Category: Cold

  • Beautiful Remembrance Day

    Beautiful Remembrance Day

    You couldn’t ask for a better day to remember our fallen soldiers. It got down to -0.1°C last night. There is frost on the roofs of the City.  It won’t last long. I also the “S” word in the forecast for Saturday.  How ironic, since I was planning on starting the contest as soon as…

  • Chilly and likely foggy week

    Chilly and likely foggy week

    After setting a high temperature record on Sunday (my 37th Birthday! :)) of 13.9°C.  This beats a record set in 2007 at the Airport of 13.7°C. As it often does around Remembrance Day, it’s going to feel like winter this week, that’s for sure.  There is a strong ridge building in the Interior that is…

  • A rest then rain returns Saturday night – Cold air on the horizon

    A rest then rain returns Saturday night – Cold air on the horizon

    After yesterday’s exciting, which was more exciting in the Cowichan Valley (there are still many without power) than here, we all get a break today and Saturday. A small ridge of high pressure is building in that will give us clear days and cold nights.  It got down to 3°C last night. On Saturday night…

  • Full Labour Day Weekend Forecast – Plus Wind for Fishers

    Full Labour Day Weekend Forecast – Plus Wind for Fishers

    That’s my father-in-law Cliff with one of a bunch of salmon they caught on Thursday! I didn’t ask him for permission to post that photo. Muahahahaha. Nice fish Cliff! It will definitely feel cool this weekend as the high that protected us and gave us so much warm weather for so long has finally broken…

  • HEADS UP: In case of dissension in models, hope for the best, prepare for the worst.

    I will update this forecast if this mornings run changes things significantly. Stay tuned…. We have precipitation coming at us for Sunday and Monday for sure, however, much like last weekend when the models didn’t all come into agreement until the day before, this weekend we again have disagreement and a lot of variability in…