Category: Hot
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Another decent day – Dry long forecast
Was yesterday beautiful or what!? We reached a balmy 18C and stations all over Vancouver Island flirted with the hot spot for BC for the day. No records broken, it was just a very nice, normal spring day. Today should be pretty good. The clouds should not thicken and threat of rain won’t come until…
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March 31 record set
I just ran through the records for March 31st, and it looks like our warmest since at least 1930 and a new official record. The highest temps for an official Port Alberni station were: 22.2C in 1930 at the original Port Alberni city hall station; 18.9C at the ‘A’ station on the river in 1992;…
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Beautiful Easter Weekend coming!
We got up to 17C yesterday (forecasted high was only 13). Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday… They will all be near the same! Below is the 5PM forecast for Saturday. It is going to be beautiful. It has us getting up to 17C or so. I still don’t think we will hit the 21C EC has…
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Could it really get to 21C??
Well, I’m going to throw just a little cold water on it…. The UWash models don’t have us getting over 14C, though they do show warmth stretching up to Vancouver. Orange is up to 14C, red, 18C. Likewise, the basic GFS model doesn’t have us reaching over 20C. Now all that said, if I recall,…
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UPDATED: Snow Wind Rain coming – Chances…
UPDATE 9:15 – The station is online. There is no wind value right now as I did not install the anemometer because it was icy on the roof. Hopefully I can do that tomorrow but I’m thinking the Weekend is more likely. It will take a few days for the Almanacs and Graphs to fill…