[Paddlewise] Pacific Storms - North Coast

From: Rob MacDonald <robm_at_udl.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2001 08:37:06 -0800
It seems like the storms that hit the south coast have little to do with 
what happens up here.  There is almost a dividing line, pretty much at Cape 
Scott on the north end of Vancouver Island.  It kind of moves around a bit, 
depending on the storm.  There can be hurricane force winds in Prince 
Rupert Harbour (some harbour!),  and there won't be enough weather down 
south to get Doug Lloyd interested in even taking his kids out.  And then, 
like this weekend, vice versa.  It was a pretty rough, but nothing really 
crazy or unusual, other than the snow that hit - Prince Rupert and Haida 
Gwaii both got dumped on, not just the inland North Coast.

I love the snow warnings we get - Heavy snowfall warning issued for the 
outer coast, as much as 10 cm (4 inches) possible!!! - oh, and by the way, 
the inland north coast will get twice as much.  (And they no longer even 
try to mention Kitimat, where they get twice as much again as anywhere else 
around.)

Rob.

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