Year: 2011
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Rainy day birthday… “Epic” Alaska Storm
Check out the storm hitting northern Alaska. You can tell how strong it is by how tight the circles are way up in the top corner of this image. Storms show their strength by how low the barometric pressure gets. By comparison our barometer here at Alberniweather is a pretty normal 102.2kPa (1022millibar), but the…
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Damp week ahead
Its looking damp, though not terrible this week. It should be raining as of right now and it should continue for the day. We will get on and off rain until Thursday when it is supposed to dry up a bit. Temperatures have warmed some. I noticed some fresh snow on the lower hills around…
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The changing tides of climate.
This isn’t a climate change post. At least, not directly. There have been lots of questions locally lately about our bummer summer, and our dive straight back into the same overly cold and long winter that we had last year. You’ve heard me mention La Nina, El Niño, and the less well known Pacific Decadal…
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Wind to bring rain – Must be November
The fog is chilling this morning as it was all day yesterday. There will be a little relief when the wind picks up ahead of a front this morning that will eventually bring us rain as well. The good news is that once the rain ends tomorrow, the cold will return as will the chance…
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Contest Closed – Bring on the Cold
Entries are now all wrapped up for the Snow contest. There have been more than 40 entries this year! Thank for entering and good luck to all! Now I can tell you when *I* think there will be snow on the ground. I gotta say, had you asked me a couple weeks ago I might…