Author: Alberniweather
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August 2017 Summary – RECORD BREAKER – And a 2 Word Winter Forecast!
August 2017 The Summary! I’ve finally managed to catch up with all of the summaries! The June and July summaries are also up, with data only. After what seemed like a pretty iffy start, the summer turned out to be long and hot and smokey. There were two major hot spells in August. We broke…
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Unsettled Day – possible thunder in evening – new superior rain Bucket system
We had a very pleasant rain shower yesterday over the whole Island. Unfortunately, my rain gauge is not operational. So I had to resort to desperate and likely totally inaccurate measurements. https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/909485477949927424 https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/909535768284086272 However, given that more than 10mm was registered at Alberni Elementary, I think my bucketmometer is not going to make the grade.…
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Wind Warning issued for east side of Island – norh of Nanoose
Environment Canada has just issued a wind warning for the East Coast – Northern Sections of Vancouver Island. Here is the text: Issued at 2017-09-16 18:28 UTC by Environment Canada: Wind warning continued for: East Vancouver Island – Nanoose Bay to Fanny Bay, B.C. (081320) East Vancouver Island – Courtenay to Campbell River, B.C. (081330)…
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FAREWELL CASSINI – And Toy Run Weekend
For every science and space geek out there, there is really only one thing of importance happening today…. actually… that has already happened… today. The fiery end of the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn. It burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere in about 3:30AM PST this morning… and in the process delivered the first data ever directly…
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July 2017 Summary – Data Only
July 2017 Data Only Monthly Timelapse Video You can check out the videos at: https://www.youtube.com/user/alberniweather/videos Daily records set this month at the Airport* since 1995 and compared to other stations** for “All Time” since 1900. Two new short term high temp records and one low temp record. No All Time records (though close!) and no short term rain records. July 5 high temp 30.8º C: #1…