Category: Wind
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Update 10PM Thursday Special Weather Statement Issued – Friday Downgraded to Showers – Saturday Upgraded to Downpour. Beware Difficult Forecasts.
Updated 10PM Special weather statement has been continued. https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/637130500260237312 Update 6PM – Special Weather Statement Issued Flooding Possible. Here is the full statement please read all. Issued at 2015-08-27 22:55 UTC by Environment Canada: Special weather statement issued for: East Vancouver Island, B.C. (081300) West Vancouver Island, B.C. (081400) Inland Vancouver Island, B.C. (081500)…
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Gradual cooling but pleasant most of the week. Then big change coming. 100mm next week?
Another pleasant weekend has passed. The mornings are definitely getting cooler, we got down to 7°C at the Airport this morning, and the sun is getting up later and going to bed earlier too. All signs of fall approaching… And fall may be approaching in the form of a big fall storm. Keep reading. Here…
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Final Final Update 10:50PM Day 5 – Fire Grows to over 160 Hectares – Mapping the Fire – Controlled Burn and Mars Testing Weather Permitting
Final Final Update 10:50PM WIldfire service just updated their statement on the website. Here is the important part that deals with the ignition and rumours of jumping. More information The staged ignition was completed today. A heli-drip torch was used to ignite the burn area, and the fire met its objective to produce a moderate…
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Weather Forecast Post – Cool and possible showers coming Saturday?
Before doing the fire post, I wanted to get back to a regular weather forecast post. There is a definite shift in the weather coming that could have important implications for our fire. Smoke Keeps Heat at Bay Again Where it not for the smoke, we would have had continued on our >30º C weather all…
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Nearly 30ºC on Wednesday – Warm Weekend – And Water Conservation Measures at Great Central
We set a short term record yesterday with an official high of 28.8ºC at the Airport. Alberniweather got up to 29.5ºC and many anecdotal reports had temperatures over 30ºC in the City. You can expect more of the same today even though high cloud will shield some of the sun’s rays. There is a possibility…