Month: October 2014

  • Website Glitch: Forecast not updating

    Thanks to a loyal reader for noticing that the forecast on the right side of the page has not updated since Thursday. They must have changed something on the feed. I will try to get on it ASAP! In the meantime, if you click the green Vancouver Inland Sections forecast words above the forecast it…

  • Oct 5 short-term record set – another variable but pleasant week ahead

    If you thought it seemed quite warm yesterday, you were right. We set a short-term record for the day when the Airport hit 23.5°C. The previous record for the Airport was 22.7°C in 2012. Had we been another degree warmer we would have started challenging records into the 80s and beyond. The warmest Oct 5…

  • Planning the  weekend and week ahead.  Mostly dry, tiny Pineapple Express.

    Planning the weekend and week ahead. Mostly dry, tiny Pineapple Express.

    We have a set of fronts that are lining up to sweep over us in the next seven days or so. In the image below you can see a blob of moisture near Hawaii that will be periodically sending moisture our way for the next week or so. Most of the rain that is coming…

  • Another beautiful morning

    Another beautiful morning

    It’s a wonderful fall morning this morning! It got down to a chilly 8° C but the stars were spectacular when I walked out the door at 6AM. As the image below shows, the West and North Island are getting some rain today, but it is predicted to miss us. And we will likely only…

  • September 2014 Summary – Warmer than Normal, but good rainfall – Ski Forecast Grim?

    A significantly warmer than normal Summer was tempered somewhat by a rainy last couple weeks that brought us very near normal rainfall.   The outlook for the late fall and winter ski season and snowpack has not gotten better. Temperatures well above normal. As was the case for August, the month of September saw temperature above normal in the…