Year: 2014
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Sunning on the patio at Char’s. BBQ in the yard. It’s 12°C! It’s spring!
It just can’t get much better than it is this afternoon. The pic is from Char at Char’s Landing across from City Hall! What a perfect day, complete with snowy mountain in the background. Enjoy the sun! There should be more tomorrow! This time last week it was snowing in Nanaimo! Crazy! And hey if…
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Double Double for your Daily Digits
It must be spring time. The birds are chirping, the flowers are starting to bloom, the time is changing (yawwwn), and the weather reports are proclaiming “double digit” highs as if each time they utter the phrase it buries winter further into the recesses of our minds so we shall never have to think of…
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Red Sky This Morning, Rain Warning (for some)
It was a nice 2nd earliest Standard time sunrise this morning. Remember we “spring ahead” this Sunday morning. As the saying goes, the red sky warns of storms ahead, and today it is indeed true. By sunrise tomorrow we should be in full swing with some of our heaviest rain of the year. There is…
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Dry out by noon, then rain starts again around 7PM
This mornings drizzle will end around noon and we might even see some breaks in the cloud. There is no chance of snow in the forecast for the next week. By tonight though the rain will be back. It won’t be too much. (Apologies for yesterday, I said 30mm, it should have been 3mm missed…
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Light snow starting this morning. Should turn to heavy rain tonight
There are reports of light snow falling all around the Valley. Don’t worry, this isn’t the start of another big snow event, but it is a harbinger of rain to come. There will be scattered flurries through the day which might turn to light rain as it warms and as we prepare for a big…