Year: 2017

  • SHAKEOUT BC DRILL 2017!

    SHAKEOUT BC DRILL 2017!

    UPDATE: ALL DONE. Hope you had some fun and feel a little more prepared for The Big One.  Now marking this post artificially to early this morning so this mornings post rises to the top. 🙂   THIS IS A DRILL A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED. A TSUNAMI MAY ARRIVE AT ANY MOMENT.  IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE TSUNAMI AREA WHEN…

  • First Fall Storms to bring rain all week. Rainfall warning on West coast

    First Fall Storms to bring rain all week. Rainfall warning on West coast

    And so it begins. We have what looks like a full week of rain headed our way and we start today with a rainfall warning issued for the west coast of VI and a special weather statement for the rest of us. The system will be diving down the Island starting this morning. Here are…

  • Showers Wednesday, break Thursday, showers Friday

    The on and off weather will continue for the rest of the work week. Rain should taper off this this morning and the afternoon should be nice again in Port Alberni as it was onTuesday, On the East side of the Island expect more rain in the afternoon. I drive though quite a downpour in…

  • Near records this week.  Shifty Thanksgiving Weekend Forecast

    Near records this week. Shifty Thanksgiving Weekend Forecast

    Here’s the 2017 (Canadian) Thanksgiving weekend forecast! We will have another beautiful day today (Thursday) with temperatures up to 22ºC which will be close to a record. We got within 1.5º of *both* a record high and a record low at the Airport yesterday but didn’t break either one. Today will probably repeat that pattern……

  • Bendy JetStream bringing fall sun. Thanksgiving Preview.

    Bendy JetStream bringing fall sun. Thanksgiving Preview.

    After a week away it is nice to be back! The weather is looking quite fine this week. If we get above 22 or 23°C we will be in record breaking territory for the Airport.  The record there for Oct 3 is 22.2°C in 2015. For Oct 4 it is 23.4°C and Oct 5 is…