Author: Alberniweather Blog (Chris)

  • More sun and warmth.  Possible shower Wednesday? Extreme Heat Coming late

    More sun and warmth. Possible shower Wednesday? Extreme Heat Coming late

    We will definitely start warm and sunny this week. There is a slight chance of showers on Wednesday afternoon, but the way things have gone this month I would not put a lot of weight on it.  I will keep an eye on that chance today and tomorrow to see if the models are more…

  • Does the rain fall in the forest if you don’t measure it?

    Does the rain fall in the forest if you don’t measure it?

    It was cloudy, it was cool, there was rain (or possibly only virga?) visibly falling on the mountain ranges. There was even a downpour at a horse ranch out Beaver Creek (my wife was there :)). There were drops on the pavement at VIU that seemed to make the rabbits happy.  But it almost seemed…

  • Showers to begin by 1PM Thursday

    That’s right. Showers.  It is already raining in Tofino, which is a wonderful thing! It's RAINING in #Tofino. Yippee! @CBContheisland @chrisalecanada pic.twitter.com/7JLkLUVaVM — Josie Osborne (@Josie_Osborne) June 18, 2015 The models are predicting that that rain will start to fall here before 1PM. It should last until around 6PM.  Total accumulation: only 4mm The tradeoff…

  • Forecast holds. Showers Thursday. Rain early Friday morning.

    The models have settled down and now all seem to be agreeing that we will receive some moisture starting Thursday.  It is an odd couple of disturbances that will affect the region.  The first will centre most of its moisture on the South Island, especially Victoria and the Gulf Islands.  The second will centre its activity…

  • Two fires in Alberni Valley but Possible Forecast change to showers.

    Two fires in Alberni Valley but Possible Forecast change to showers.

    First Fires of the Season in the Alberni Valley ate yesterday afternoon two small fires were reported by the BC Wildfire service.  Both were person caused but thankfully both were very small (0.009 hectare, 90sqm, 960 sqft). One fire was at Woodwards pit between Sproat Lake and the landfill and he other was out Beaver Creek. This should be…