Year: 2012
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The smoke is Russian
Update: Sorry folks! I didn’t realize until just now that I didn’t actually link to Dr. Mass’s website! So here is his full analysis of where the smoke is coming from. Thanks to an excellent blog post by Cliff Mass we know where this smoke is coming from… Fires in the Russian far east and…
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Summer is here! 30C on Sunday?
It’s official! Summer is here and it’s beautiful! We are in for a good two weeks of solid sunshine. More than enough to warm up the lake! The hottest day in the span looks to be Sunday when we should hit 30C. That’s going to mean a winner in the Summer Heat Contest! Enough blogging,…
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It’s coming! Summer is Coming!
Ya, really! It is! Never mind that as I type this it’s pouring rain outside. Never mind that June 2012 was one of the coldest we’ve had in living memory. It’s coming, and here’s the proof! 🙂 Environment Canada The Weather Network The GFS Model short term (To Next Tuesday): The GFS Model long term…
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Happy 145th Canada!
The Parade is at 10AM this morning! It should be good weather for it, though you might want to bring a rain coat or umbrella just in case it decides to spit on us a little bit. It shouldn’t be anything too bad though. It’s a comfortable 13C but it’s breezy, so maybe a nice…
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Cold and Wet June finally ending
It hasn’t been a nice month. Juneuary, Junevember, no doubt there are other, less diplomatic terms. 🙂 Here are the stats over the past few years just to prove the point. I will update this post on Sunday with the final values but unless we get an unexpected heat wave tomorrow the message is not…