Tag: Cold
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Strong wind and some rain Friday – Sunny weekend!
Weird storm drops down Friday night delivering wind and rain. A strange pattern is setting up as a low pressure centre moves toward the Central Coast. However instead of moving north and east as is normal for this storm will be following the jetstream south and east along Vancouver Island. Consequently, the low will produce…
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Updating all Day Tuesday – Snowfall warnings issued. 5-10cm on Island, more locally.
Final Update 5PM Update 5PM: The snow should be mostly done now and we should just see rain except at higher elevations or where pockets of cold air have remained. The Special Weather statement is still in effect for our area even though the snowfall warnings have ended for the East Island. Stay vigilant for…
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Snow possible overnight Saturday. Then Sunday afternoon.
Updated Sunday snowfall An updated look. Rain or snow showers are beginning now and will turn more to snow for the Port Alberni area in the 11-noon hour. Here are the images of the following 4 hours as the front moves through. The Green is light snow falling, blue shades are heavier. It should be…
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Waves of Rain to end January – Return to Cold and Snow Sunday?
A short post. Don’t expect too much variation in the forecast over the next week as we go from wave to wave rain and showers. Tuesday should be a mostly off day with showers ending by noon this morning and it maybe even clearing briefly in the afternoon. Rain will return with some force on…
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Winter Storm Warnings Issued (Now ended)
Update 10:30AM – Warnings ended. Rain is here. Expect this rain to continue most of today and tomorrow. We should see temperatures over 5°C before nightfall Saturday. Update 7:30AM Rain has begun in areas… significant snowfall at higher elevations around Port Alberni like the lake and south end. Update 7AM – Warnings updated. Here is…