Month: June 2018

  • Canada Day Weekend Forecast!

    Canada Day Weekend Forecast!

    It’s Canada Day Weekend!  I know lots of people head out a little early… maybe even today but definitely Friday. So here comes your full Long Weekend forecast and Port Alberni fun calendar!  Click through to see it in full!

  • Final day of heat. Thunderstorms possible. Normal temps and sun rest of week.

    Final day of heat. Thunderstorms possible. Normal temps and sun rest of week.

    Update 8AM: https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/1009454224126513153 The heat wave ends today.  EC has updated its Special Weather Statement to mention instead the thunderstorms expected to develop this afternoon.  We are still preojected to get up to 31°C this afternoon and I would expect there to be a little more humidity in the air today so it might feel…

  • Extreme Heat Monday – Should Break Thursday – Wildfire danger rising

    Extreme Heat Monday – Should Break Thursday – Wildfire danger rising

    Time to find water. The forecast high from Environment Canada is 36°C (97°F) with a humidex of 38°C (100°F). The UWash model below is not quite as extreme with a high of “only” between 33-35°C. Either way, that is very hot and would break the short term high temperature since 1995 at the Airport of…

  • Taste the Rainbow! A Gallery of Rainbows and Sunsets!

    Taste the Rainbow! A Gallery of Rainbows and Sunsets!

    We had quite  the downpour yesterday! The system registered around 50mm/hr! But the truly impressive thing after that was the rainbow! Thanks to the low sun in the west, it was just spectacular.  So, I asked you for pictures, because I knew everyone was going to be like me and rush out to take some!…

  • Warning: Extreme Heat possible next week.

    Warning: Extreme Heat possible next week.

    Update 2PM: Special Weather Statement Issued by EC: 1:52 PM PDT Friday 15 June 2018 Special weather statement in effect for: Inland Vancouver Island Major Shift in the Weather Pattern will Bring the First Heat Wave of the Season… Beginning on Saturday, the cool showery weather pattern that has been affecting BC for the last…