Month: March 2011

  • Wednesday looks pretty wet

    Sorry for the lack of updates everyone, the VIU Strike has monopolized most of my time and thrown me off my usual schedule. Today (Tuesday) we should escape without too much rain though much like Monday the later into the day we go, the more likely there will be rain drops falling. The rain will…

  • Spring weather continues!

    It’s as if someone flipped a light switch! The past couple of days have been pretty beautiful. The odd shower here and there has been hardly enough to dampen the beautiful sunshine, and some incredible sunsets to boot! The sun is just rising over the mountains as I type this. There are a few clouds…

  • Happy Vernal Equinox!

    Today is the first half-day of spring! 🙂 Spring will officially start at 4:21PM PDT. I’m hoping we’re in the sunshine by then. The fog rolled in not long after the Super Moon rose above the mountains and now we’re locked into a chilly morning. It will stay pretty dry the next few days with…

  • Check out the Moon tonight!

    The Moon should be rising literally as I type this… it should be over Arrowsmith soon. It’s a beautiful night out there for March! Get out and see the full moon at its Perigee, the closest it’s been to the Earth in 18 years!

  • Threat of Snow remains — But warmth taking hold

    It seems as though over the next week (the first week of Spring!) we’ll be in a bit of an in-between place for weather. The first day of Spring, the vernal equinox, when day and night are roughly equal in length, will be March 20th. The first moment of Spring will occur at 16:21 (4:21PM)…