Hi everyone,

Just to let everyone know, there will be only intermittent updates to the weather values today so keep an eye on the “Last Updated” line just under the temperature and other stats to make sure you know if the values shown are current or not.

I’m making some updates to the weather server and rearranging some hardware downstairs. Everything should be back to updating normally later today or tomorrow.

I think we can all figure out what the weather’s going to be like today, tomorrow, and well into next week. Beautiful! :) A little fog in the morning maybe, but warm and sunny (and dry) in the day time. Enjoy!

In the meantime, I try not to do too much politicking here… but if you’ve been following the Coal debate lately, you might already know I’m trying to put together a petition to force the project away from using 100 trucks a day. If you’re interested in that, you can go to www.norailnocoal.ca.

I haven’t posted anything lately because… well.. the weather hasn’t changed!

I don’t know about you folks but the past week has been nearly perfect temperatures. This next few days the temps will rise a little. Tomorrow it will reach 32C, which for me is getting a little too hot. But really, it’s hard to complain about the weather, and that’s the way it should be!

The only caveat to that of course is the risk of Forest Fires. Once again, please, be careful out there. The bush is extremely dry. We’ve seen this in action today with the Steam train sparking a small fire for the 2nd time in a week. Luckily, both caught and contained quickly.

Once again, the fire danger rating for the province is at the bottom. You can see most of Vancouver Island is now under Extreme Rating, as is much of the Central Interior. The Southern Interior is headed in that direction as well but will hopefully get a little relief coming over the rockies now and again.

I had a look at the long range forecast and this weather is slated to stick with us for another could weeks it looks like. By the 2nd week of August the European model has us finally getting a bit of moisture from the Pacific. But we’ll just have to see how it all shakes out.

Here’s the Precipitation map for the Province… obviously, very very very little precipitation happening… lets hope the Interior especially doesn’t experience too much lightning activity.

Update: I must have jinxed us… now the forecast for tomorrow gives a chance for thundershower. I’m sure all the fire folks are going to be on highest alert because there will be no significant rainfall to go with it.

Hope for the best.

Here’s the Fire Rating: