Month: July 2023

  • Road Closed Again – Wind Closure Possible Thursday and Friday.

    Road Closed Again – Wind Closure Possible Thursday and Friday.

    Highway 4 has been fully closed since noon on Tuesday due to high winds, and possibly (this is speculation on my part) the impacts of the first significant rainfall since the fire damaged the slope. I would imagine that they are doing assessments of the slope above the roadway. Anyone who has driven the road…

  • Drive BC Updates now on Alberniweather

    Drive BC Updates now on Alberniweather

    DriveBC and Forecasts now on all pages A quick note to let you know I’ve reorganized the blocks a little on all pages and have added a block that loads in the current DriveBC advisories for Highway 4. It should refresh automatically. It will be displayed along with all Forecasts together (Inland – English, Inland…

  • Forecasting High Winds for Cameron Lake

    Forecasting High Winds for Cameron Lake

    This is a separate post from the road opening Schedule I posted earlier today. I thought it might be interesting to see what days might be the highest chance of getting closed due to strong afternoon winds as it still is this evening (next driveBC update 10PM). So let’s look out to the next 16…

  • New Highway 4 Schedule – Minor Website updates

    New Highway 4 Schedule – Minor Website updates

    New Cameron Lake schedule starts Monday Update: Monday July 17 morning closure may be cancelled according to latest message. Highway may be open all morning to single lane alternating. Drive BC says next closure is 1:30PM to 5PM. Current DriveBC message says: “Highway 4, in both directions. Road maintenance work between Cathedral Grove/MacMillan Prov Park…

  • Northern Lights Tonight 2 AM?

    Northern Lights Tonight 2 AM?

    A quick heads up to confirm that there does look to be a possibility of Aurora tonight. Right now, the Aurora are reaching as far down as Thunder Bay, Ontario (2AM EDT). Here is the current picture from the Spaceweather Live app. If this picture holds then there is a chance we could see some…