Category: Astronomy
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Aurora Borealis over Port Alberni Thanksgiving Monday night.
I saw this tweet from Seattle Weather Service So I ran outside, and then up on our roof, and there it was! Over the lookout and shining above a portion over the Beaufort over Beaver Creek. You could actually see a cloud in front or I am sure it would have been brighter. Hopefully it…
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December 2020 – A Wet Month ending the year warm.
A very rainy, but not quite record rainy, month.
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Clear skies coming – Great Conjuction of Jupiter and Saturn – Cold until Christmas
Crazy Monday morning It was quite the morning of weather as we had another intense rain event followed by snow around 9AM in Port Alberni. There was a bunch more on the eastern side of the Island and on the mountains. Some folks might just get up to that 20cm before it is finished this…
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ALERT! Aurora may be visible tonight, fog willing (or avoiding!)
The Sun is coming for us. The folks over at www.spaceweather.com are expecting a G3 class magnetic storm to erupt around the Earth as a Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) ejected from the sun yesterday is headed our way. This could produce aurora visible as far south as Oregon! So that means us too! Below is…
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September 1! Meteorological Fall begins. Heat continues. Brief shower Wednesday. Website updates. COVID 19 BC Numbers.
Welcome back! I took the month of August off from blogging here so I could concentrate on the backend of the website. I’ve upgraded most of the systems feeding data to the website as well as the website itself. I am still waiting on some new code from the software developers to fix some issues…