Category: General
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Cold by Sunday/Monday and onwards
There are some flurries in the official forecast but don’t expect them to amount to anything. The UWash models has us snow free and dry but mostly cloudy through Sunday. Sunday and Monday temperatures will drop below freezing at night. By Tuesday night we could be looking at temperatures approaching -5° C. It’s going to…
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Continuing quiet weather. 2013 top 10 warmest.
In both the meteorological and figurative sense, the forecast continues to be relatively dry. There does not seem to be any chance of rain (or snow for the mountains) until next Tuesday at the earliest and even then the models are saying it may very well dissipate before it gets to us. The evidence, 1AM…
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Another foggy week of no rain also.. sea temperatures
The jetstream remains bent around a ridge of high pressure over western North America. It will break down a bit today and tomorrow but will rebuild just as strong as ever by Wednesday and Thursday. Here is the jetstream on Thursday. This will keep us foggy and dry (aside from the dampness of the fog)…
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December Smashes 1914 Rain Record – 2013 Second Driest Overall and Warm
Records Fall With 1041 mm at the Airport, 2013 should be officially recorded as the 2nd driest year since records began in 1896. Only 1985 was drier at the official stations. The month of December 2013 was the driest ever recorded. Dry Dry Everywhere: No matter where you look in the Alberni Valley it has…
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New Years and Polar Bear Swim Forecast!
Here it is! The forecast for the first Annual Port Alberni Polar Bear Swim at the new beach. The official entry form is at the bottom of the page! #1: It shouldn’t rain. We should still be between rains, with some scattered showers possible (but unlikely) on New Years Eve and more serious showers slated…