Year: 2014
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July 2014 – The heat was on – Drought continues – Threatens water and Fish
June dry, now July hot… heat continues through August (forecast for next week or two included below!) Temperatures well above normal. Rainfall normal (which isn’t much, since it’s our driest month of the year historically). For the month of July we were above normal in the City and Airport for average, minimums and maximum temperatures. Rainfall was a little below normal…
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City of Port Alberni Water Restrictions start today.
Full announcement from the city website. Here are the details: – Odd addresses may only water on Saturday/Monday/Thursday – Even addresses may only water on Sunday/Tuesday/Friday – No watering on Wednesdays – On your day, you can only water between 6AM and 10AM or 6PM and 10PM. – this Stage 1 watering restriction will be…
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Campfire Ban returns at Noon today – Forest Fire Rating back to Extreme
We are back to an Extreme fire rating for the Alberni Valley. Campfires will be banned in all coastal areas (except the “fog zone” on the west coast) as of Noon today. We will be having our hottest day of the week tomorrow with highs up to 34ºC forecast. Be safe in the woods folks. Most…
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Heat is here to stay
It will be in the low thirties or high twenties all week. In fact, the models has the heat intensifying next weekend. The BC Wildfire service predicts an extreme fire danger rating for our forests starting on the 30th so expect to be under a campfire ban around that time. That’s it! Enjoy the sun!
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Port Alberni gets a little rain – hot weather returns tomorrow
Short and sweet post today… Still a little bleary eyed from the journey yesterday. 🙂 We are setting up for a beautiful weekend and a great week next week! It’s going to clear out today and Saturday and then from Sunday on it will be perfect hot and sunny weather. We only got 14mm of…