Category: General
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Not quite records and Port Alberni “A” station gone for good.
So close! The forecast for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday is still pretty awesome. Highs of 22°C , 26°C and 24°C respectively. This does approach our all time modern record (since 1961) for April which was set April 30th, 1998 when we hit 29.5°C. I don’t expect to get anywhere near 30°C tomorrow, so the April…
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Summer is coming early – Possible record heat?
It’s hard to think of a better forecast than what we have for this week… except perhaps if it included the weekend. 🙂 Monday: The cloud you see is just fog. Head up or over the hump and it’s crystal clear. This fog should burn off by 11AM. As you can see in the humidity…
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A new chapter… I’m going to run for Council
We interrupt this regularly scheduled weather broadcast for a brief announcement. I’m going to run for Councillor in Port Alberni in November. I love this town – my town – and have loved serving it in a small way through this website. I have great concerns for the future that I believe must be addressed…
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Rain through Thursday – Easter Egg Hunt Forecast
Spring showers are back and that’s not a bad thing. I’ve turned off the spigots on my water barrels so that instead of acting as flood and runoff mitigators (which they do very well) they will now actually collect water in preparation for the dry season. I think it takes about 50mm of rain to…
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Hot spot weekend. Red Moon Tonight
It was a fantastic weekend of sunny weather. I’m probably not the only one that got a bit of colour on my cheeks from it. We also competed for hotspot in BC. Our official high of 18.6°C on Saturday lost out to Cultis Lake but on Sunday we reached 20.9°C which was a new short…