Category: Hot
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Extreme Heat Monday – Should Break Thursday – Wildfire danger rising
Time to find water. The forecast high from Environment Canada is 36°C (97°F) with a humidex of 38°C (100°F). The UWash model below is not quite as extreme with a high of “only” between 33-35°C. Either way, that is very hot and would break the short term high temperature since 1995 at the Airport of…
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Warning: Extreme Heat possible next week.
Update 2PM: Special Weather Statement Issued by EC: 1:52 PM PDT Friday 15 June 2018 Special weather statement in effect for: Inland Vancouver Island Major Shift in the Weather Pattern will Bring the First Heat Wave of the Season… Beginning on Saturday, the cool showery weather pattern that has been affecting BC for the last…
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The rain will stop! Sun and Heat on the way!
We got through most of yesterday with just a few sprinkles, but if you were like me and had a son or daughter playing softball, then you know that about 6PM the clouds opened up and the rain poured. Amazingly, my sons game continued. They toughed out three big downpours…. and still played a great…
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No rain in forecast. First Wildfires of season light up on the Island
Aside from some morning clouds and possibility of fog, there is no real moisture in the forecast for the next week. That means the woods and backcountry will continue to dry out and we can expect the fire risk to remain high. Thankfully temperatures will only be in the low to mid twenties over the…
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Rain ending. Week of heat coming. And a poll, did you get the Alert?
Showers will linger all day today as we transition back to a very sunny and warm pattern. Before I get into the forecast though, click through to the post and take the poll! There has been some pretty mixed reports about who got the alert message yesterday and who didn’t! [poll id=3] Hopefully they improve…