Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️

Providing weather information for the Alberni Valley and forecast blogs at alberniweather.ca for the central Vancouver Island area since 2005. To see blog posts directly in your feed from Alberniweather search for @alberniweatherblog. There is also a weather conditions Bot @AlberniweatherBot.
My personal Mastodon account is @chris and blog is @chrisblog

Counting the low pressure systems currently visible on earth from Artemis II.
1, 2,3,4,5?
6:54:04CT
24661.21mph
#ArtemisII #NASA #Weather #Earth

April 10, 2026

I just did a double take when I looked at my station and it was reporting nearly 23°C!

The airport is at 18°C but personal stations around the city are all between 18 and 24!

It is April 5th!!

#weather #bcwx #portalberni

April 05, 2026

-2°C!
Brrr!
#PortAlberni

March 30, 2026

The fact that a tiny box in my basement on Vancouver Island can sense an earthquake (and not even a really big one) in Japan will never not amaze me!

#earthquake #japan #raspberryShake #vancouverIsland

March 27, 2026

The weather server will be offline until at least Saturday as I am away and there appears to be a major issue with the server itself.

Not sure if it is related to the wind storm. There may have been a power outage.

Data will be offline from the website for now. Live webcams may still work, but still images will be stopped.

Apologies for the interruption!

#Weather #HomeLab #PortAlberni

March 26, 2026

Having issues with the webcam timelapse generation scripts among other things of late, so I'll be turning off the still image capture for a few days until I can get a chance to figure it out.

The youtube live streams should continue to work though.

#Webcams #Timelapse

March 25, 2026

84kph! High Wind Gust!
highest measured in quite a few years I believe!

will have to go back through my records
https://alberniweather.ca
#bcstorm #wind #portalberni

March 25, 2026

RE: https://alaskan.social/@AlaskaWx/116269075328452645

Fascinating to see these anomalies when overall the Arctic especially is warming so rapidly.
#climatechange #ice #arctic

March 23, 2026

74mm this week. Not nearly what was feared. Friends in Ucluelet are north of 400mm!
#bcstorm #portalberni

March 23, 2026

It was such a beautiful day?
It is currently not beautiful outside!
🌧️ 🌧️ 🌧️ 💨 💨
#portalberni #bcstorm #blustery

March 22, 2026

The sun crosses the equator from south to north at 7:46AM PDT! Happy Vernal Equinox!!
☀️ ☔️
#portalberni #equinox

March 20, 2026

The Atmospheric River is not done with us yet. Next wave should have the most precip.

Rain and wind starts again tonight and continues through Wednesday.

Very West Coast focused.

The model has backed off a little for the central/inland Island and the east coast north of duncan is surprisingly dry.

Victoria and Port Alberni might get similar amounts, around 20-40mm, whereas Nanaimo and Courtenay get less.
#PortAlberni #BCStorm

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