Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)

  • EC issues Special Weather statement for Friday bitter cold and snow.

    EC issues Special Weather statement for Friday bitter cold and snow.

    I will keep this short just with Environment Canada’s statement. It is self explanatory. All areas of the South Coast including inland and east vancouver island are included. Below is the Inland version. I will make another post tomorrow (Thursday) morning with predictions as the models are fairly varied. Bundle up and get the snow…

  • The cold is here. East side Snowfall warning. Snowing in Ladysmith.

    The cold is here. East side Snowfall warning. Snowing in Ladysmith.

    Updates… most recent at top. Original Post It is 0°C and the windchill so far this morning in Port Alberni has been down to -3°C. It will get colder. There is a snowfall warning. The easterly outflow winds are blowing across the Strait onto the east side of the Island and that is going to…

  • Updated 8:15PM Saturday – East Coast Snow Sunday into Monday but not likely in Port Alberni

    Updated 8:15PM Saturday – East Coast Snow Sunday into Monday but not likely in Port Alberni

    Update 8:15PM Saturday – Alberni snow possible. Some updates. The models have changed a little. I won’t go into detail until later tonight or early tomorrow morning as the models are just about to update again, but I thought it was worth mentioning that the models have gone quite cold. All are predicting temperatures between…

  • January 2019 Summary – Fairly normal, though 1º above average temperature.

    January 2019 Summary – Fairly normal, though 1º above average temperature.

    The Alberniweather and Alberni Valley Climate Summary for January 2019 Catching up on this month… this post was actually written January 3 2020 but is back-dated so it makes sense in the grand scheme of things. 🙂 The average temperature this month at the airport was just over 1ºC higher than normal. January had a…

  • February 2018 Summary

    February 2018 Summary

    The Weather and Climate Summary for February 2018 Daily and All Time Records Set Set at the Airport* since 1995 and compared to other stations** for “All Time” since 1900. Four new short term low temp records. One new rain record.No All Time Records were set this month. February 12 low temp -6.6º C : #1 is -13.3º C at Bvr. Crk. in 1949.…