Month: October 2012
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Record Thanksgiving Weekend and Forecast ping pong…
First… look! its the moon and Jupiter! Another beautiful clear cool morning. The short term forecast remains beautiful and warm. With temps likely breaking records starting today through Monday. Today’s record: 20.7C (2001) Tomorrow: 21.6C (1998) Sunday: 21.3C (2000) Monday: 20.8 (1996) Tuesday: 23.0C (1996) Long Range, It’s still forecast ping pong these days with…
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What happened to the bummer summer?
Someone on the great alberni.ca forum asked me today: “Chris how do you explain the two prior back to back terrible summers we had? Me, I am enjoying the heck outta this year and hope it continues!” Short answer: Switch to negative (cool) Pacific Decadal Oscillation.. which has subsequently been overwhelmed by a weak El…
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Relief coming but no saviour?
For the first time in a month there is a real chance that our pattern is going to change. Not in the short term… It’s still bone dry. But the long term has more consistent precipitation than I’ve seen since the spring. We were starting to see hints of this last week when precipitation popped…
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The month that was September 2012
The temperatures were nice. The sun was beautiful. The mornings were crisp. The afternoons were warm. This my friends sums up the majority of September 2012… and indeed most of August. It can also be summed up in other ways: It is by far the driest September in the short record at Alberniweather: 2006: 79.8mm…