Category: Wet
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Records fell – Fall switch coming
Cooler and cloudier Let’s start with the forecast. Below is the picture for Wednesday morning. We can expect scattered showers over much of the South Island and Tofino/Ucluelet but Port Alberni stays mostly dry as does the East side north of Nanaimo. In general you can expect a return to normal temperatures around 20°C for…
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Strong rain today – Thunderstorms north and east.
The radar fills – East Coast Statement Environment Canada has already posted a Special Weather Statement for the East Coast warning of up to 50mm of rain with thunderstorms. (I am surprised this isn’t a rainfall warning or severe thunderstorm watch). The radar is already starting to fill in on the north Island. Expect rain…
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Good soggy morning from the bus!
Back to work and the bus I am back to work at VIU this week and this is my first post from the bus in quite a long time! Last year I had started to catch the bus to VIU from Woodgrove as it made for a shorter commute, but I found I missed the…
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Potential for major lightning event tonight
There is a special weather statement for the south and east island but looking at both the radar and lightning tracker, I have never seen anything quite like what is moving up through northern Washington right now! I have a video of the radar in this Mastodon post: And here is the lightning in the…
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Updated Wednesday June 26 – Canada Day Weekend – Day by Day Forecast – Rain, Tarps and Safe Campfires
The picture is clearing, and it looks a little soggy, but not a write-off. Deploy Tarps!