Tag: drought

  • Forecast turns dry through next week.

    Forecast turns dry through next week.

    A really quick post because the message is pretty simple. There is no rain in the forecast for the South Island. Here is a very zoomed out view of our part of the world. The first picture is all the rain expected to fall, Saturday, Sunday and Monday. Notice our little part of the island…

  • Alberta Smoke. Hot and Sunny week. Fire Danger holding at High.

    Alberta Smoke. Hot and Sunny week. Fire Danger holding at High.

    We will start the week hot and then gradually cool but the sun will stick for the whole time. We should get to 30°C or 31°C today, 29°C on Tuesday, 25°C on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday and then around 20°C this weekend. Note: Now that there is smoke in the air, there is the possibility…

  • March 2019 Summary – A raft of Records but none All Time.

    March 2019 Summary – A raft of Records but none All Time.

    The Alberniweather and Alberni Valley Climate Summary for March 2019 Catching up on this month… this post was actually written January 7 2020 but is back-dated so it makes sense in the grand scheme of things. 🙂 This was quite a remarkable month as we see-sawed from very cold temperatures at the beginning of the…

  • Showers Tuesday then dry until rainy stretch to begin April.

    Showers Tuesday then dry until rainy stretch to begin April.

    We received a nice bit of rain over the past couple days. You can see it on the 7 day graphs page. The station is still underreporting rain by about 15-20% so I would estimate total rainfall over the past two days at about 10mm. There will be some lingering showers on Tuesday before things…

  • Pleasant Wednesday. Risk of showers Thursday. Then spring heat??

    Pleasant Wednesday. Risk of showers Thursday. Then spring heat??

    The week after the time change marches on and I don’t feel any more rested than I did Monday morning. The dog is still looking at me with half closed eyes when I get up at 4:30 (to her brain) wondering why the heck I am up an hour earlier and is she supposed to…