Category: Storm
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Hot for two more days then possible major (flooding?) rain? And New Webcam Goggles!
As you can see below, we have two more days of heat then it will cool off. Here is todays afternoon highs: And here is Friday. Big change. There is also some very significant rainfall possible on Friday but strangely, only for the southern portions of Vancouver Island and the Lower Mainland. Here is the 24hr from…
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Chance of Thundershowers Sunday – Gradually returning to Hot and Dry
“Most of the heavy showers have moved out of the region.” Special weather statement ended. I’m back! 🙂 Tons of unstable air and moisture out there has prompted a special weather statement from Environment Canada. 10:52 AM PDT Sunday 26 July 2015 Special weather statement in effect for: Inland Vancouver Island Brief heavy downpours and…
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Special: very localized downpour on Tuesday
Even though I am on the shore of the Columbia River in Oregon (near Hood River), I have been hearing sbout the downpour yesterday in Port Alberni! Sounds quite dramatic including videos posted on facebook. it sounded to me like a localized thundershower type of event and the data bears that out thanks to our…
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Records fall. Heat breaks a little early week, then back.
No doubt about it, Saturday and Sunday were the hottest of the year. And yes we even beat a couple short term records. I’ll dig into the long term records on July 2 when I write up the monthly summary,! The list of records broken across the province on Saturday was impressive, some went as far…
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Nearly 30ºC on Wednesday – Warm Weekend – And Water Conservation Measures at Great Central
We set a short term record yesterday with an official high of 28.8ºC at the Airport. Alberniweather got up to 29.5ºC and many anecdotal reports had temperatures over 30ºC in the City. You can expect more of the same today even though high cloud will shield some of the sun’s rays. There is a possibility…