Month: January 2013

  • Next snowy threat Thursday night

    Thankfully so far our rain/snow mix predicted for Wednesday has just been rain. It’s doing a nice job of cleaning the grime off the roads. The threat of it turning to snow would increase if it rained harder and caused the air to cool more, but at this point it looks like light rain in…

  • Possible Snow/Rain mix tonight? – Short Post

    Hey All, Please forgive me for missing my usual schedule of updates on the blog here. I’ve had to drive in all the way to my work at VIU the past few days rather than take the bus. And the bus is where I usually do my blogging for Alberniweather! I will hopefully get back…

  • Fog will end – Rain or Snow to come

    Monday will be foggy again but on Tuesday things will begin to change as we get back into a wet rain and possibly slushy pattern if the cold air does not exit quickly. We have been in a very strong inversion. Check out this map: The upper air is actually above 10C! And down off…

  • No Advisory – Lots of Fog

    The Advisory has been lifted. Unfortunately, the fog hasn’t. We can expect this to keep up through the weekend. Not much to say this morning so I will leave it at that. If you missed it please check out the post below for the latest on the year that was 2012 and the climate.

  • High Pressure holds – Air Quality not great – Hot Hot La Nina

    Update 9:44AM: Air Advisory Lifted but risk remains. “AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ENDED BUT OPEN BURNING RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE FOR ALBERNI VALLEY, WITHIN 15 KM OF PORT ALBERNI CITY HALL” http://www.bcairquality.ca The Air Quality Advisory has been lifted, meaning that air quality has improved somewhat locally, but the Province’s and City’s burning restriction remain in force due…