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A pleasant week after a fiery record hot weekend.
The fire on Cameron main is now listed as “Active” rather than “Out of Control” on the bcwildfire.ca website. We got a clean sweep for short term high temp records at the Airport on the weekend. Friday the 23rd at 29.1°C, Saturday at 33.4°C, and Sunday at 34.7°C all broke the previous records at the…
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Fire Breaks out at base of Mt. Arrowsmith near Port Alberni
Update 4:45PM Some new picture from Justin Fraser. He says they are working on containing it. No update on the bcwildfire site. We hit a high of 33.5°C at the Airport so far and 33.7°C at Alberniweather. Update 2:30PM I have not received any new information on the fire. The Air Quality has improved as…
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It’s summer, and here comes the possibly record heat!
Update Friday 11AM – Issued at 2017-06-23 17:52 UTC by Environment Canada: Special weather statement issued for: East Vancouver Island, B.C. (081300) Special weather statement continued for: Inland Vancouver Island, B.C. (081500) Current details: Hot weather is expected this weekend. A strong upper ridge of high pressure building over the province will result in a…
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May 2017 Summary – Getting back to normal… but some important predictions for coming months!
May 2017. Back to the grind. Happy Summer Solstice on this June 20th, the longest day of the year! 🙂 Here is the long awaited summary for May. Because the spring was kinda lousy a lot of us likely thought that May was just as bad for being abnormally dreary. But cheer up! Actually, it…
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Tofino Highway Reopened. Pleasant weekend ahead. Slight chance of showers Saturday Afternoon
DriveBC just announced in the past hour that Highway 4 between Port Alberni and the West Coast has now opened to single lane traffic. Hopefully it will be reopened fully soon, but at least some of the backlog will be relieved. In case you have not heard, a fuel truck turned over near Hydro Hill…
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