Category: Wind

UPDATE. 12:33PM The snow is coming down hard and fast in areas. Pleae use extreme caution on the roads. The new models say we won’t dry out until 4PM-5PM in Port Alberni and later on the East Coast. Whether this falls as rain or snow is extremely difficult to predict, so assume the worst for…

The line of systems keeps on coming. You can see our future weather pretty clearly on this forecast shot. Five separate systems stretching all the way up into the Bering Sea, all forecast to swoop down and across and onto us. First though, we will dry out a bit today (Friday) as we wait for…

Just a quick update today. Details on upcoming rain is in the post below. There were some strong winds last night that have caused power outages on the East Coast of the Island and also a ton of branches and debris on the highway through Whiskey Creek. The winds should abate later today and then…

Last night was a deluge we haven’t had since early January. And it won’t be the last. Here is an interesting bit of info. Last week, in a conference call to emergency personnel, David Jones of Environment Canada said after November 1st of any year until the next year, the likelihood of there being a…

We haven’t had a good rainstorm since November… And really even since the end of September. When we’ve managed to get any precipitation at all, it has been in the form of relatively weak fronts moving over the Island. We will get another one of those weak fronts tonight. The rain should start in the…