Category: Wet

  • A Warm week ahead

    After this mornings snowfall ends (we have about 2cm here). It’s going to warm up much like it did on Wednesday and it’s going to stay warm as a more southwesterly flow takes hold and delivers plenty of rain from the sub-tropics. You’ll want to keep your drains clear in case we get any bursts…

  • Snow Day! Don’t break your back shovelling

    Well it’s official. We have our first Snow Day of 2011! Both Vancouver Island University and SD70 are closed. Nanaimo SD is closed as well according to CKNW. It is currently sleeting and/or raining. So this snow is going to get very heavy very quickly. I wouldn’t shovel it unless you absolutely have to. What…

  • Late Start, Forecast still solid

    If you were anything like me, and I know a bunch of your are 🙂 you spent your day today checking out the window wondering where the flakes were (aside from inside hah!) Well, they have come! It is now snowing and pretty hard! It’s not exactly accumulating fast, but I could certainly see 20cm…

  • Big Snowfall on its way

    UPDATED: See updated images, the old ones I’ve moved to the bottom so you can compare… actually looks a little colder, more snowy. A little. The models all agree. The forecasters all agree. We’re going to get snow. And a bunch of it. Environment Canada is predicting 10-20cm through Tuesday night. Accuweather.com is predicting a…

  • Santa’s Sou’wester is the best

    Good thing Santa has expert taylors and the best quality clothing for his epic journey because once he gets to the West Coast of North America he might need everything he can get plus a snorkel too. As you’ve no doubt seen by now we have a rainfall warning issued for us. This will be…