Category: General
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June 2014 Summary – Set up for a dry summer – Heat Now and warm August?
Not a bad June but it was dry… and the warmest since 2009? Temperatures normal to above normal. Rainfall well below. For the month of June we were above normal in the City but only slightly above or exactly normal at the Airport. (Note: previous version had incorrectly transcribed data) Rainfall was well below normal. 28% of our normal at the Airport. Looking…
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Records will fall. Heat continues to Thursday
Environment Canada just updated their special weather statement.. It is below. We set a record at the Airport for the day yesterday and we will likely set one today as well as Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. These are not long term record though. I will hopefully get a chance to go through the long term…
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Updated: I’m back and the Hot Hot Heat is Here expect Extreme Fire danger next week
Update: the fire danger forecast has been downgraded to not get to extreme by Sunday the 13th but it may change again before we get there and I would be surprised if we did not reach extreme fire danger by Monday or Tuesday at the latest. (apologies for the Wednesday error 🙂 thanks to George…
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Port Alberni? There’s an App for that! And… Signing off for a couple weeks.
I’m headed to Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario for a family reunion, my Grandma Neufeld’s 90th birthday, a brother-in-law’s wedding, and general fun times with kids and family. So while I’m away I won’t be able to post much, if at all. You’re on your own until I return July 11th! I’m thinking though that after this week,…
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Showers tonight/Tuesday. Want heat, head to the Arctic.
Summary: After a great first weekend of summer, the sun will take a little break today and tomorrow until it returns again on Wednesday. Details: Isolated showers could begin as soon as around 4PM this afternoon, however the main body of the system won’t reach us until around 8PM and the heaviest rain will occur…