Category: Climate Change
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Relief coming but no saviour?
For the first time in a month there is a real chance that our pattern is going to change. Not in the short term… It’s still bone dry. But the long term has more consistent precipitation than I’ve seen since the spring. We were starting to see hints of this last week when precipitation popped…
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The month that was September 2012
The temperatures were nice. The sun was beautiful. The mornings were crisp. The afternoons were warm. This my friends sums up the majority of September 2012… and indeed most of August. It can also be summed up in other ways: It is by far the driest September in the short record at Alberniweather: 2006: 79.8mm…
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Another record bites the dust… another possible today/tomorrow
We beat another record on Tuesday. The Airport hit 30.6C which beat the record for the day set in 1999 but wasn’t quite good enough to land us the Top Hot Spot in Canada. We will have to get just a little higher… to 30.7C to beat todays record also set in 1999. Tomorrow, Thursday,…
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The Arctic continues to thin….
FYI: Weather updates are back. Webcam updates remain offline. A quick update on what is happening in the Arctic. The records for extent and area of ice surface have been smashed. The 2007 record of 4.1 million square kilometres of ice coverage was broken on August 26.(NSIDC) We are currently below around 3.5 million square…
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Hot hot heat for Fall Fair
Don’t put away the sunscreen. Keep those hats and sunglasses handy. And start filling your travel canisters with water cuz the next few days are going to be HOT! It always feels hotter in the dust and Glenwood at the Fair! Expect it to be at or near 30 everyday through the weekend and until…