Category: Wet
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Record Thanksgiving Weekend and Forecast ping pong…
First… look! its the moon and Jupiter! Another beautiful clear cool morning. The short term forecast remains beautiful and warm. With temps likely breaking records starting today through Monday. Today’s record: 20.7C (2001) Tomorrow: 21.6C (1998) Sunday: 21.3C (2000) Monday: 20.8 (1996) Tuesday: 23.0C (1996) Long Range, It’s still forecast ping pong these days with…
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What happened to the bummer summer?
Someone on the great alberni.ca forum asked me today: “Chris how do you explain the two prior back to back terrible summers we had? Me, I am enjoying the heck outta this year and hope it continues!” Short answer: Switch to negative (cool) Pacific Decadal Oscillation.. which has subsequently been overwhelmed by a weak El…
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Relief coming but no saviour?
For the first time in a month there is a real chance that our pattern is going to change. Not in the short term… It’s still bone dry. But the long term has more consistent precipitation than I’ve seen since the spring. We were starting to see hints of this last week when precipitation popped…
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Fall is here – sun remains
The Fall Equinox is tomorrow, September 22nd at 7:49AM PDT. Don’t expect much change in the weather though because aside from the fog being more persistent, the sun will still be breaking through and deliver pleasant afternoons for at least another week or two. The only negative is how dry it has been but we’ve…
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Brief Rainy interlude – back to sun for the week
We had quite a blustery end to the weekend. Monday should be a day of clearing skies. In fact when I walked out the door this morning the sky was just starting to light up and Venus was shining bright above Mt. Arrowsmith. It’s going to heat up again on Wednesday and Thursday. The fair…