Year: 2009
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Fear not! The Heat is returning for the weekend!
We finally got some real rain over the past few days! Might stave off water restrictions in Port Alberni for a few more days than otherwise might have been the case. I also wanted to post an update which included a little ditty about Arctic Sea Ice. Two important bits of news out. First the…
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Sometimes
Ya just can’t think of anything new and interesting to post on a blog…. This is one of those times. I’m doing a little dance as I type this… maybe that’s interesting enough? 😀 I can tell ya it ain’t pretty! The wind last night was fun… there were lightning strikes detected up Island towards…
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New Station site in time for hot weather!
So a few weeks ago I had a discussion with Ed Weibe down at UVic about where how my weather station was installed on my house. They weren’t happy. It was too close and while I felt it was not producing overly heated daytime temps, they disagreed. As they are the ones with the Dr.…
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Warm week ahead: But first, the “Hanukkah Eve” cyclone.
I hope everyones garden has gotten a good drink the past few days. Ours certainly has, and our rain barrels have been replenished as well. Looks like we’ll need them starting Monday as some heat is coming just in time for the Canada Day Parade. In other news I came across a great article today…
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Happy Summer! Making up for a Dry Spring?
Happy Summer everyone! I hope everyone got a chance to enjoy the longest day of the year yesterday. We went to bed at around 22:30 and it was still quite light out. Don’t expect the Summer weather to hit just yet though. After our big hot spell there in June we’ve been back to normal…