Category: General
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Chance of Thundershowers Sunday – Gradually returning to Hot and Dry
“Most of the heavy showers have moved out of the region.” Special weather statement ended. I’m back! 🙂 Tons of unstable air and moisture out there has prompted a special weather statement from Environment Canada. 10:52 AM PDT Sunday 26 July 2015 Special weather statement in effect for: Inland Vancouver Island Brief heavy downpours and…
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Special: very localized downpour on Tuesday
Even though I am on the shore of the Columbia River in Oregon (near Hood River), I have been hearing sbout the downpour yesterday in Port Alberni! Sounds quite dramatic including videos posted on facebook. it sounded to me like a localized thundershower type of event and the data bears that out thanks to our…
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Hot weekend – Away for a while
We are back to hot temperatures over 30° C Friday, Saturday, Sunday and maybe Monday too. Just to put the rain we had in perspective. Notice on the right hand side (or on the main page if you are on a phone. ) a value in yellow labelled “ET” which stands for Evapotranspiration. That means…
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Heat slowly returns
The chance of showers is receding again. Yesterday parts of the Valley got a nice shower from a convective bunch of clouds that built in the far reaches ofnthe Valley. It only provided a few sprinkles in town that did not register on the rain gauge. Similarly, the airport just got a trace. The fire danger…
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Variable but warming All Week – Fire Danger subsides temporarily – Stage 2 Water Restrictions on
Even though we had a very refreshing weekend with 9mm falling at Alberniweather (Saturday only) and almost 17mm at the Airport (16 Saturday and 1 Sunday) we are now moving to Stage 2 water restrictions and our fire danger rating will creep back up as things quickly dry out again. Stage 2 Water Restrictions Start Today (Monday) The…