Tag: wind
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Happy Halloween! Wednesday night rain
It’s going to be a perfect halloween evening for kids to get out and find that candy! 🙂 The clear (if not foggy) and cold conditions will end on Wednesday night as a frontal system moves onto Vancouver Island. Expect rain to begin around 5PM on the West Coast and 8PM further inland. We should…
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Very Chilly Breeze Tuesday – Early Possibility of Snow
An Arctic Outflow Event in October? Well this is a thing… it’s been quite awhile since we’ve seen snow before Halloween but we have a possibility of at least flakes in the sky and at worst a messy Tuesday and Wednesday morning. A low will strengthen as it moves down the Island tonight and tomorrow…
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Stormy Sunday Night and Monday –
Close Looks at time and amounts Saturday felt like the first day of fall as the weather shifted and the winds picked up. It’s getting us ready for what’s to come. A strong storm in the Pacific that is now approaching the coast and deepening. Right now it’s forecast to be that 98.6 kPa low…
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Welcome to Fall – Storm is Coming – Highway 4 Heads up
The last hours of a Dry Summer The countdown is on. The Fall Equinox is at exactly 11:50PM Pacific Time tonight (Sept. 22, 2023). It has been a summer we won’t soon forget. It has been incredibly dry. Even with the rain we are about to get this weekend and next week, it won’t be…
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Lightning possible this afternoon
Update: No thunderstorm developed, but we had a heck of a sunset! See the Mastodon feed for pictures! Quick update. I am monitoring the radar and skies for lightning as the heat and relative humidity feed energy into the atmosphere. (I recorded a heat index of 38°C in the new yard location). Will be watching…