High pressure system keeping Vancouver Island dry, Texas drenched

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A high pressure system keeping Vancouver Island dry is the same one causing Texas to be drenched. Calvin To reports.

A high pressure system keeping Vancouver Island dry is the same one keeping Hurricane Harvey over parts of Texas.

Meteorologists call it the “Four Corner High,” a ridge of high pressure sitting above Arizona, New Mexico, Utah and Colorado.

“That’s basically the track of Harvey. It’s coming from the east and it’s pushing inland. It wants to go further eastward, but because there is a ridge of high pressure it has nowhere to go,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Cindy Yu.

The weather pattern has led to hot and dry conditions on Vancouver Island, in stark contrast to parts of the U.S., currently being pounded by Hurricane Harvey.

At Mason Street Farm in Victoria, that means the water bill is running high.

“Because most of our crops are high value salad greens, they need a lot of water and they’re cooler weather crops, we just have to actually water sometimes during the day,” said Jessie Brown, owner of Mason Street Farm.

But there could be relief on the horizon. Experts say the high pressure system will move eastward beginning Tuesday night, allowing for rain.

 

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