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June 2016 Summary – Decidedly cooler but still all time record heat. Warmer times on the way.
It felt a lot cooler, but it wasn’t cold, or wet. Compared to last June’s insane heat and last springs terrible drought, this past June might have felt positively frigid and soaked. However, the data shows that we were still slightly above normal for temperatures. We even set an all time record high temperature on the…
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Couple wet days coming especially in mountains. Beware near streams.
I will be busy at the City all day tomorrow so wanted to get this out after the night model run and before tomorrow morning. The UWash model is pretty firm that we will get precipitation starting between 5AM and 8AM tomorrow. It will be moving fairly quickly as you can see by the series…
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This is the only thing you need to see today.
Forget the forgettable weather. Behold Jupiter and its Galilean moons. Take a moment and consider what you are actually seeing. Galileo discovered the four largest moons of Jupiter in 1610. Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. He simultaneously had further proof that the Earth was not the centre of the universe. Now we actually get to witness…
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Variable and Cool Week – Next Week Looking better.
The first full week of July will not be particularly summer-y but the first half looks better than the second half. There will be a chance of rain Monday by late morning and into the afternoon. Tuesday and Wednesday look mostly dry and so should be pretty pleasant (though high temperatures are a little below…
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Warmth continues. Very Dry Conditions Declared. Freshwater Fishing Limited East/South Island.
The pleasant warm days continue. We got up to 29ºC officially yesterday. The same day last year we hit a ridiculous 35ºC, and were days away from the start of the Dog Mountain fire. Thankfully, the fire situation is nowhere near as desperate here or the rest of the province this year, however, we are…
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