Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)

  • 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…

  • June 2023 Summary – Fiery Dry

    June 2023 Summary – Fiery Dry

    The rising floor of June

  • Stopwatch through Cameron Lake – More Heat Coming – Heatdome Anniversary, the Science, Rally today.

    Stopwatch through Cameron Lake – More Heat Coming – Heatdome Anniversary, the Science, Rally today.

    On the Stopwatch On the way home (westbound) on Tuesday I decided to set my stopwatch. I started it at the stoplight at about 4:10PM at the Highway 4 – 4A Junction and stopped it at Cathedral Grove at 4:44PM. It seemed likely pretty typical traffic. Mostly daily commuters/trucks with some summer tourists as well.…

  • Road on Schedule – Hot Weather coming

    Road on Schedule – Hot Weather coming

    Highway 4 single lane on schedule MoT just updated their page at 4:45PM Monday June 19 It says: Forecast We will get gradually warmer as the week goes on. We may hit a peak of 30ºC on Friday and then Saturday/Sunday will go back down into the mid-twenties. There is no expectation for significant rainfall…