Month: January 2008

  • Cold Weather around the world.

    Vancouver Island hasn’t been the only place that has received colder than normal temperatures and more snow than in the past few years. East of the Rockies… temperatures are in the deep freeze. It was -54 with the windchill in Edmonton.. and blizzrads raged across the prairies. Today, Eastern Canada is getting flash frozen by…

  • How Much Snow?

    It seems to be unanimous… we’re going to get some snow over the next few days. How Much? EC says 5-10cm tomorrow… will we get that? More? Less? All Weekend? Will there be school on Monday? Who knows! All we can do is wait for the white fluffies to start falling from the sky. Update:…

  • Oops! No Forecast!

    It looks like Environment Canada has updated their webpages! Nice update actually.. but that’s why there is no forecast at the bottom of this box like there should be this morning. I’ll have to revamp my grabber code to get the text forecast from a different source. It might take me a few days. In…

  • So is this a Cold Snap?

    I don’t really know what constitutes a “Cold Snap” in the official sense of the term. But I do know it’s been cold for quite a few days now! Great Winter weather. Has made for some beautiful sunsets and alpen glow on Mt. Arrowsmith! Here’s hoping the rains don’t come on Thursday or Sunday as…

  • YouTube Videos and Chilly Weather

    EC is calling for a low of -7 Sunday night! Cold all week. Quite the wintery weather we’re having… it made for a beautiful sunset this evening, especially with the moon rising in the East. Should see the moon on the webcam tonight if the fog holds off long enough. So change of plans on…