Tag: wind
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Change in Pattern – Wet 7 days ahead
Rain will increase – Starting Friday through the weekend After weeks of dry weather we are finally into what looks like a long term change to more normal rainy fall weather. Expect the rain to begin for real on Friday morning. Here is the picture for early Friday morning, a strong band across the Island.…
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Snowy to the East and South – Cold Everywhere
Morning Flurries There were patches of flurries happening all the way from Parksville to Nanaimo this morning. There was snow on the ground in Coombs and Errington, but neither of these were true in Port Alberni (except perhaps deeper Beaver Creek/Beaufort) It has continued to flurry off and on for the past few hours here…
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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…
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Happy Halloween – A Chilly Break – Rain Thursday Night
Unsettled, also sunny There is a chance of scattered showers over the next day or two but there is also a lot of clear sky around so hopefully we get some sunny periods. With that clear sky you can expect chilly temperatures in the mornings with frost (and black ice) likely this week. Take care…
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Power Out at Alberniweather – First AR over soon
Power out since 11AM If you’re looking for the live weather stats unfortunately they will not be back until power is restored at Alberniweather. The weather station has a long lasting backup battery but the computer and network gear do not. When power comes back, everything *should* return fairly quickly and automatically except the webcam…