effect for: West Vancouver Island Rain, at times heavy, is expected. Heavy rain is expected for the coastal sections of the Central Coast and West Vancouver Island. An atmospheric river will take aim at Vancouver Island…
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Rain today – But when will it snow!? My guess is end of December.
Soggy morning ending soon. The rain this morning should end be noon for most places as the system moves through. We should dry out this afternoon and stay dry through Wednesday but rain will return Thursday afternoon. Contest entries are closed, so when do I think it will snow? I’ve received more than 60 entries…
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Very wet Thursday and Friday. Break Saturday. Wet Sunday. Mixed Voting Day!
Thursday the wettest day This morning’s heavy rain should ease over the next few hours but won’t leave us completely. We should have just a few showers in the 10-1PM range but then the rain will return by 2PM. Expect heavy rain between 2-4PM before that front moves away and leaves showers behind. Rain will…
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Rainy week starting this morning, lasting through Thursday. Wind too.
Fast start Tuesday – Strongest in Afternoon Showers could begin any time now this morning. Rain should begin just as school gets in around 9AM this morning. You can see the blue bars below showing the rain peaking at 5mm an hour in the 2-3PM hour and then tapering off this evening. Totals today should…