Category: Hot

  • The month that was September 2012

    The temperatures were nice. The sun was beautiful. The mornings were crisp. The afternoons were warm. This my friends sums up the majority of September 2012… and indeed most of August. It can also be summed up in other ways: It is by far the driest September in the short record at Alberniweather: 2006: 79.8mm…

  • No real rain – fire danger remains

    The forecast for the day is for a whopping 4mm of rain. If that rain actually happens I think it’s safe to say your grass and garden won’t notice it. This is the only hint of precipitation on the GFS model. EC does say there is a chance for rain on Tuesday but that has…

  • No end in sight to dry weather

    I just pulled up the GFS forecast again and the end to the dry weather that I mentioned was possible a couple days ago has now disappeared completely from the long range. Of course long range forecasts are the least certain. Surely though, this is unusual for a forecast reaching to Oct 14: Notice the…

  • Fall is here – sun remains

    The Fall Equinox is tomorrow, September 22nd at 7:49AM PDT. Don’t expect much change in the weather though because aside from the fog being more persistent, the sun will still be breaking through and deliver pleasant afternoons for at least another week or two. The only negative is how dry it has been but we’ve…

  • Missed our record yesterday… Whales didn’t care

    So we didn’t get up to the 30C we were supposed to reach yesterday. Personally I think it was due to the smoke and haze from Eastern Washington fires… But I don’t have any confirmation of that. Today and through the weekend though we have quite a bit more marine air so it’s going to…