Category: Wind

  • Snowfall warnings issued – “Snow storm” expected – Freezing Rain possible as well

    Snowfall warnings issued – “Snow storm” expected – Freezing Rain possible as well

    Warnings up. (Updated 12:30PM) EC has posted warnings for most of the South Coast this morning. You can see ours for Inland sections or check out the entire range of them. Here is the text for Inland Vancouver Island: Current details: A snow storm is expected to arrive tonight. When: Tonight to Wednesday afternoon or…

  • Watching for snow Tuesday Night

    Watching for snow Tuesday Night

    Data View Offline An issue cropped up with the Data View overnight. That is why there is a large empty space in the website. The other data on the Almanac is still updating normally. I’ll post on Mastodon with updates on when the Data View will return. Snow Tuesday Night and Wednesday – Heaviest South…

  • Frigid night but no record – Possible snow on the warmup Tuesday.

    Frigid night but no record – Possible snow on the warmup Tuesday.

    Record for January 12 was -15 It got plenty cold, and fast, yesterday but we didn’t set any records. As posted on Mastodon: Looks like we “peaked” today at a balmy temperature of -4.0ºC in #PortAlberni. Our low this morning was -8.7ºC. The lowest windchill recorded was -14.1. The official low at the Airport was…

  • Polar Vortex Delivers Snow to Vancouver and Victoria – Nanaimo Next?

    Polar Vortex Delivers Snow to Vancouver and Victoria – Nanaimo Next?

    It begins – Vancouver and Victoria As confirmed on Social Media reports (#bcstorm on Mastodon), snow has begun in Vancouver, especially eastern sections, and also in Victoria on the Saanich peninsula. The winds have picked up and it’s driving two northwest to southeast lines of precipitation as the Polar Vortex takes hold and temperatures drop.…

  • Northeasterlies bring Cold and East Island Snow

    Northeasterlies bring Cold and East Island Snow

    Winter is here. Snow predictions. It finally came. Winter is here and now It’s going to get progressively colder for a few days with the coldest day looking like Friday at around -10ºC. There is snow likely, but this time I would expect it to be only on the east coast as northerly and easterly…