Category: General
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No escape from spring yet… Bummer start to summer.
Contrary to the Environment Canada forecast of just yesterday, the forecast today is not calling for 26C and sunny on Friday. Instead it is more of the same, relatively dry, but cool. The GFS model never had anything above 20C this week so it seems there was some disagreement somewhere over how the weather would…
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Sun! Break through before the rain!
A quick post today… Though sorta like the ‘stopped clock being right twice a day’ the last post applies just as well to today as it did on the 11th! The fog and cloud deck isn’t nearly as high or thick and so shouldn’t be as persistent as that day though. If you went as…
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Break through the fog!
We are a little socked in this morning. The East side of the Island is bathed in warm sun but we have a pretty thick deck of cloud above us. Once the sun climbs high enough into the sky though I think you’ll see the clouds burn off pretty quickly and we should get into…
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Success! Seeing Venus transit of the Sun from Port Alberni!
Update! Some last ones from Brian Hartt posted at the bottom. Spooky! The skies finally started to clear in the past couple hours and the sun is now visible along with Venus! (using the proper equipment, see previous post!) A local resident, Brian Hartt, has taken some excellent pictures with his telescope! Click for full…
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Can you see Venus through the clouds?
Today is a very special day! Today the planet Venus will pass between the Earth and the Sun. As I heard yesterday on the CBC, this is a very rare event, the next time it happens will not be for another 105 years. It’s also one of the most important events astronomically because it was…