Tag: General
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Good soggy morning from the bus!
Back to work and the bus I am back to work at VIU this week and this is my first post from the bus in quite a long time! Last year I had started to catch the bus to VIU from Woodgrove as it made for a shorter commute, but I found I missed the…
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Potential for major lightning event tonight
There is a special weather statement for the south and east island but looking at both the radar and lightning tracker, I have never seen anything quite like what is moving up through northern Washington right now! I have a video of the radar in this Mastodon post: And here is the lightning in the…
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Nearing all time record territory.
It’s Hot. Yes, it’s very hot. Hot enough to set records at the Airport for the day. July 7, 2024 set a new station record of 35.3ºC. That’s exactly 2ºC higher than the previous record of 33.3ºC set in 2010. It also follows in the footsteps of the three records set last year on the…
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Updated Wednesday June 26 – Canada Day Weekend – Day by Day Forecast – Rain, Tarps and Safe Campfires
The picture is clearing, and it looks a little soggy, but not a write-off. Deploy Tarps!
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Summer Solstice Seconds – First Look at July Long Weekend
Solstice Thursday June 20 1:50PM PDT The solstice will occur just 29 minutes after midday in Port Alberni — the sun is highest around 1PM, not noon, during Daylight Savings Time. If you check the Almanac Page you’ll see sun rise is at 5:13AM today, the 19th, as well as the 20th. It is actually…