Tag: wind
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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…
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Road Closed Again – Wind Closure Possible Thursday and Friday.
Highway 4 has been fully closed since noon on Tuesday due to high winds, and possibly (this is speculation on my part) the impacts of the first significant rainfall since the fire damaged the slope. I would imagine that they are doing assessments of the slope above the roadway. Anyone who has driven the road…
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Forecasting High Winds for Cameron Lake
This is a separate post from the road opening Schedule I posted earlier today. I thought it might be interesting to see what days might be the highest chance of getting closed due to strong afternoon winds as it still is this evening (next driveBC update 10PM). So let’s look out to the next 16…