Category: General
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Summer might finally be over
Well, I think today might be it. Get out there and enjoy the sun because after today you’ll be seeing a lot more cloud, and by the end of week, some rain. First, Ken Clark at Accuweather says the West Coast is in for a cool down. Now he’s in California, so they’ll be coming…
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The Heat Returns – Come to Harbour Quay 5:30PM Monday!
Well, that big high pressure ridge forecast last week has set up camp over the Pacific NorthWest and California today. The level of heat we get will depend on when the fog clears on these cool damp mornings. They’re calling for 29 and 28 on Tuesday and Wednesday. For perspective: 29 would be 7 degrees…
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Happy Fall Fair Weekend!
A beautiful weekend to be at the fair! We were there Thursday and Friday night. There is an amazing display in the big building with the farm and quilting and stuff. They have a huge map there that shows the alberni valley and where all of the farms are in the Valley. You should really…
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Major Power Outage
There has been a major power outage in Port Alberni. Looks like the entire City and surrounding Valley plus Ucluelet, Tofino and Bamfield are dark. Must have been a big event that caused it, but it wasn’t any weather that I heard about. I’m in Nanaimo right now at work. There won’t be any current…
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The Drought has Broken for now!
Check out that radar image, that’s a doozy of a rain front. EC says we’ll be getting at least 15mm of rain tonight, there was nearly a rainfall warning issued for the West Coast (Uke/Tofino), they’re expecting up to 50mm overnight. So to put it all into perspective, since September 1, we’ve received 16.5mm of…