Category: General
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Climate Change and International Workers Memorial Day
Here is a topic that spans all three of my public service ‘hats’ of weather guy, union workplace health and safety guy, and municipal councillor guy. April 28 is the National Day of Mourning for workers killed or injured on the job or globally, International Workers Memorial Day. Being an industry town in a traditionally primary…
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Brownies visit Alberniweather! Slight chance of showers today and Friday
The Brownies visited! They had fun (I think! :)) learning about the weather station and making their own rain gauges and colouring in a picture of the rain cycle! 🙂 Thanks to Brown Owl for setting it all up :). There is only just a tiny chance of showers today. Most of the showers…
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A variable and fairly normal spring week.
We are into some pretty standard Spring weather this week. Clouds, sunny breaks, a chance of showers. Monday The UWash model is completely dry today. The cloudiness should disappear later this morning and we should see a few sunny breaks. Tuesday Showers will move through on Tuesday afternoon and last into the night but the total for…
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And it’s done: #SummerinApril recap – Weekend Forecast
Addition I just learned that we actually had a pretty good Thunderstorm last night too. I wear ear plugs often to bed so I totally missed it 🙁 Booo-urns. I am told it featured some strong winds too, which explains why we got gusts to 50kph just after 2AM last night. I guess it was a…
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One final, and hottest, day.
A short update today. The high cloud that kept our temperature slightly down most of the day yesterday has now exited. The sun will rise over the mountain today and deliver blistering heat (for April) that will rival anything Port Alberni has experienced in the past 100 years. The all time all station record is…