Category: Cold

  • High Pressure holds – Air Quality not great – Hot Hot La Nina

    Update 9:44AM: Air Advisory Lifted but risk remains. “AIR QUALITY ADVISORY ENDED BUT OPEN BURNING RESTRICTIONS CONTINUE FOR ALBERNI VALLEY, WITHIN 15 KM OF PORT ALBERNI CITY HALL” http://www.bcairquality.ca The Air Quality Advisory has been lifted, meaning that air quality has improved somewhat locally, but the Province’s and City’s burning restriction remain in force due…

  • The North Winds blow

    The winds are blowing from the North and it is cold. It looks like the expected cool down to below freezing temperatures has been delayed a bit, but it is still on its way. The good news is a lot of the snow has melted and not frozen solid yet, so hopefully that continues, but…

  • The Warmup that Never Happened – The Freeze up that Will

    So did we all enjoy yesterday’s little surprise? We might have another, perhaps more dangerous, surprise today and tomorrow. More below: I know more than a few that didn’t enjoy yesterday. What we had yesterday was what we were expecting a few weeks ago but never happened. A bunch of cold air got trapped in…

  • Today: Wind and Rain AND SNOW – then getting cold

    UPDATE 2: 3:15PM – The snow has now changed to rain. Expect this to continue long enough to wash away the snow. Stay safe out there, it’s really ugly in places. There is also a wind warning for the East Coast and we should get wind her too. UPDATE 1PM: In case you haven’t already…

  • Cold Snap on the way.

    Once the rain ends today we will be headed into a cold spell. We will have a few more showers on Tuesday, but starting Tuesday night the winds are going to shift around to the Northwest and the cold will be coming not only for us, but for the whole Pacific NW. Check out the…