Category: Cold
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Halloween Forecast and What is the “Gota Fría” that caused Valencia’s floods?
Showers off and on and cool for Halloween Here’s the Podcast for this post! The bad news is, it is going to start a little wet this morning. So if your goblins are headed to school in costume, I hope they had an umbrella and a warm jacket! The good news is for the trick-or-treaters…
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Friday night Wind – Weekend Rain
Wind starts late tonight – Possible Ferry Cancellations late Friday, early Saturday Here’s the podcast for this forecast: The good news is that for anyone travelling on a ferry, the winds are not supposed to reach the Island until late tonight, after 11PM judging by the forecast models here. It will be gusty earlier on…
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Summer Solstice Seconds – First Look at July Long Weekend
Solstice Thursday June 20 1:50PM PDT The solstice will occur just 29 minutes after midday in Port Alberni — the sun is highest around 1PM, not noon, during Daylight Savings Time. If you check the Almanac Page you’ll see sun rise is at 5:13AM today, the 19th, as well as the 20th. It is actually…
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May and Spring 2024 – No historic heat but a 10 year drought.
The Drought that never ended. I just published the April stats as well. And now here comes May and Spring! While it might not have felt like it, and the start of June has been a little soggy, May was actually another notably dry month compared to average. We only received half the normal amount…
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April 2024 – In Brief – Stats Only
Extremely low snowpack this spring