Month: July 2014
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Campfires now banned. Fires rage in BC. Bomber sits.
The campfire ban is now officially in effect. All fires are banned in our area and the fire rating is at Extreme. Please use extreme caution if you are in the back woods. If you think we should have our bomber protecting our forests and homes once again, please sign and share this petition! News…
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Updated: Campfires Banned starting Thursday. Final day above 30 – don’t expect much rain Friday night
UPDATE 7PM: The fire rating has officially moved to Extreme for the Valley. The entire Island is now at least Moderate. You can see the difference between yesterday and today’s fire rating picture below. This is today’s. This is yesterday’s Update 12PM The Coastal Fire Centre has issued a campfire ban that will start tomorrow,…
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June 2014 Summary – Set up for a dry summer – Heat Now and warm August?
Not a bad June but it was dry… and the warmest since 2009? Temperatures normal to above normal. Rainfall well below. For the month of June we were above normal in the City but only slightly above or exactly normal at the Airport. (Note: previous version had incorrectly transcribed data) Rainfall was well below normal. 28% of our normal at the Airport. Looking…
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Records will fall. Heat continues to Thursday
Environment Canada just updated their special weather statement.. It is below. We set a record at the Airport for the day yesterday and we will likely set one today as well as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. These are not long term record though. I will hopefully get a chance to go through the long term…
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Updated: Heat continues until Thursday. Possible record today. Extreme Fire Danger predicted Monday
Update 12PM: Special Weather Statement issued. 11:43 AM PDT Saturday 12 July 2014 Special weather statement in effect for: Inland Vancouver Island Hot weather to peak Sunday… The highest temperatures of the current hot spell are expected today and Sunday for coastal B.C. afternoon maximums will approach or exceed 32 degrees inland and away from…