Alberniweather

Watching the Port Alberni Weather since 2005

  • High Pressure holds – Air Quality not great – Hot Hot La Nina

    Update 9:44AM: Air Advisory Lifted but risk remains. “AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ENDED BUT OPEN BURNING RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE FOR ALBERNI VALLEY, WITHIN 15 KM OF PORT ALBERNI CITY HALL” http://www.bcairquality.ca The Air Quality Advisory has been lifted, meaning that air quality has improved somewhat locally, but the Province’s and City’s burning restriction remain in force due…

  • Air Quality Advisory Issued for Alberni Valley

    Update: The Advisory Continues Today Tuesday January 15. Here is a snapshot of the readings from the station on top of Alberni Elementary. It remains very near the threshold for an advisory. Details are below. Check here for current levels and for updated advisories here: http://www.bcairquality.ca I will update this post if things change. MEDIA…

  • Look ma, no wires! Wind readings are back. A quiet spell.

    So first I have to say thank you. Thank you to those people (you know who you are!) who made it possible for me to order a wireless transmitting station for the anemometer. So the wind and related readings you see on the site now will now be from my station again. Graphs for those…

  • The North Winds blow

    The winds are blowing from the North and it is cold. It looks like the expected cool down to below freezing temperatures has been delayed a bit, but it is still on its way. The good news is a lot of the snow has melted and not frozen solid yet, so hopefully that continues, but…

  • The Warmup that Never Happened – The Freeze up that Will

    So did we all enjoy yesterday’s little surprise? We might have another, perhaps more dangerous, surprise today and tomorrow. More below: I know more than a few that didn’t enjoy yesterday. What we had yesterday was what we were expecting a few weeks ago but never happened. A bunch of cold air got trapped in…