Category: Climate Change
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Northwest BC Fire Smoke will keep temperatures below forecast. See Imagery and a note on Fire Climate.
So if you watched my live facebook or twitter feed this morning you’d already know that above the fog… which is still pretty prominent this morning. There is a thick layer of smoke. I’m tagging this post climate change because… well… ya, more on that at the end of the post. I thought yesterday that…
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Heat Warning issued – Fire Danger remaining High – Excellent CO2 thread
Environment Canada has issued a Heat Warning for East Vancouver Island and Victoria but considering Inland Vancouver Island will be getting up to 35°C, the message applies here too even if the warning doesn’t. Here is their message. 4:50 AM PDT Monday 16 July 2018 Heat Warning in effect for: Greater Victoria The summertime heat…
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October 2017 Summary
The Summary for October 2017 Daily records set this month at the Airport* since 1995 and compared to other stations** for “All Time” since 1900. ONE new short term high temp record. No All Time records. No short term low temp or rain records. October 25 high temp 16.3º C: #1 is 22.8º C in 1904 at Beaver Creek. *May have used backup Env Canada Data source…
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Human caused Climate Change is in the Air, on the News, all around you.
Earth is a reltively closed system. If you put more energy in, you get more energy out. We are seeing the demonstration of that basic principle now around the world. Today, we have poor Air Quality due to wildfire smoke from fires in the forests all over the Pacific Northwest. The ferocity and expanse and…
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Extreme Heat may depend on Smoke Cover
We landed in Vancouver at 11:35 and it was only 23°C at YVR even though the forecast was for 30°C temperatures. Looks like the culprit was smoke blowing out from the Interior. Check out the latest MODIS satellite picture. Notice the plume of smoke is not quite reaching Port Alberni, where the temperature right now…