• Sorry Alberni Elementary Beach Goers – Showers likely all day before heat turns up on the weekend.

    Sorry Alberni Elementary Beach Goers – Showers likely all day before heat turns up on the weekend.

    Mother Nature is no stranger to irony and poor timing.  My kids are off to Rathtrevor today with the rest of Alberni Elementary School but unfortunately this may be the coolest and wettest day of the month!  Highs will be up to around 18-20°. Showers will begin before 9AM in Port Alberni and before 10AM in…

  • 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…