Tag: rain
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Good soggy morning from the bus!
Back to work and the bus I am back to work at VIU this week and this is my first post from the bus in quite a long time! Last year I had started to catch the bus to VIU from Woodgrove as it made for a shorter commute, but I found I missed the…
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Potential for major lightning event tonight
There is a special weather statement for the south and east island but looking at both the radar and lightning tracker, I have never seen anything quite like what is moving up through northern Washington right now! I have a video of the radar in this Mastodon post: And here is the lightning in the…
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Summer Solstice Seconds – First Look at July Long Weekend
Solstice Thursday June 20 1:50PM PDT The solstice will occur just 29 minutes after midday in Port Alberni — the sun is highest around 1PM, not noon, during Daylight Savings Time. If you check the Almanac Page you’ll see sun rise is at 5:13AM today, the 19th, as well as the 20th. It is actually…
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Happy Spring Equinox!
Official at 8:06PM PDT Just a quick post to say Happy Spring Equinox! The official time of the equinox is 8:06PM PDT on March 19 (3:06AM March 20 UTC). It’s already a beautiful day! The sun will be out in full force today and then clouds will start to come in on Wednesday. I don’t…
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Saint Patty’s Day Records didn’t quite top 1930/40s – Next Rain coming Thursday – Podcast Up!
Beautiful weekend anyway! It was a perfect weekend and perfect start to Spring Break for the school kids out there! If you were lucky enough to be out and about Friday through Sunday then you were treated to the warmest St Patrick’s Day for at least the past 30 years (modern Airport records go back…