Month: June 2016

  • Warmth continues. Very Dry Conditions Declared. Freshwater Fishing Limited East/South Island.

    Warmth continues. Very Dry Conditions Declared. Freshwater Fishing Limited East/South Island.

    The pleasant warm days continue.  We got up to 29ºC officially yesterday.  The same day last year we hit a ridiculous 35ºC, and were days away from the start of the Dog Mountain fire.  Thankfully, the fire situation is nowhere near as desperate here or the rest of the province this year, however, we are…

  • Heat to End June – Possible afternoon shower

    Heat to End June – Possible afternoon shower

    We have a perfect forecast for the beginning of the summer vacation.  No doubt there will be plenty of people at Rogers Creek Park, and swimming in the Somass, Canal Beach and at Sproat Lake. The models this morning are not quite as hot as the official EC forecast so it will be fun to…

  • Clouds gradually clearing for pleasant weekend.

    Clouds gradually clearing for pleasant weekend.

    We should have seen our final bit of rain for June.  There might be a chance of an isolated shower this afternoon but the general trend is for things to get warm and drier and sunnier.  The charts from SpotX make this pretty clear. Don’t put too much stock in the actual temperatures on those…

  • A Couple more cool days, thunder Thursday before weekend heat

    A Couple more cool days, thunder Thursday before weekend heat

    We were supposed to get rain showers overnight last night, but that didn’t happen.  There will be a slight chance of patchy showers today but the true threat of rain will come overnight again tonight. Will it actually happen? It seems the models have had a really difficult time figuring it out exactly.  We may…

  • Happy Solstice! First day of Summer and nice week coming.

    Happy Solstice! First day of Summer and nice week coming.

    The first moment of summer comes today, June 20 at 5PM PST. It is going to be a perfect start to summer too especially tonight with a clear sky and a full moon! Make sure you go check it out tonight. We should get sun all day with only a few clouds.  Highs will be…