Category: Hot
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Heat Alert continues until overnight temperatures cool. Fires are sweeping the Interior.
Interesting and prudent message from Environment Canada this evening. Emphasis added. 8:15 PM PDT Wednesday 30 June 2021Heat Warning in effect for: Inland Vancouver Island The current heat wave has become less intense. However, temperatures will remain unseasonably warm for the remainder of the week. In collaboration with BC Health Authorities, MSC has decided to…
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After all-time record – Relief has come – Fire Sparked along Beaufort.
Unexpected cool breeze! The forecast is calling for 37°C today, but I am hopeful that that may be an overestimate. The breeze this morning is cool inflow up the Inlet and it is having a direct impact on our temperature and humidity which you can see below. You can see these graphs in real-time on…
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UPDATE – THE RECORD WILL BE BROKEN – Potential All Time Port Alberni record today. Extreme Fire Danger. Heat may not break as soon but will break.
UPDATED 4:30PM – THE RECORD WILL BE BROKEN At the 4PM reading, the Airport reported 42.2ºC. Assuming there is no malfunction, that record will potentially stand as the record. However, yesterday the temperature did not peak until the 5PM hour so we will have to wait to see whether this is the final high temperature.…
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Final hottest days – Over 40°C – Possible hottest Port Alberni days ever recorded. Heatwave breaks Tuesday. Water Restrictions. Extreme Fire Danger.
The oppressive heat continues today but there is an end on the horizon. Sunday and Monday will mark the final days of this heatwave. They will be the hottest of all. Sunday 41°C possible. There is a tiny sliver of good news this morning. And that is that we managed to still get down to…
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Extreme Heat Starts today. Morning and Afternoon Temperatures and some Tips.
The forecast remains dangerously hot this weekend and Monday. As I start this post at 6:37AM the low of the morning has already passed at 16.1°C. It is now 16.9°C and rising. If you don’t have Air Conditioning or a Heat Pump, the National Weather Service out of Seattle put out a great simple guide…