Category: Wind
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Stormy Weekend. Wettest Friday but possible wind Saturday.
As I type this on the bus into Nanaimo there is a beautiful orange hue to the eastern sky obscured by clouds. Red sky in morning, sailor’s warning. This is a day that that old adage will probably be valid. Here is the rain situation over the next 3 days. 4AM to 4AM Fri/Saturday, Sat/Sunday and…
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Week ending on a Stormy note – Plenty more Rain and possible Wind coming
The beat goes on my friends. By Thursday 10AM the rain will have begun again. It will have cleared up by 7PM. There is also a Wind warning for West and East Vancouver Island. No warning for our area however the UWash model indicates the most likely time for strong winds is between 4 and…
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Tuesday could set new heat record. Rain and warmth for rest of week as East freezes.
We got up over 12°C yesterday which was near a record. If the Airport hits the forecast high of 15°C today we will break the station record for the day. It may be a little warmer in town. It will all depend on the fog moving out nice and early so we get lots of sun…
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Model increases Rain total, Mother Nature delivers likely record. Family Monday dry at least 🙂
For the second time in two weeks, the UWash model has underestimated the amount of rain expected… it happened last wednesday too when we got a near record all time daily amount and we are on our way to another one now. The record at the Airport was set on this day in 1996 at 43.4…
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There are only so many synonyms for sogginess.
We will have another short shot of showers today as a system quickly slides through the area. The precipitation should appear in the early PM and then be gone post-haste as you can perceive from the picture below. We should only witness a weak accumulation of around 4mm total once the weather gives way. For Friday,…