Year: 2013
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Halloween forecast: try to stay dry
The roads are wet and the bushes are all dripping but we haven’t even recorded 1mm of rain in the past 24hrs. This kind of dampness will continue through the Halloween trick or treating time from 5-8PM. As you can see above, there are showers lingering in that time period. So my suggestion would be…
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Rain around noon. Drying for Halloween time.
Well the party is finally coming to an end. It’s going to rain today. It shouldn’t be too strong, but the rain should start after 11AM this morning and last through the evening and into Thursday morning. The big question of course is what will it be doing at Trick or Treat time tomorrow. Thankfully,…
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Air Quality Advisory Issued but Beautiful day!
Environment Canada just issued an Air Quality advisory for the Alberni Valley within a 15km radius from Port Alberni City Hall. Not sure if this is due to wood fire smoke, but there it is. The full advisory is included at the bottom of this post or monitor http://www.bcairquality.ca. In the meantime, it was a…
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Fire, Rain, Spooks and Storms
Lots to talk about this morning! First, hopefully you got outside yesterday to enjoy the warmest weather in Canada. OK, not officially, but it was 21C on my station and the official hotspot in Canada was North Cowichan at 20C. You likely saw the fire on the other side of the Beauforts. I first noticed…
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Drizzle this morning should clear afternoon
The heart of town didn’t break out of the fog at all yesterday which I’m sure was a bit of a disappointment after the previous couple days. It’s hard to predict how persistent the fog will be on any given day. For Friday, we have started with fog, drizzle or mist. The weekend may be…