(Update: Did I call it? 😉 Wind Warning now issued for all of Vancouver Island and Lower Mainland… look for the barometer to head towards 97kpa. The closer it gets, the stronger shot we will receive. Up to 80kph)
You might have noticed the barometer value up top is in the yellow. That generally means one thing. Wind!
The GFS model is saying we’ll get down to 98kpa tonight. We’re certainly on our way.
We should get some moderate rain tonight before the wind comes. Just 20-25 in the forecast so shouldn’t be a risk of flooding. We’re looking at about half the amount this storm than we did the past two.
The GFS windogram says we’re in for only 15knot winds. This is actually the first time I’ve used the windogram for our area, so we’ll see how accurate it is. I have a feeling it underestimates greatly as EC generally does as well.
And some of you might like to know. We got a visit on Friday from Dr. Andrew Weaver, 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner for 2007 with the IPCC. He was here to take some pictures of our weather station as it is part of his islandweather.ca network and to install new stations on Alberni Elementary and Maquinna Elementary. My wife met him, without realizing his fame 🙂 I was not home from work yet. Bummer!
Anyway, stay safe out there! And hey, end of January/beginning of February is still looking cool, possibility of snow in time for the Olympics? (Imagine a giant dump of snow on Vancouver on February 13! OMG hahah)
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3 responses to “Very Low Barometer… windy tonight”
Gee, I actually beat both Nick and Chris with rainfall today! My 31.2mm to their 12.19mm (Chris) and 15mm (Nick). Amazing!
Anyway, We did have some wind, according to our wind graphs. And I see our baro is 98.4kpa at 2340 lcl. Station says it’s still falling rapidly. Hmmm…. could we be in for something?
wow, so if we wake up without power we know why 😛
its in the red now :O
at least im not flooding for once :3
Hi Chris.. I did some creative antenna swapping with my setup here and was able to get a much better looking image from the last pass of NOAA19 as it sailed by.
Available for looking at on my site: http://zepplin.dyndns.org:8080/wxtoimg/betterimage.jpg