Category: Storm
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Stormy Weekend. Wettest Friday but possible wind Saturday.
As I type this on the bus into Nanaimo there is a beautiful orange hue to the eastern sky obscured by clouds. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning. This is a day that that old adage will probably be valid. Here is the rain situation over the next 3 days. 4AM to 4AM Fri/Saturday, Sat/Sunday and…
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Week ending on a Stormy note – Plenty more Rain and possible Wind coming
The beat goes on my friends. By Thursday 10AM the rain will have begun again. It will have cleared up by 7PM. There is also a Wind warning for West and East Vancouver Island. No warning for our area however the UWash model indicates the most likely time for strong winds is between 4 and…
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Highway 4 Cameron Lake closures – Earthquake in Indonesia – Rain returning this afternoon
Ministry recovers truck from Lake. The ministry of Transport put out the word yesterday that they would be recovering the truck from Cameron lake between 6AM and 6PM today. Plan for possible delays. So far though, there are two lanes open. Lanes open both directions #bchwy4 Cameron Lake – slow down, use caution & follow…
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Heavy rain, up to 40mm to sweep through Monday Afternoon. Nice Tuesday.
We are just on the edge of the rain this morning as South Vancouver Island gets it a little more than us. Here is the radar proving out last nights UWash forecast below almost exactly. That should give pretty high confidence that what the model forecasts for the afternoon is very likely to be true,…
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Rain to start around noon. Not end for rest Fovember.
OK not really. 🙂 A front should sweep over the Island and start to deliver showers and rain in the around noon and 1PM timeframe today as you can see below: It will intensify through the afternoon and evening with a peak around 6PM and possibly another peak around 9PM before it gradually tapers off…