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Weatherman shares insight on Kootenay winter season after B.C.’s big windstorm

A powerline down on snow with Kootenay Lake in the background.
High winds knocked down a powerline above Nelson. Photo by Maasa Craig.
Keili Bartlett - CJLY - Kootenay • BC | 20-01-2021
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When an unprecedented windstorm blew through southern B.C. overnight on Jan. 12, Jesse Ellis saw some of the highest wind speed readings he’s ever seen.

Ellis has been a fire weather forecaster in Castlegar for 10 years, and has experience on the ground fighting forest fires. He told KCR reporter Keili Bartlett what makes some weather events unpredictable, and the behind-the-scenes of the science of forecasting: