Category: Wind
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Dangerous next few days – take precautions
As I type I am waiting for the 4PM forecast update to be issued by Environment Canada the 4PM update has been issued late. No doubt, they have their hands full what with the chaos that has been ongoing in the Fraser Valley today. They’ve got dumped on with snow with terrible consequences for drivers…
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Difficult week to predict
You may notice this post is tagged, cold, wet, wind, and storm. We could get it all. First, Monday: Today will stay cold and dry. The latest NAM and GFS model runs agree that there is more chance for snow on the East coast, (coming off the Strait) than there is for Port Alberni. But…
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Final totals from the storm – UPDATED
(EC has posted the values for the 3rd for Tofino see below) You may have already read some of this in the AVTimes today, but here it is in full. Unofficially, the rain for the 3rd is in record territory for Environment Canada in the Alberni Valley but not an all time for the month…
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A breather – then Round 3… As bad as Round 1?
Get out and enjoy the crisp sunshiny day today… (I’m counting on no fog forming of course!) We have our next round of the pineapple express coming our way. It has a whole bunch of tropical miosture in it that has already thrown a warning up for the West Coast for rain up to 120mm.…
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Wind and rain today and Saturday night
UPDATE: 1:14PM Looks like the barometer has bottomed out at 99.3kPa and the wind has picked up on cue. There are power outages in various locations on the East Coast of the Island. Sutton Pass is snow covered, doesn’t look nice. The wind today should stick mainly to the East Coast of the Island but…