Tag: rain

  • Happy rain, Happy Rain gauge, happy Rain Stats

    Happy rain, Happy Rain gauge, happy Rain Stats

    Cleaned the Integrated Sensor Suite – Rain measurements are back online! It’s all happy! Now that the rain bucket is working again on the weather station I’ve spent most of the day (except for a rather wet trip to the dump!) working on renovating the rain-related data on the website. Here’s what the tippers looked…

  • Widespread rain coming Tuesday Night

    Widespread rain coming Tuesday Night

    The hour by hour forecast: Monday will be warm and cloudy but get ready for some real rainfall Tuesday evening. Showers will begin to creep onto the West Island, Tofino, Ucluelet, Bamfield and Port Renfrew before 5PM Tuesday. Rain showers will pick up in those same areas in the 5-8PM period. Showers also begin in…

  • Partly Cloudy and slight chance of rain. Fire Danger moderate but forests very dry.

    Partly Cloudy and slight chance of rain. Fire Danger moderate but forests very dry.

    Rain sticking to North End Don’t expect much in the way of precipitation for the next few days if you are south of Campbell River. While there are chances for rain on many days in the next seven, none are very significant. Here are the three day total rainfall forecasts, first, from 5PM Wednesday (yesterday)…

  • Update: Lightning sparks three fires. Some more rain coming?

    Update: Lightning sparks three fires. Some more rain coming?

    Update 2 – Great Lightning video! Brad Jason posted a great video of yesterday’s storm down the Alberni Inlet and got a great shot of the lightning striking right in the middle of the Alberni Inlet! Click the picture to go to the Facebook video. Update – Lightning causes three fires. There are now three…

  • It’s Summer! Happy Solstice. Happy Rain. Happy Weekend!

    It’s Summer! Happy Solstice. Happy Rain. Happy Weekend!

    Summer Solstice is here. It is officially the first day of summer and the longest day of the year. Today is a spiritual day for many. For others it is the official start of vacation (or in the case of K-12 students, tantalizingly close!). If you want to get the most out of your yard…