Category: Air Quality
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Fire near Cox Lake south of Port Alberni
BC Wildfire on Scene after local fire departments action overnight Two fires started near Cox Lake and Franklin River Road just south of Port Alberni. The fires are spreading smoke across the City and Valley. It was human caused. The westward (left) one is about 0.3ha and under control, the eastern one is about 4ha…
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Muggy Monday, Warm and Dry week. Perfect to GoByBike! Also new AQ map.
Phew! May has been crazy but the weather marches on! It had a humid spring feeling to the air last night. Monday will start cloudy and we might see some brief showers but it will stay quite warm and prepare us for Tuesday which should feature full sun and hot temperatures up to 28°C. That…
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Power Outage Thursday – Rain Thursday night – Dry Weekend
Planned Power Outage will take weather station offline BC Hydro has a planned power outage for my area today between 9AM and 4PM so my weather station, including the air monitor, will not be sending updates to the website in that time. It should hopefully be back up before 4PM but we’ll see. Rain Thursday…
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A change is in the wind – Weekend Rain – Maybe Thunder – More Air Quality Monitors
We have had a very pleasant, even record breaking run of warm and dry weather but that is coming to an end today. Friday clouds turning to showers by evening. The clouds are rolling in. The models show showers beginning in the 5-8PM period Friday evening. Rain overnight, into Saturday Rain should begin in the…
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Rain on the way Friday night and Saturday – Might start as Snow – 4th AQ station
Glimpses of sun Thursday and Friday We got a nice glimpse of the sun yesterday and again this morning. Hopefully we get a few more breaks in the clouds today and tomorrow before the next system rolls in on Friday night. Switch back to warmer temperatures The system on the weekend will usher back in…