Category: Wind

  • UPDATE 9:45PM RAINFALL WARNING ISSUED : Stormy skies bringing heavy rain and wind today and tonight.

    UPDATE 9:45PM RAINFALL WARNING ISSUED : Stormy skies bringing heavy rain and wind today and tonight.

    Update 9:45PM http://weather.gc.ca/warnings/report_e.html?bc45#410131331074164441201410220502 Issued at 2014-10-22 04:10 UTC by Environment Canada: Rainfall warning issued for: West Vancouver Island, B.C. (081400) Inland Vancouver Island, B.C. (081500) Current details: Rain, at times heavy, continues. Heavy rainfall with amounts of 100 mm by early Wednesday morning as a Pacific frontal system moves through the area tonight. Heavy downpours…

  • So when won’t it rain?

    This week’s forecast is pretty straight forward. It is going to rain a whole bunch, particularly tomorrow. So you might be wondering when might be a time when it shouldn’t be raining. I like to use the 3 hour forecast from UWash. In the next 3 days, the only daylight 3 hour segments that shows…

  • Happy Thanksgiving! Likely rain warnings coming Monday

    Happy Thanksgiving! Likely rain warnings coming Monday

        As as the old sailors rhyme says…Red sky at night, sailors delight, Red sky in morning, sailors warning. Today the sky is certainly a beautiful red.  Thanks to my wife for just sending me the picture above! The long tendrils of moisture are reaching up from the tropics and are going to deliver…

  • Updated 5PM Thursday: First blustery storm for Thanksgiving – Forecast Fixed

    Updated 5PM Thursday: First blustery storm for Thanksgiving – Forecast Fixed

    Update 5PM: new model this afternoon looks a little stronger both for Friday and for Saturday and Sunday. More rain predicted now for Saturday and a more vigorous front arriving earlier Saturday afternoon. Check the comparisons below. Enjoy the calm skies this morning as they will be the last for a little while. There is…

  • First fall storm is here – warnings on inaction – and a Poem!

    First fall storm is here – warnings on inaction – and a Poem!

    I have three important things you should see today! Make sure you see them all! 🙂 First: Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement announcing our first fall storm (on the first full day of fall!). It’s a beauty of a storm! They are predicting around 40mm in the next 24 hours. UWash is…