Year: 2012

  • Some showers then brightening for the weekend

    The next few days hold plenty of chance for showers and rain. It will feel a lot like fall! Thankfully, by the weekend it should clear up and get warmer again and stay dry, but cool in the mornings, for at least a week. I will have a wrap up of the month of August…

  • A warm one… And the Big One falls.

    Short update today!  It’s going to be a pleasant and warm weekend! 25C today. 23C tomorrow.  Cool in the morning though. The fire danger remains high or extreme though so please keep the fires down and be careful.  The bush is tinder dry.  The good news is there have been very few human caused fires.…

  • Where’s my jacket? And Arctic news

    So apparently I should have found my jacket this morning and maybe worn some socks and runners cuz the bus is freezing! It’s around 10C with some clouds across the Island this morning. We can expect a decent warm day but I think it’s safe to say now that our hot hot heat is done…

  • A change of pattern

    Well if the forecast is any indication, our string of hot weather has come to an end. We are in for a few days of rest and some cooler temperatures in the mid to low twenties. There should not be any significant rainfall but there are chances for some drizzles next week. Hope everyone is…

  • Thunderstorms tonight?

    My only complaint of the past few weeks has been the extremely unfair distribution of lightning storms on Vancouver Island. (hear the tiny violins?) Well, today that inequity May be solved, at least Geographically. We are setting up for a good bunch of lightning and the forecast appears to have it be a little stronger…