Category: General
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Official January Observations Are In
This just in, I’ve been handed the official record of weekday weather observations in January for Port Alberni. From left to right you have: Cloudy, partly cloudy, rain, snow, thunderstorm, wind, and finally sun. This is a weekly task in my daughters’ Grade 2 class at Alberni Elementary. 🙂 Definitely looks like the clouds had…
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Long Term Winter Forecast Bombs.
Well it’s hard to deny it anymore, and indeed, the weather forecasters are now starting to apologize… Why? Because this winter has really been nothing like what they (yours truly included) were predicting in those breathless forecasts back in October and November. Both Environment Canada and Accuweather.com were predicting a very cold winter for Western…
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Warm Weeks coming
Note: Over the next day or so you might see the website delayed in updates. It’s just some traffic on my home connection that will be over by the end of Monday or Tuesday night. The models are showing us getting out of our rather chilly, foggy existence and into something a little more pleasant.…
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Snow – then a slight warming?
Starting early Saturday morning there is a threat for snow in Port Alberni and the other usual places. Again like it has been all winter, how long it snows will depend on how long the cold sticks around in the Valley and the warm southerly winds stay away. This storm doesn’t strike me as a…
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Smart Meter install takes down Alberniweather.ca — fixed now
Dun Dun Daaaaahhhh… They just did it! I have a smart meter! OMG!!!! As a result of the 1 minute (or so) power interruption to my home, caused by the roughly 5 minute visit from the BC Hydro employee who installed the Smart Meter pictured above (including knock on the door) my website updates were…