Year: 2019
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Thunderstorms possible today less tomorrow. Heat coming next week.
Greatest chance for thunder Thursday. The cooler and unsettled weather will bring the chance of a thunderstorm this afternoon. Port Alberni will likely see the most rain around noon to 2PM. East sections of the Island will see rain start a little later. The threat of thunder and lightning will start around noon and extend…
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Rain relief coming! Risk of thunderstorms Thursday and Friday.
Good news! The models shifted a bit and now there is at least a little bit of moisture expected on Wednesday! The models are showing rain sweeping onto the Island Wednesday morning. It’s not huge and it’s mostly on the North Island, but it’s there! The precipitation reaches Port Alberni and central VI later Wednesday…
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May 2019 Summary – A very hot and dry month
The Alberniweather and Alberni Valley Climate Summary for May 2019 Catching up on this month… this post was actually written January 2 2020 but is back-dated so it makes sense in the grand scheme of things. 🙂 This month was marked by multiple heat records and one rain record on the only day of significant…
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Forecast turns dry through next week.
A really quick post because the message is pretty simple. There is no rain in the forecast for the South Island. Here is a very zoomed out view of our part of the world. The first picture is all the rain expected to fall, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Notice our little part of the island…
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Watch the smoke flow over the province like the data out of my wallet.
How are the Arctic, Alberta Fires, Smokey Port Alberni skies, and US Tornadoes all connected? The Jet Stream. Here’s the Jet Stream modelled this morning. Red line is mine. This rather bent-out-of-shape pattern has been a frequent topic on this blog. Search for “Rutgers” on this webpage and you’ll come up with these blog entries…