Tag: Air quality

  • Rainy start to Fall GoByBike Weeks (Oct 16-29) – Webcam – Eclipse Timelapse – Air Quality

    Rainy start to Fall GoByBike Weeks (Oct 16-29) – Webcam – Eclipse Timelapse – Air Quality

    Monday Wet All Day – Drying out Thursday Well, if you’re looking to participate in the Fall GoByBike week then I hope you have your rain gear! (full disclosure: I’m on the Board of GBBBC :)) We have already recorded nearly 8mm of rain as I type this this morning. The rain should continue throughout…

  • Update: Smoky Skies Return – Bulletin Issued – Rain next week?

    Update: Smoky Skies Return – Bulletin Issued – Rain next week?

    Bulletin Issued Saturday As you’ve no-doubt noticed, the smoke has returned to Vancouver Island including the Alberni Valley. Environment Canada and the Ministry of Environment have issued a Bulletin but it does not cover Vancouver Island at this time. Just the same, with the elevated levels of pm2.5 I would take precautions. The Ministry has…

  • Slight chance of flurries Monday night – Better chance Tuesday

    Slight chance of flurries Monday night – Better chance Tuesday

    UWash model dry until Tuesday afternoon While there might be a very slight chance of rain predicted by EC, the UWash model sees nothing at all on the Island until Tuesday afternoon at the earliest. The 1-2PM Tuesday period is below. There is only a little bit of moisture reaching the north end of the…

  • First Christmas Forecast? (Not really but it’s fun)

    First Christmas Forecast? (Not really but it’s fun)

    Days of stagnant-dry weather The forecast looks *very* stagnant. Aside from a slight chance of some east coast strait effect snow on Sunday the 18th, there is essentially no precipitation in the forecast until at least Wednesday next week. For many places this will mean partially cloudy or even sunny skies. For Port Alberni, this…

  • Chilly – Poor Air Quality – Until Sunday

    Chilly – Poor Air Quality – Until Sunday

    Expect an Inversion It’s fall, and while we haven’t had the rain we normally get in November, we are now getting into inversion conditions with cold air being trapped in local Valleys like ours, and warmer air up in the hills. You can expect poor Air Quality to accompany the inversion. If you can avoid…