Year: 2013
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Mostly dry but cold week
The South Island is going to get some rain this morning but we should be spared. The fun for the week starts Tuesday when we have dropping temperatures forecast during the day. By 4PM Tuesday the majority of the Island is at or below zero. We generally start to fog over if we are not…
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Snow possible this weekend? Cold looming?
It’s going to be an interesting weekend and actually into next week but we will focus on the next three days for now. The chance for showers is rising as you read this. All parts of Vancouver Island *except* Alberni is forecast to get rained on. As you can see from the image, we are…
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Climate Change in Port Alberni – Snow? What Snow?
Over the past few weeks I’ve been extending some work I did a few months back pouring through the historical weather and climate records in the Alberni Valley. Since, according to the latest IPCC report1 warming of the climate is now deemed ‘unequivocal’ and the change ‘unprecedented’ since the 1950s, and further, that ‘human influence…
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Variable today. Showers Thursday morning. Wintery Weekend coming.
Thank you all for entering in the snow contest! It looks like we just made it under the wire because there is a chance for light flurries as soon as Sunday! Today will be variable, we will likely have some showers sweep through plus sunny breaks. Below you can see that on Thursday morning we…
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Rain starting soon. Don’t forget to enter the Contest!
Showers are beginning and rain should start later this afternoon. We should get around 30mm by tomorrow afternoon. The heavier rain should end by noontime tomorrow. You only have until Wednesday morning to enter the snow contest! You can’t win a prize if you don’t enter! :). I’ll post my first snowfall prediction Wednesday morning.…