Month: November 2014
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UPDATE: AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ISSUED – ICE REPORTED ON HIGHWAY 4 – DRIVE SAFELY Record Cold – Possible Wet Snow Monday – Vote Saturday and Beat the Central Island!
UPDATE: AIR QUALITY ADVISORY – Issued for Port Alberni – and Accident on Highway 4 likely due to ice drive safely! www.bcairquality.ca “AIR QUALITY ADVISORY AND OPEN BURNING RESTRICTIONS IN EFFECT FOR THE ALBERNI VALLEY, WITHIN 15 KM OF THE PORT ALBERNI CITY HALL (November 14, 2014 – Port Alberni, B.C.) The Ministry of Environment…
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Sun, Cold, Snow Contest and new features.
This is more like February weather than November weather but I don’t think anyone is complaining. First, here is the cause of our sunny and cold weather. A strong ridge of high pressure and a big omega block of the jetstream over BC is deflecting the storm track well away from the BC coast and…
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Beautiful Remembrance Day
You couldn’t ask for a better day to remember our fallen soldiers. It got down to -0.1°C last night. There is frost on the roofs of the City. It won’t last long. I also the “S” word in the forecast for Saturday. How ironic, since I was planning on starting the contest as soon as…
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Chilly and likely foggy week
After setting a high temperature record on Sunday (my 37th Birthday! :)) of 13.9°C. This beats a record set in 2007 at the Airport of 13.7°C. As it often does around Remembrance Day, it’s going to feel like winter this week, that’s for sure. There is a strong ridge building in the Interior that is…
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A rest then rain returns Saturday night – Cold air on the horizon
After yesterday’s exciting, which was more exciting in the Cowichan Valley (there are still many without power) than here, we all get a break today and Saturday. A small ridge of high pressure is building in that will give us clear days and cold nights. It got down to 3°C last night. On Saturday night…