Month: September 2012

  • The Arctic continues to thin….

    FYI: Weather updates are back. Webcam updates remain offline. A quick update on what is happening in the Arctic. The records for extent and area of ice surface have been smashed. The 2007 record of 4.1 million square kilometres of ice coverage was broken on August 26.(NSIDC) We are currently below around 3.5 million square…

  • Hot and Dry in September breaking records.

    Our wonderful stretch of dry and warm weather this September still does not have an end in sight. There is a break predicted on the long range forecast for the end of the month. (Sept 29) but I’m going to go out on a limb and say that there is some doubt there since forecasts…

  • Happy Toy Run! (and check out the West Coast)

    The good times keep on rolling! This beautiful weather just won’t stop and its going to mean you’ll probably want some sunscreen or at least a hat or umbrella to keep the suns rays off of what will probably be an EPIC toy run on Saturday. Surely every motorcycle rider on the Island is going…

  • Alberniweather now has Official Media access from Environment Canada

    I’m very excited to announce that Alberniweather has been granted access to the special Media portal of Environment Canada. This means we now have quick access to all the daily records, regional statistics, and immediate notifications that all news organizations receive. As you can see by the blue highlight, as of this hour, Port Alberni…

  • A big long Beautiful end to Summer! Thanks PAFD!

    The forecast for the next week really can’t get any better! We are going to be ending summer with a loong stretch of very pleasant weather! Even the folks at Accuweather have trained their normally East Coast eyes in our direction and their latest forecast from the Euro model shows nothing by dry weather for…