Category: Wind
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February Wrap Up – Pretty Normal
I went through my records for February since 2006. In terms of temperatures, this past February has been pretty average. Not overly warm (like 2010) and not overly cold (like 2011). The mean temperature was 3.3C (2010=5.3C 2011=1.9C) It also seems to be about average for my station for rain. 146mm of rain fell, about…
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Snow Bust! Again! – But watch out East Island! Whiteout!
We seem to have been bitten by a no-snow bug this year. This is the second time that we’ve been expecting significant snowfall only to end up with green grass. At this point I would be surprised if we get anything at all over night. There doesn’t seem to be much moisture available at all.…
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Updated : Power out again 85kph gust
Last Update 10:40PM Just one last update to let folks know there are no power outages in Port Alberni at this time but everything south of town to Bamfield is out and looks like there are a number of folks out on the East side in Errington, Parksville, etc. Thankfully the wind looks to be…
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Watch for snow and slush
The heavy rain today looks to be dragging down the snow level. It was raining in town and slushing on the hump when I left at 6AM this morning and Now 8AM it is snowing in Port. We are right on the freezing mark, so we could see this snow persist until we get a…
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Northern Lights Tomorrow – In the Wind and Rain
Tomorrow is pretty interesting. First, plenty of rain is coming. Nothing too serious, but a good 40mm. Enough to get the streets running. That should start overnight with the strongest downpours in through the morning and middle of the day. There will be some wind with it, but nothing like Saturday. That should come in…