Category: Climate Change
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Warm and Wet Weekend – Record Warm World – Coffee and Chocolate Threatened – Apocalypse Now
Update: New Study reveals record high North Pacific Ocean temperatures threatening cold water species including Salmon. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/record-north-pacific-temperatures-threatening-b-c-marine-species-1.2845662 Update 9:45AM: The Air Quality Advisory and Burning Restrictions have now ended. Today, Saturday and Sunday will be warm, will have periods of rain and possibly some wind too. Thankfully though after a rainy Friday, most of the…
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October 2014 Summary – Wet and very Warm – No Snow Contest Until After Election
A very wet and very warm October has made the thought of drought a distant memory. But how does this rank from past Octobers? And what about the Snow Contest!? Temperatures well above normal. As was the case for September, the month of October saw temperatures above normal in both the City and at the Airport. Minimum temperatures…
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September 2014 Summary – Warmer than Normal, but good rainfall – Ski Forecast Grim?
A significantly warmer than normal Summer was tempered somewhat by a rainy last couple weeks that brought us very near normal rainfall. The outlook for the late fall and winter ski season and snowpack has not gotten better. Temperatures well above normal. As was the case for August, the month of September saw temperature above normal in the…
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First fall storm is here – warnings on inaction – and a Poem!
I have three important things you should see today! Make sure you see them all! 🙂 First: Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement announcing our first fall storm (on the first full day of fall!). It’s a beauty of a storm! They are predicting around 40mm in the next 24 hours. UWash is…
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Rain is coming, but big differences in amounts! Fall begins tonight.
I hope everyone enjoyed the last full day of summer yesterday. We broke another short term heat record! We officiall reached 28.7°C at the Airport. The record at the Airport station was 28.5°C set on September 21, 1999. It was a couple degrees shy of an all time record. First… Welcome back Kids! My daughter…