Category: General
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Smoke Ends… is Rain coming?
They lifted the Smoke Advisory this morning. The change in the air this morning was very noticeable compared to Thursday. What a weird light Thursday produced…. it was as if it was evening all day long. I’ve never seen anything like it growing up in Port Alberni. Would love to hear about anyone else who…
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Smoke Advisory Issued for Port Alberni and East Coast
As you may have guessed, the Smoke Advisory remains in effect. And I don’t see much improvement in the air quality until Saturday when we’re supposed to get a little rain. There are air quality advisories of some sort for almost all of Southern BC. Here is the warning from the BC Ministry of Environment:…
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Intermittent Weather Data today
Hi everyone, Just to let everyone know, there will be only intermittent updates to the weather values today so keep an eye on the “Last Updated” line just under the temperature and other stats to make sure you know if the values shown are current or not. I’m making some updates to the weather server…
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We have a Summer Winner! Congrats Natalie
Yesterday it heated up, fast. So at 12:30PM when the temperate passed 30C at alberniweather.ca, Natalie became the winner of the Alberniweather Summer Contest. Congratulations Natalie! Your prize is a fabulous pair of Super Soakers. There’s nothing like a good old fashioned water fight to beat the heat in the summertime. You can claim your…
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New weather stations online in Port Alberni and West Coast
Hey! Great news from the world of local weather information! The folks at UVic who run the “Schoolnet” islandweather.ca websites (and sub-sites, nanaimoweather.ca and victoriaweather.ca) have just brought four new stations online! There are now weather stations feeding into the network (along with this one of course) from Alberni Elementary School, Maquinna Elementary School, Wikkaninnish…