Category: General
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Smoke on East Island but not Alberni yet. Excellent CBC Weather and Climate Resource. Go By Bike Week!
East Island Smoke It was noticeable going to work on Tuesday in Nanaimo that the wildfire smoke had travelled across the Strait. The Air Quality View tells the story. We are still very nice and clear in Port Alberni with near PM2.5 readings near zero. Not so on the East side of the Island, especially…
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UPDATE 5:15PM – Day Record Broken – Multiple All Time Records in play- Fire Danger rising
5:15PM Update – Daily Record Broken – Monthly Safe. We have NOT hit 35 officially at the Airport and it is unlikely that we will, the high so far has been 33.4°C. This is enough to break the daily record easily (30.6) but not the monthly of 35.0ºC. However, in town here at Alberniweather we…
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Hot weekend starts with Fire at Great Central Lake
Go get the WildfireBC App I was looking for information about the fire online on my laptop and there was nothing on their map… but I downloaded the official WIldfireBC App (for Apple or Google) and it popped right up. For the love of all things, especially the outdoors that we all play in, PLEASE…
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New Marine Forecasts Added – In Time for Fishing Season
Marine Forecasts added I have extended the Forecast scraper/viewer to be able to include the Marine forecasts produced by Environment Canada. This means if you go to the front page you will see a new “West Coast Vancouver Island South Marine Forecast” box with the latest weather, wave and warning forecasts issued for our nearest…