Year: 2009

  • Finally! Some action on the weather front! Snow!

    Big change in the forecast this morning! We’ve gone from a slight chance of flurries over the next 5 days…. to a chance of flurries today… and Periods of Snow on the weekend! I will have to check who would be up for Snow Contest winner, but it certainly looks like a winner could be…

  • Cold Cold Cooold!

    Well, November has come and gone and so has the rain! We set a new record according to Environment Canada. Over 800mm of rain fell at Alberni Airport in November. We nearly set a daily record as well at around 110mm on the worst day but November 2006 still beat it out with 120mm. My…

  • An Unexpected Snowfall?

    Don’t you just get that feeling that it might just maybe just might might have a snowflake in the air? Nick and Eve asked in the comments of the last post if maybe there might be some snow tonight. I don’t know honestly! It sure is *close* to being cold enough, but we really haven’t…

  • Flood Watch Issued for Vancouver Island

    Including, this time, the Alberni Valley. Since it is Island wide, I will let you go check it out for details on other parts of the Island. Here is the information most relevant to Alberni area residents: Quote starts: Weather forecasts indicate the front pushing onto north and central Vancouver Island today, bring moderate to…

  • El Nino Revs Up… and what happens with Arctic Melts?

    So I figured since the forecast was pretty…. predictable… I’d focus on something else. Namely. El Nino. The NOAA Prediction center updated its advisory on Nov 5. Quote: Synopsis: El Niño is expected to continue strengthening and last through at least the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-2010. Expected El Niño impacts during November 2009-January 2010 include…