Category: Hot

  • Continuing quiet weather. 2013 top 10 warmest.

    In both the meteorological and figurative sense, the forecast continues to be relatively dry. There does not seem to be any chance of rain (or snow for the mountains) until next Tuesday at the earliest and even then the models are saying it may very well dissipate before it gets to us. The evidence, 1AM…

  • Beautiful weather continues – November drying out.

    Is it November? I don’t know, but it sure doesn’t seem like it. Here we were expecting some more storms to roll in by next week and give us some familiar november rain, but instead it looks like the High that has kept us cold is going to stick around and at least keep us…

  • Extremely Dry October 2013 Recap

    It’s time for the October 2013 recap, dry as a skeleton’s bones edition. Monthly Timelapse: This October has been extremely dry. Only a handful of Octobers since records began in the Alberni Valley in 1894 have been drier than this one. Our normal amount of rain is around 200 mm. We received a paltry 25.6mm…

  • Fire, Rain, Spooks and Storms

    Lots to talk about this morning! First, hopefully you got outside yesterday to enjoy the warmest weather in Canada. OK, not officially, but it was 21C on my station and the official hotspot in Canada was North Cowichan at 20C. You likely saw the fire on the other side of the Beauforts. I first noticed…

  • Soak up Thursday afternoon sun cuz Friday you might get soaked.

    Hope you will be able to get outside and enjoy this afternoons unexpected sun and warmth! Tomorrow it looks like it will all come crashing down 🙂 Showers should start right away in the early morning. Here is the 5AM image, you can see the front just passing over. It will get more serious through…