Category: Climate Change
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The sun is great… but 5 weeks?
This weather has been stupendous. Amazing. Incredible. But I admit to being a little sceptical and a little worried. As you can see here, in July and August we have had only 6 days below 25C. But that doesn’t really tell the story. How can we have so much perfectly sunny weather over such a…
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Rainy week, warmer late, bent jet.
Expect the rain to continue for a bit this morning before tapering off. It will return overnight and tomorrow morning and continue through most of the day tomorrow (Wednesday). Here is Wednesday at 10AM. Still plenty of moisture around. I know Alberni Elementary has a date set for Rathtrevor tomorrow. Here’s hoping Parksville is a…
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First Day of Summer! Drier weekend than expected. Other Climate News.
As of 10:03PM last night, it is officially summer! Daylight today is one second shorter than yesterday, and tomorrow will be 6sec shorter still but no matter, its summer and hopefully that means we are on our way to sunnier days. We should dry out a bit Friday and Saturday and Sunday is now looking…
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Not such a bad week afterall. Sunny Weekend coming.
Well, even though we have received a bit of rain, (8.13mm since Monday), it really hasn’t been all that bad. Yesterday we had a chance of some thunder showers, and there were downpours in spots, but nothing more threatening that other than some nice billowy clouds to the Southeast. Today will be sort of the…
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400 year floods hit Europe. Cause becoming familiar. Time for Action Now.
Extreme and unprecedented flooding is occurring in Europe. Courtesy: Dr. Jeff Masters Europe is famous for preserving its history for hundreds, even a thousand years. That record keeping also extends into weather and climate. The Danube River in Passau, Germany hit the highest level since 1501, and the Saale River in Halle, Germany was the…