Tag: Storm

  • It rained! At least a little. Truth and Reconciliation Day weather looks good.

    It rained! At least a little. Truth and Reconciliation Day weather looks good.

    Finally Finally some measurable precipitation on the rain gauge!! Granted it’s only 1.3mm, but we’ll take every drop! Clouds will persist and showers should continue off and on through the rest of the day. It won’t be a big amount of moisture, but it’ll help. Major Hurricane Ian making landfall now The Satellite Imagery coming…

  • No rain yet. Warm Weekend. Frightening Fiona

    No rain yet. Warm Weekend. Frightening Fiona

    Where’s that moisture? It looks like the rain either hasn’t come yet or is going to miss us completely. A bummer. I was hopeful this morning when we had some strong winds that it would signal at least some moisture falling from the sky. The picture on Windy is looking pretty dry for the mid-Island…

  • First Day of Fall! – Back from a long vacation

    First Day of Fall! – Back from a long vacation

    Welcome back! It’s been too long since I last posted. We had a wonderful summer, and that includes me and my family getting out of town and heading all the way across Canada to PEI and back! It was super fun. We saw, and experienced, some crazy weather, and just generally saw a lot of…

  • Rare May Storm incoming

    Rare May Storm incoming

    Batten down the hatches It’s pretty unusual to have this kind of storm in May at all, let alone the week before the Long Weekend. But here we are. Get ready for what could be a significant wind, and rain event all across Vancouver Island. Here it comes This is the just released forecast for…

  • Snow for Ground Hog Day? – Maybe Not for Port Alberni

    Snow for Ground Hog Day? – Maybe Not for Port Alberni

    After nearly a month without seeing snow, are we about to see some new white stuff fall from the sky? Unfortunately, snow lovers might be disappointed. The 24 hour snow accumulation pictured above shows very little snow south of Campbell River. It actually looks like Vancouver and the Fraser Valley will get some but the…