Tag: rain

  • Freezing Rain possible today – Wednesday Rain – New Mastodon Account – Dead Webcam

    Freezing Rain possible today – Wednesday Rain – New Mastodon Account – Dead Webcam

    The chilly December continues – watch for freezing rain There is a lot of blue in the forecast for flurries and snow! There is also a chance for freezing rain so if you notice it raining at all, be careful and watch for ice. Wednesday accumulation unlikely – but beware. We’re always hovering around zero…

  • Small Atmospheric River Thursday then Sunday Snow?!

    Small Atmospheric River Thursday then Sunday Snow?!

    Learning something new – AR Scale Last week I learned about a new-to-me scale used to classify Atmospheric River events. Here’s the chart! It’s a pretty cool, and detailed, chart. It uses the “Maximum Vertically Integrated Water Vapour Transport” and the length of an event to come up with a category from 1 being beneficial…

  • The rains have come – Atmospheric River Thursday and Friday?

    The rains have come – Atmospheric River Thursday and Friday?

    It rained on Friday. It rained on Sunday. It rained this morning. It will rain tomorrow. and Wednesday. All these days did and will feature rain. Thankfully, it won’t be a downpour 24/7 like this time last year as we began our November deluge. But it will definitely rain. By Wednesday we could see up…

  • The Rain has Come!

    The Rain has Come!

    Light, but it’s there. After 20 long, dry, and hot days in October, we are finally receiving our first rain shower of the month. This is the first time Alberniweather has had measurable rain since September 28 (1.3mm) and only the 6th time since July 15th. This station hasn’t measured more than 5 millimetres of…

  • Will we actually get rain this time?

    Will we actually get rain this time?

    Hot Start It’s going to get up to 29ºC today, that’s hot for the end of September (don’t be surprised if we hit 30). What we really want to know how is when the switch will finally get flipped and we get into some fall stormy/rainy weather. It had looked like this week might be…