Category: General
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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…
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Final Day of Spring – Happy Summer Solstice
Today is the last full day of Spring. That means it will also be the longest day of the year. Sunrise (as you can see on the right of the page) was at 4:31AM and sunset will be at 10:21PM tonight. Summer solstice is officially at 3:51AM PDT Saturday June 21. As if to send…
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Slightly sunnier, showers Thursday night/Friday, warmest May.
The forecast has brightened a bit. It should be cooler but still pleasant today. We are still on track to get some rain showers Thursday night but not as much, it seems, as other areas of the Island (east and west coast). We will see if that even pans out. The weekend is looking nicer…
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Mostly dry but cool week ahead – hot next week perhaps?
Summary: Don’t expect any super hot days in the next week or so. We might get lucky and have the sun come out for a little longer than expected one day, but mostly this week is going to be pretty variable, with cloud, sun, rain and wind all taking turns. Temperatures should be a little…
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Interesting (showery/stormy?) couple days, then good conditions for AC/DC Saturday
Update: 2PM The first storm cell has moved through and there hasn’t been any more lightning detected on the Island but another couple cells look to be moving up from the Cowichan/Nanaimo areas along the same lines. Expect more showers in the next hour or so. Update: 1PM Lightning detected in past few minutes along…