Year: 2019
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The driest and warmest place in Canada (today) is Tofino.
This wasn’t my idea. I was inspired to write this after reading Cliff Mass’s blog today of the same sort about Seattle. So credit where credit is due! Fun fact: Port Alberni and Tofino and other Island locations are among the driest places in North America today. After reading that Seattle had the driest air…
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Clear and cold through Wednesday, snow possible Thursday and Friday
Hello sunshine! Our first full week of meteorological spring is upon us as we march toward daylight savings time this weekend and astronomical spring and the Vernal Equinox on March 20 at 2:58PM(PDT). It will be clear and sunny for the next couple days but it will feel cold in the mornings. That cold will…
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Share your stories about the February 28, 2001 Seattle Earthquake. Here’s mine.
Do you remember that day? This morning John Cassidy at the Natural Resources Canada earthquake centre in Victoria tweeted about the 6.8M earthquake that happened 18 years ago today in Seattle, Washington. So I thought I would tell the story of my experience from that earthquake. I was a relatively new employee of Malaspina University…
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Cloudy today and chance of flurries tonight.
We have a few more clouds this morning as some moisture creeps back into the area but don’t expect there to be much precipitation from it, if any. There is a slightly better chance on the east side of the Island but the UWash model has very little falling on the south Island at all.…
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Wonky backwards jetstream delivers dry sunny week here, and Californian rain and snow.
Easy forecast today. There is no precipitation expected for the next week on the Island. Skies will be clear except for possible fog in he early morning in Port Alberni but that should burn off before noon Monday through Wednesday. There is a little more moisture starting Thursday so more widespread fog expected then but…