Category: General
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Rain coming Thursday/Friday
Today should be ok, just cloudy but still relatively warm. Starting Thursday afternoon, we will be getting into rain, and probably some wind as well through the Weekend. The rain should start mid-afternoon: Here is the 1PM Thursday snapshot: It doesn’t look terribly organized on Thursday, however, on Friday, things might get a little more…
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March 31 record set
I just ran through the records for March 31st, and it looks like our warmest since at least 1930 and a new official record. The highest temps for an official Port Alberni station were: 22.2C in 1930 at the original Port Alberni city hall station; 18.9C at the ‘A’ station on the river in 1992;…
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Beautiful Easter Weekend coming!
We got up to 17C yesterday (forecasted high was only 13). Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday… They will all be near the same! Below is the 5PM forecast for Saturday. It is going to be beautiful. It has us getting up to 17C or so. I still don’t think we will hit the 21C EC has…
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Could it really get to 21C??
Well, I’m going to throw just a little cold water on it…. The UWash models don’t have us getting over 14C, though they do show warmth stretching up to Vancouver. Orange is up to 14C, red, 18C. Likewise, the basic GFS model doesn’t have us reaching over 20C. Now all that said, if I recall,…
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Spring is here – Will Arctic ice remain for my daughter?
It’s really difficult to pin down a forecast these days. I guess that’s just the way spring is. But I do notice the high temperatures are creeping ever higher. It may not actually happen, but the high for Friday is forecast to get to 16C! I’d be ok with that. 🙂 We should stay relatively…