Tag: rain

  • Timing for a showery weekend – But Sunday is good

    Timing for a showery weekend – But Sunday is good

    Most showers happen Friday The good news is the wet stuff has shifted a little earlier and Sunday is looking nicer than it did a few days ago. Expect showers to start before noon on most of the Island as an area of moisture moves down the Island. It looks like the strongest showers in…

  • Strong rain today – Thunderstorms north and east.

    Strong rain today – Thunderstorms north and east.

    The radar fills – East Coast Statement Environment Canada has already posted a Special Weather Statement for the East Coast warning of up to 50mm of rain with thunderstorms. (I am surprised this isn’t a rainfall warning or severe thunderstorm watch). The radar is already starting to fill in on the north Island. Expect rain…

  • Good soggy morning from the bus!

    Good soggy morning from the bus!

    Back to work and the bus I am back to work at VIU this week and this is my first post from the bus in quite a long time! Last year I had started to catch the bus to VIU from Woodgrove as it made for a shorter commute, but I found I missed the…

  • Potential for major lightning event tonight

    Potential for major lightning event tonight

    There is a special weather statement for the south and east island but looking at both the radar and lightning tracker, I have never seen anything quite like what is moving up through northern Washington right now! I have a video of the radar in this Mastodon post: And here is the lightning in the…

  • Summer Solstice Seconds – First Look at July Long Weekend

    Summer Solstice Seconds – First Look at July Long Weekend

    Solstice Thursday June 20 1:50PM PDT The solstice will occur just 29 minutes after midday in Port Alberni — the sun is highest around 1PM, not noon, during Daylight Savings Time. If you check the Almanac Page you’ll see sun rise is at 5:13AM today, the 19th, as well as the 20th. It is actually…