Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)

  • A Break Between Storms

    All the warnings for Vancouver Island have Ended… we should have a couple days of decent weather and then Thursday will bring us lots of rain and possibly more wind. If you’d like to see the previous post with the comments just use the “Previous” link at the bottom of this message.

  • Warnings posted

    There are Rain and Wind warnings posted for Inland Vancouver Island: Total rainfall amounts of 100 mm expected for Inland Vancouver Island by Monday evening. Westerly winds up to 80 km/h are expected to develop Monday for Inland Vancouver Island. See Update. There are warnings posted for other parts of Vancouver Island, and most of…

  • Snow?

    I’ve heard rumblings that it might dip below zero in the next week or so… the skiers will be happy for sure. Who knows if we’ll get any of the white stuff down here. It’s my birthday today… I can’t ever remember there being snow on my birthday.. maybe next year! 🙂 Oh ya, and…

  • Added Freezing Level

    I’ve added an estimated Freezing Level (4th column, under Dewpoint). I’m undecided whether I’ll keep it… due to our very common “temperature inversions” that we have in the Valley. But generally, if people remember that if we have fog in the morning, then the estimate will be off.. then it should be OK. 🙂

  • Time Change

    Remember to turn your clocks back one hour tonight! Me? I’m going to turn the clock forward.. not at home, but on my weather station. From this point on, I’m going to be using UTC for the weather station. (Universal Time, or Greenwich Mean Time). That means I won’t have to bother worrying about daylight…