Tag: port Alberni
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Fire near Cox Lake south of Port Alberni
BC Wildfire on Scene after local fire departments action overnight Two fires started near Cox Lake and Franklin River Road just south of Port Alberni. The fires are spreading smoke across the City and Valley. It was human caused. The westward (left) one is about 0.3ha and under control, the eastern one is about 4ha…
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Record Breaking start to October
It feels overly hot, because it is. If you felt like the first days of October got off to an unusually hot start, you’re right. We hit 28.0ºC and 29.3ºC on Saturday and Sunday respectively. That easily beat the Airport records for those days of 24.8ºC and 23.0ºC. Saturday will be a runner up to…
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All Time Record beat Monday, but not today.
Squeaky All Time Record We easily beat our record high for the day yesterday! The Airport recorded an official high of 29.5ºC and Alberniweather got up to 29.1ºC. The previous record at the Airpot was 27.0ºC in 2006, but the big news is we set a new all time high for the day, just beating…
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First Day of Fall! – Back from a long vacation
Welcome back! It’s been too long since I last posted. We had a wonderful summer, and that includes me and my family getting out of town and heading all the way across Canada to PEI and back! It was super fun. We saw, and experienced, some crazy weather, and just generally saw a lot of…
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Rare May Storm incoming
Batten down the hatches It’s pretty unusual to have this kind of storm in May at all, let alone the week before the Long Weekend. But here we are. Get ready for what could be a significant wind, and rain event all across Vancouver Island. Here it comes This is the just released forecast for…