Enviro-BC Weather Services

10/25/2025

Not looking good for the Caribbean over the next few days with the intensification and passage of hurricane Melissa:

1. Jamaica: A multi-day period of damaging winds and heavy
rainfall is expected to begin tonight, causing catastrophic and
life-threatening flash flooding and numerous landslides. Extensive
infrastructural damage, long-duration power and communication
outages, and potentially prolonged isolation of communities is
likely. A life-threatening storm surge is also likely along
portions of the southern coast early next week. All preparations
should be completed today.

2. Haiti: Catastrophic and life-threatening flash flooding and
landslides are expected across southwestern Haiti into early next
week, likely causing extensive infrastructural damage and
potentially prolonged isolation of communities. Strong winds could
also potentially last for a day or more over the Tiburon peninsula.

3. Dominican Republic: Heavy rainfall could produce catastrophic
flash flooding and numerous landslides in southern portions of the
country.

4. Eastern Cuba, Southeast Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos:
Monitor Melissa closely. There is an increasing risk of a
significant storm surge, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall by the
middle of next week. In eastern Cuba, the risk of life-threatening
flash flooding and landslides is increasing. A Hurricane Watch is
now in effect for portions of eastern Cuba.

08/13/2025

Satellite photo showing the smoke spewing out of the Mount Underwood fire south of Port Alberni.

01/20/2025

12/01/2024

Over 90 cm and still falling! Never experienced lake effect snow but would love to some day! I am amazed that you can get dumped on for days with heavy snow squalls while only a few kilometres away, there can be next to nothing.

04/27/2023

That'll leave a mark. Grapefruits falling from the sky just east of Waco tonight.

📸: "The Tornado Cowboy" on Twitter

09/13/2022

Interesting and colourful pileus iridescent cloud in China -

A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.

03/10/2022

02/28/2022

Information about the launch of a new GOES West satellite - https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/next-generation/goes-t-launch
tomorrow.

GOES-T is scheduled to launch in early 2022. Learn more about NOAA’s latest geostationary satellite and follow its path to launch.

12/21/2021

A detailed and I mean detailed (500 pages) study of snowflakes - where they come from, physical process, how they arrange in shapes and patterns etc.

11/16/2021

An interesting study about the past summer's heat dome and the relationship to wildfires

by Aseem Sharma (NRCan, University of Alberta), Piyush Jain (NRCan), Mike Flannigan (University of Alberta), John Abatzoglou (University of California, Merced)

10/24/2021

Satellite, 500 mb, surface and radar at 15z October 24, 2021. It was at this point with the last deep upper low that it turned sharply northward. On the animation, the current one is just starting to divert towards the north. We shall see if this continues or not. This will have huge impacts on the strength and location of significant winds in BC. Notice the radar echoes in California showing the heavy precip down there!