Category: Climate Change
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October 2017 Summary
The Summary for October 2017 Daily records set this month at the Airport* since 1995 and compared to other stations** for “All Time” since 1900. ONE new short term high temp record. No All Time records. No short term low temp or rain records. October 25 high temp 16.3º C: #1 is 22.8º C in 1904 at Beaver Creek. *May have used backup Env Canada Data source…
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Human caused Climate Change is in the Air, on the News, all around you.
Earth is a reltively closed system. If you put more energy in, you get more energy out. We are seeing the demonstration of that basic principle now around the world. Today, we have poor Air Quality due to wildfire smoke from fires in the forests all over the Pacific Northwest. The ferocity and expanse and…
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Extreme Heat may depend on Smoke Cover
We landed in Vancouver at 11:35 and it was only 23°C at YVR even though the forecast was for 30°C temperatures. Looks like the culprit was smoke blowing out from the Interior. Check out the latest MODIS satellite picture. Notice the plume of smoke is not quite reaching Port Alberni, where the temperature right now…
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More rain and showers through Friday – Arctic Sea Ice hits new low maximum.
The forecast is pretty simple over the next few days so I won’t spend too much time on it. You should expect rain or showers to continue for the rest of the week, but particularly Wednesday afternoon and evening, Thursday morning and Thursday night and then Friday afternoon. So… really… just expect rain always. 🙂…
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February and Winter 2017 Summary – Snow and Cold — But nowhere close to coldest and low snowpack.
So ya, February happened. It snowed… a lot.. Has it really been that snowy? Has it really been that cold? Here’s the long awaited, much anticipated, never underestimated, and finally-not-late (oh that didn’t rhyme-idated), February, and Winter 2017 Summary and Outlook!