Category: General
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Bendy JetStream bringing fall sun. Thanksgiving Preview.
After a week away it is nice to be back! The weather is looking quite fine this week. If we get above 22 or 23°C we will be in record breaking territory for the Airport. The record there for Oct 3 is 22.2°C in 2015. For Oct 4 it is 23.4°C and Oct 5 is…
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Fall is here and beautiful. Full Fall and Winter Forecast!
Today at 1:02PM will be the first moment of fall. The afternoon of the autumnal equinox will be sunny and warm. The last two days of Summer have been notable since Port Alberni was the hottest spot in B.C. both days with a very pleasant temperature around 20°C Sept 21 Sept 20 We should see…
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August 2017 Summary – RECORD BREAKER – And a 2 Word Winter Forecast!
August 2017 The Summary! I’ve finally managed to catch up with all of the summaries! The June and July summaries are also up, with data only. After what seemed like a pretty iffy start, the summer turned out to be long and hot and smokey. There were two major hot spells in August. We broke…
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Unsettled Day – possible thunder in evening – new superior rain Bucket system
We had a very pleasant rain shower yesterday over the whole Island. Unfortunately, my rain gauge is not operational. So I had to resort to desperate and likely totally inaccurate measurements. https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/909485477949927424 https://twitter.com/alberniweather/status/909535768284086272 However, given that more than 10mm was registered at Alberni Elementary, I think my bucketmometer is not going to make the grade.…
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FAREWELL CASSINI – And Toy Run Weekend
For every science and space geek out there, there is really only one thing of importance happening today…. actually… that has already happened… today. The fiery end of the Cassini spacecraft orbiting Saturn. It burned up in Saturn’s atmosphere in about 3:30AM PST this morning… and in the process delivered the first data ever directly…