• Rain can’t come fast enough: Two new fires on Monday close to Port Alberni.

    I will update as I get more info. Please send your photos. Tuesday Noon: Tuesday 8AM Update from the top of the Hump. Lots of smoke hanging in the air in Port Alberni and all the way up the Hump. Size and Position of fire updated. The BCWFS has updated the position to further west…

  • A couple more warm days then showers Tuesday night and Wednesday. Also: Measuring Ocean Acidification on Ferries.

    Monday Sunny and warm I’m back! I took a bit of a break from blogging over the past few weeks…. but I’m back now! šŸ™‚ After a warm but quite blustery weekend (especially Sunday) we will have another nice day on Monday. The clouds should burn off pretty quickly and the sun should get us…

  • July 2019 Summary – A few minor records in an average month.

    The Alberniweather and Alberni Valley Climate Summary for July 2019 Catching up on this month… this post was actually written January 1 2020 but is back-dated so it makes sense in the grand scheme of things. šŸ™‚ This was a pretty average month both for temperature and for rain. We got 40mm of rain in…

  • Updated: Heavy Rainfall Warning issued for northern sections – East Vancouver.

    Environment Canada has just issued a heavy rainfall warning for amounts up to 50mm for the area north of Nanoose Bay. Here is the quote: 3:45 PM PDT Wednesday 31 July 2019Rainfall warning in effect for:East Vancouver Island – Courtenay to Campbell RiverEast Vancouver Island – Nanoose Bay to Fanny BayRain, at times heavy, is…

  • Happy rain, Happy Rain gauge, happy Rain Stats

    Cleaned the Integrated Sensor Suite – Rain measurements are back online! It’s all happy! Now that the rain bucket is working again on the weather station I’ve spent most of the day (except for a rather wet trip to the dump!) working on renovating the rain-related data on the website. Here’s what the tippers looked…