Category: Wind

  • 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…

  • Full Labour Day Weekend Forecast – Plus Wind for Fishers

    Full Labour Day Weekend Forecast – Plus Wind for Fishers

    That’s my father-in-law Cliff with one of a bunch of salmon they caught on Thursday! I didn’t ask him for permission to post that photo. Muahahahaha. Nice fish Cliff! It will definitely feel cool this weekend as the high that protected us and gave us so much warm weather for so long has finally broken…

  • Fire taming rain coming? Also Wind. Will Mars Bomber be saved?

    It’s been a crazy morning.  This petition:  http://www.change.org/bringbackthemars has gone nuts (over 2000 signatures in less than 48 hours!) and I seem to be getting calls from every TV and Radio station in BC!  If you are on twitter use #bringbackthemars Please share it on Facebook and write the premier at premier@gov.bc.ca   As for us, there…

  • Rain done for Friday – Shouldn’t return until Sunday

    The rain clouds should lift this morning and the threat of rain diminish until it is near zero this afternoon.  Here is the rain forecast for right now, 8AM Friday. And here is the cloud forecast for the same.   And here is the current satellite picture as of 7:30AM:   It’s pretty much bang on.…