Category: Climate Change
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UPDATE 1PM: Fire Danger rises to Extreme – Potentially “Catastrophic” dry weather – But There is A Way Forward
UPDATE 1PM Monday: The BC Wildfire Management Branch just increased our fire danger rating to Extreme. This isn’t a big surprise even though it wasn’t in their forecast. Their forecast (for “Beaver Creek” station) also says it might go back down to 4/High on Wednesday, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it stayed right where…
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Heat breaks but no rain. Drought Conditions. Unidentified Smoke lingers in Valley.
We had a definite change in airmass yesterday as winds blew in some high level clouds and cooler air that will moderate our temperatures nearer to normal for this time of year. (21º C) We still managed to hit 29.1º C at the Airport on Wednesday! Way above normal for June. EC says we should stay in…
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May 2015 Summary – 4º Warmer than Normal – Warm and Dry Outlook
After what was a strangely normal April… we went back to a regime of consistent above average temperatures in May. High temperatures were more than 4ºC above normal for our highs and 3ºC above normal for our lows. Despite the well above normal temperatures we only managed to set 4 new record high temperatures…
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March 2015 Summary – Warmth Continues – No Snow on 2014/2015 register
(Expect rain to start before noon Friday – Full weekend Forecast tomorrow) February was so out of whack that even though March was again significantly warmer than normal it was actually only slightly warmer than February. So here goes… the easiest prediction you will ever see made. I predict there will be no significant snow pack…
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In rain shadow this morning next wave Friday – Warm sea in the news
It may still be drizzling out there but we are actually escaping the worst of the rain this morning. As you can see above, most of the rain is going around us while we get shadowed. These regional showers will take all day to taper off but we should remain just cloudy for the most part.…