Records fell – Fall switch coming

Cooler and cloudier

Let’s start with the forecast. Below is the picture for Wednesday morning. We can expect scattered showers over much of the South Island and Tofino/Ucluelet but Port Alberni stays mostly dry as does the East side north of Nanaimo.

Wednesday 5AM according to the UWash model run of Tuesday 0Z

In general you can expect a return to normal temperatures around 20°C for highs and lows near 10-12°C.

Records last weekend

Here are the records we beat last weekend at the official Airport station.

Sept 5: NEW AIRPORT RECORD SINCE 1993 : 33.6°C beat 32.7°C. Alberniweather reached 36.1°C which would have beat Beaver Creek’s all time high of 35.6°C in 1944.
Sept 6: NEW AIRPORT RECORD SINCE 1993 : 33.5°C beat 32.9°C and is second highest to Beaver Creek’s 34.4°C in 1909. Alberniweather reached a high of 36.3°C which would have beat the all time official record.
Sept 7: 31.4°C missed a new Airport record by 0.9°C . (The wildfire smoke may have contributed to a slightly lower temperature)
Sept 8: The smoke kept us off our expected highs.

The rest of the week

It is going to stay cloudy and we could see rain on the weekend. I will wait for a day or two before seeing what the models say for precise timing but right now Saturday night and Sunday morning look wettest.