• Impressive Storm – Sign of El Niño? – More next week

    Alberniweather received 90.9 mm Since October 13th, Alberniweather recorded just over 112 mm of rainfall, most of that fell in 3 days (text data). This compares to 108 mm at the Airport over the same three days. Drought isn’t over. It might feel like it’s over, or seem like it should be because the lakes…

  • GREAT BC SHAKEOUT EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI DRILL 2023

    THIS IS A DRILL A MAJOR EARTHQUAKE HAS OCCURRED. A TSUNAMI MAY ARRIVE AT ANY MOMENT.  IF YOU FEEL SHAKING –> DROP – COVER – HOLD ON WHEN SHAKING STOPS DO NOT WAIT FOR OFFICIAL CONFIRMATION – IMMEDIATELY EVACUATE TSUNAMI AREA FULL TSUNAMI MAP BELOW. THIS IS A DRILL How do I get above the 20 metre Tsunami…

  • Rainfall Warning in Effect – Advisory for Highway 4 – Shakeout Thursday

    Rainfall Warning Issued – but Heaviest on North Island Environment Canada issued a Rainfall Warning yesterday afternoon. The majority of the rain is expected on northern sections of the Island including Gold River but we are still expected to get up to 50mm of Rain in Port Alberni Tuesday and possibly another 40mm on Wednesday.…

  • Rainy start to Fall GoByBike Weeks (Oct 16-29) – Webcam – Eclipse Timelapse – Air Quality

    Monday Wet All Day – Drying out Thursday Well, if you’re looking to participate in the Fall GoByBike week then I hope you have your rain gear! (full disclosure: I’m on the Board of GBBBC :)) We have already recorded nearly 8mm of rain as I type this this morning. The rain should continue throughout…

  • Check out the Youtube – Eclipse watching

    If we can get lucky and have the clouds break up a little we might see! I have the webcam turned around to the East Check it out below or on the Webcams here! I recommend clicking through to Youtube so you can join the chat!