Category: Wet
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Very Chilly Breeze Tuesday – Early Possibility of Snow
An Arctic Outflow Event in October? Well this is a thing… it’s been quite awhile since we’ve seen snow before Halloween but we have a possibility of at least flakes in the sky and at worst a messy Tuesday and Wednesday morning. A low will strengthen as it moves down the Island tonight and tomorrow…
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Impressive Storm – Sign of El Niño? – More next week
Alberniweather received 90.9 mm Since October 13th, Alberniweather recorded just over 112 mm of rainfall, most of that fell in 3 days (text data). This compares to 108 mm at the Airport over the same three days. Drought isn’t over. It might feel like it’s over, or seem like it should be because the lakes…
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Rainfall Warning in Effect – Advisory for Highway 4 – Shakeout Thursday
Rainfall Warning Issued – but Heaviest on North Island Environment Canada issued a Rainfall Warning yesterday afternoon. The majority of the rain is expected on northern sections of the Island including Gold River but we are still expected to get up to 50mm of Rain in Port Alberni Tuesday and possibly another 40mm on Wednesday.…
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Rainy start to Fall GoByBike Weeks (Oct 16-29) – Webcam – Eclipse Timelapse – Air Quality
Monday Wet All Day – Drying out Thursday Well, if you’re looking to participate in the Fall GoByBike week then I hope you have your rain gear! (full disclosure: I’m on the Board of GBBBC :)) We have already recorded nearly 8mm of rain as I type this this morning. The rain should continue throughout…
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Will we see the partial eclipse?
It’s a long shot It’s October. Not exactly prime time for clear mornings, but you never know! The eclipse will start not long after sunrise. Sunrise on Saturday is 7:38AM. According to TimeAndDate.com the Solar Eclipse will begin at 8:08AM which should be just as the sun is rising over Mt. Arrowsmith. The maximum of…