Month: July 2011
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OK, Here’s the Good News
It’s not going to be like this Aaaalllll summer, I promise. The long range forecasts have been pretty consistent over the past week or so that our no-summer should only continue until August. At this point, there looks to be some real hope for August 1 long weekend, but I don’t want to go into…
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This summer a #bummersummer in the Pacific NorthWest
Well, it made The National last night. Our summer is not exactly burning up the place. Out East, they’re getting a real scorcher for the next week or two and if you look south to Texas, they’re dealing with a major drought. There is a good post here by Dr. Jeff Masters at WUnderground. I’m…
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Thunder in Port Alberni
Woot! It’s been a while since we’ve had a thunderstorm in town! But we’ve had 4 good cracks so far. I haven’t seen any lightning so far. If you see lightning in your area, post a note here so people know where to look (and where to stay away from 🙂 wee ). YAY!
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A pleasant few days
It’s not going to be raging hot. In fact, it might not be raging hot for the whole rest of July. But it will at least be pleasant. I think this summer may go down as one of the coolest we’ve had in many many years. But we’ll see. This is in stark contrast to…
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Our first real shot at Summer!
It seems like we’ve been waiting for it for months now but it’s finally here. This week should give us our first real taste of summer! Forecasted highs are up to 27C. Sky’s will not be perfectly clear but should be pretty darn close. The Pacific Decadal Oscillation has been really affecting our sea temperatures…