Tag: wind

  • Christmas Storm records – Hwy 4 Closed – More Rain Coming

    Christmas Storm records – Hwy 4 Closed – More Rain Coming

    Record set at Airport – 3rd Highest All Time The storm yesterday produced one of the rainiest Christmas days in Port Alberni history. The Airport recorded the most rain ever in its history since 1994 for that day: 70.6mm. As I posted on Mastodon this morning: Only 1929 at Port Alberni City with 80.3 mm…

  • Christmas Forecast – New Nuuchanulth words and other improvements

    Christmas Forecast – New Nuuchanulth words and other improvements

    Merry Green Christmas or The Five Rainy Days of Christmas! The good news is, we need the rain. The bad news is, if you’re looking for a White Christmas this will not be your year! Let’s look at the upcoming weekend. Five bouts of rain – First Today It will be interesting to see if…

  • Rainfall Warning – Up to 100mm in Port Alberni

    Rainfall Warning – Up to 100mm in Port Alberni

    Inland – West – East Side Vancouver Island Warnings This is this evening’s model picture from UWash. This is not the super-high resolution version but it is inline with yesterday’s predictions. High elevation regions of the Island will get between 100 and perhaps more than 300mm according to the BC River Forecast Centre. This model…

  • Atmospheric River Incoming – Major Rainfall Monday and Tuesday

    Atmospheric River Incoming – Major Rainfall Monday and Tuesday

    Pineapple Express On the Way It’s on the horizon. The picture below is the forecast for Monday 1-4PM. As you can see, the tail of the moisture reaches far to the southwest. Hawaii is in the bottom-left corner. I real Pineapple Express! Timing: Two Hits – Small Sunday Morning – Big Monday/Tuesday We’ll see this…

  • Data Offline Today – Remembrance Day Forecast – El Niño Outlook

    Data Offline Today – Remembrance Day Forecast – El Niño Outlook

    Data offline Unfortunately something happened around 4AM this morning and my weather station stopped talking to the computer that updates this website. I’ve tried a few things remotely with no success so I’ll have to wait until later tonight to see what the problem is. Hopefully it’s nothing too serious like the 15 year old…