Month: August 2023
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UPDATE 2PM- Severe Thunderstorm Warning Ended – But lightning continues
Warning Rescinded – now a Watch The Warning has now been rescinded as the storm has weakened a little but a Watch remains in effect for both northern parts of Inland and East Vancouver Island. There is also fairly intense Lightning occurring south of Port Alberni near Nahmint Lake. Watch for fires, also hail and…
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Update: Smoky Skies Return – Bulletin Issued – Rain next week?
Bulletin Issued Saturday As you’ve no-doubt noticed, the smoke has returned to Vancouver Island including the Alberni Valley. Environment Canada and the Ministry of Environment have issued a Bulletin but it does not cover Vancouver Island at this time. Just the same, with the elevated levels of pm2.5 I would take precautions. The Ministry has…
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Heads up – Weather Server Back Online
Final Update – Weather Server Back Online (mostly) After a day of ups and downs, I believe all of the critical data in all views is back online running under the new system. If you see anything that seems wrong, please let me know. There is a lot of data from a few different places,…
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Inlet winds clear the air
Just noticed the southerly winds up the Inlet have kicked in and dramatically improved the air quality and reduced the pm2.5 readings. We went from 40ug/m3 and an AQI of over 100 to 7ug/m3 and AQI below 30 in just the past hour. We are blessed by our geography! I would expect the Smoky Skies…
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Smoky Skies Bulletin Issued
Note: There looks to be a bug in the data software. It’s showing a blue ? for the image reading. The numbers are still correct though. The best place to see all current AQ readings in the Valley is on the Current Air Quality Readings Page. Smoke Source – Fraser Valley Canyon Fire Looking at…