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  • Winter Solstice – That Storm – And Snow.

    Winter Solstice – That Storm – And Snow.

    The First Post of Winter! We just passed the Winter Solstice at 2:23PM this afternoon. So in honour of the shortest day of the year, and after the epic day we had yesterday, this will be a short post! 🙂 The picture above is of the highest wind yesterday. It peaked at 82kph (51mph or…

  • Sunny and Warm! – But Why? The Answer lies to the North.

    Sunny and Warm! – But Why? The Answer lies to the North.

    The forecast is so easy.  Sun. It’s going to be sunny and warm all the way into the weekend.  We will be close to record highs at the Airport as well. Our record for today is 22ºC. That’s not out of the question today or tomorrow.  (That means there’s no excuse not to vote 🙂…

  • Sun for Days! Go Vote!

    Sun for Days! Go Vote!

    The forecast is ridiculously easy for mid-way through October!  Sun. And then some more Sun. Maybe a little fog. But then more sun!  Today is the first day of the Advance Vote in the Municipal Election! Head on down to Echo Centre between 8AM-8PM today with two pieces of ID (at least one with your…

  • Beautiful, warm and hopefully less smoky week!  Fire Danger going back to Extreme.

    Beautiful, warm and hopefully less smoky week! Fire Danger going back to Extreme.

    We are starting the morning with some low cloud but don’t let that get you down! The clouds should burn off fairly quickly this morning and reveal a beautiful clear blue sky.   We might have a little bit of wildfire smoke drifting down from the North Island and that is keeping the Smoke Advisory…

  • Breathe deeply! The Pacific air has moved in.

    Breathe deeply! The Pacific air has moved in.

    Good news post this morning! Don’t be discouraged by the layer of low cloud over the City this morning.  That is actually a great sign!  That cloud is the marine air that moved in and pushed out a good amount of the smoke.  The local air quality has improved hugely. The image above is the…