Category: Wind
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December and Annual 2016 Summary – Cold and Hot!
December cooled off an otherwise Hot Year. It took me a while to get to this post… lots of stuff going on these days! However, it is worth the wait. Wow, 2016 was another big year for weather! Unlike the world, which had its 3rd consecutive warmest (header image from NOAA) year on record. Port Alberni did…
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Quick Update – Times for heaviest rain
The rain has come and boy does it feel nice. 🙂 Just a quick update to give you an idea of when to expect the heaviest rain. We had one strong pulse come through around 6AM this morning. It was raining very hard on the Hump with water pooling on the road. The next strong…
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Freezing Rain possible Monday morning – Heavy Rain expected for next 3 Days
The kink in the jetstream (climate change) has finally untwisted (you can see the faint twist left in the image below) and we are now the target for some very heavy rains dragged across the Pacific from the Phillipines and the Himalayas! It actually makes me wonder how much smog from China might be coming our…
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Back to seasonal temperatures. Stormy Tuesday. Likely green Christmas but we can hope 🙂
The snowfall warning yesterday was a bust. The Arctic just wasn’t strong enough over the South Island and much of the precipitaiton during the day focused on Metro Vancouver. There is over 40cm of snow in some parts of Surrey! We will now transition to a wet and possibly windy pattern this week. The rest…
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Snowfall Warning Issued – 10-20cm – possible Freezing Rain
Final Update 9PM Sunday The warm winds have come. We have gone from 0°C to 4°C in less than 30 minutes and the wind has switched to the SSW. Strong winds are reported on the East side. 50-60kph at Hornby Island. Expect the Snowfall Warning to be lifted soon. Update 12PM Drizzle is starting in some…