Category: Climate Change
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Continuing quiet weather. 2013 top 10 warmest.
In both the meteorological and figurative sense, the forecast continues to be relatively dry. There does not seem to be any chance of rain (or snow for the mountains) until next Tuesday at the earliest and even then the models are saying it may very well dissipate before it gets to us. The evidence, 1AM…
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Jet stream giveth and taketh away
It’s the height of the cold snap back East. I saw wind chills of -60F reported in the Midwest. New York City has set a new record low of -5F (-20C) for this day. It’s cold and here’s why. The news has clung on to the words “Polar Vortex”. I think it’s kind of a…
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Snow possible this weekend? Cold looming?
It’s going to be an interesting weekend and actually into next week but we will focus on the next three days for now. The chance for showers is rising as you read this. All parts of Vancouver Island *except* Alberni is forecast to get rained on. As you can see from the image, we are…
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Climate Change in Port Alberni – Snow? What Snow?
Over the past few weeks I’ve been extending some work I did a few months back pouring through the historical weather and climate records in the Alberni Valley. Since, according to the latest IPCC report1 warming of the climate is now deemed ‘unequivocal’ and the change ‘unprecedented’ since the 1950s, and further, that ‘human influence…
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Extremely Dry October 2013 Recap
It’s time for the October 2013 recap, dry as a skeleton’s bones edition. Monthly Timelapse: This October has been extremely dry. Only a handful of Octobers since records began in the Alberni Valley in 1894 have been drier than this one. Our normal amount of rain is around 200 mm. We received a paltry 25.6mm…