Month: March 2012
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February Wrap Up – Pretty Normal
I went through my records for February since 2006. In terms of temperatures, this past February has been pretty average. Not overly warm (like 2010) and not overly cold (like 2011). The mean temperature was 3.3C (2010=5.3C 2011=1.9C) It also seems to be about average for my station for rain. 146mm of rain fell, about…
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Magnetic Storm going Strong — Rain Coming
Just checked the Kp graph over at the NOAA that measures geomagnetic storm strengths and looks like things are picking up now after a long storm over the past 18 hours. Best time to see Auroras are around Midnight local time. So if you’re up tonight, take a peak outside towards the North. Who knows,…
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Look for Aurora Borealis Tonight! Big X Class Flare coming.
Big night tonight! If there are any patches of clear sky to the north tonight make sure you take a peak. Yesterday (Tuesday) there was a major X Class flare on the Sun. This already created a Northern Lights show last night that was captured on the HD webcam (jealous!) down at skunkbayweather! It sent…
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Warmest Day on Thursday? What is blooming in your yard?
Our warmest day so far this year was January 4th of all days, when we hit 11.4C Tomorrow (Thursday) we are slated to hit 10C but some parts of southern BC including the Fraser Valley are looking at temperatures approaching 15C. Will we maybe break out and have that kind of warmth? Possibly. Either way,…
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Nice few days coming early week
The start of this week is looking pretty nice. Once the last of the rain showers clear out this afternoon we should have a clear and cold night followed by a couple days of clear and warm weather. This forecast may be hampered by fog. But we’ll just hope that it stays away and we…