Category: General
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
Hi everyone! Merry Christmas! Well, not a whiff of snow around here. But hey, at least we don’t have a blizzard like most of the US. It’s going to stay pretty much as it has been the past week. I think the weather is taking a holiday too. Nothing really exciting happening though there is…
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An Unexpected Snowfall?
Don’t you just get that feeling that it might just maybe just might might have a snowflake in the air? Nick and Eve asked in the comments of the last post if maybe there might be some snow tonight. I don’t know honestly! It sure is *close* to being cold enough, but we really haven’t…
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El Nino Revs Up… and what happens with Arctic Melts?
So I figured since the forecast was pretty…. predictable… I’d focus on something else. Namely. El Nino. The NOAA Prediction center updated its advisory on Nov 5. Quote: Synopsis: El Niño is expected to continue strengthening and last through at least the Northern Hemisphere winter 2009-2010. Expected El Niño impacts during November 2009-January 2010 include…
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Eve gets her wish! Had to call in a report today
So we got up to 70kph this evening (18:20). That’s the point where I have to call in to Environment Canada as a Severe Weather Watcher. Which I did. The forecaster on the other end of the line sounded reasonably impressed. Obviously since they didn’t issue a warning for our area, they weren’t looking for…
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Check out the Photos! Snow Contest?
So yesterdays Climate Action Day events went off without a hitch. If you’d like to see pictures and a video of the days activities, head over to www.patransitions.net to check it out. And if you’d like to get involved in some real concrete work around reducing Carbon emissions and Energy consumption in the Alberni Valley,…