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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 20/10/2026

Hmmm... the little box that has been running for 20 years translating the weather station onto the network… is making a bad sound. :-/ #network #serial #ethernet #weather #wx

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Filed under: when it rains, it pours. The little box that connects my actual weather station and translates its data to the network so that the server can slurp it up appears to be a little finicky right now. It’s been working flawlessly for 20 years, so I guess it is allowed to have a moment […]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

This morning I am moving over the timelapse photography stuff to a new machine so the webcams can upload images again! It’s a beautiful morning! Still images should be back online shortly. Live webcam will take a few more days #PortAlberni #webcam

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

The website is updating once again and all services are being updated as well (windy, wunderground, etc). There is a bug in the all-time data for the Alamanac view that is preventing that view from updating. I’ll work on that over the next few days. No data was lost. I’m still working on […]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

SHAKEOUT Drill! :+) Muscle memory for drop-cover-holdon and Learn your evacuation routes! In #PortAlberni a mega-thrust 9.0M earthquake off the coast of Vancouver Island and Washington State would be very strong, a minute or more. Once the shaking stops, ONLY […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

The (20 year!) weather archive is safe after the failure of the weather server on Sunday. I have just moved it to a new machine. However, when I just tried to switch it on, there looks like a minor snag with a network component that I need to check on this […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

I (weewx-venv) imac@AlemanyiMac-1452 weewx % weewxd
Using configuration file /Users/imac/weewx-data/weewx.conf
^CTraceback (most recent call
last) :
File "/Users/imac/weewx/weewx-venv/1ib/python3.14/site-packages/weewx/drivers/vantage.py", line 357, in openPort
self.socket.connect((self.host, self.port))
TimeoutError: timed out

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Chris Alemany @socialbc.ca · 15/10/2026

#footiMac finally got a proper fsck run on the her SSD. It's not full, but has LOTS of errors. It is bootable but not functional so it is running off a tiny linux USB stick. Enough to get it connected to the network so I can start pulling data off and moving […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

an iMac with a black screen and lot of lines of white text

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Chris Alemany @socialbc.ca · 15/10/2026

boot loader activated! I think we are in business. I can take #footiMac back home now and hopefully @chris@mstdn.chrisalemany.ca will be online again tonight. And most importantly @alberniweather and @AlberniweatherBot will be getting live data again! Phew! That was a tough nut to crack. #footiMac

The refined boot loader is visible on the screen with a number of different options available

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Weather data is currently not updating on the website due to an SSD failure on the weather server. Currently working to salvage the weather data archive! Wish me luck! #weather

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Might have been frost in some parts of the Valley this morning! Unexpected, and not forecast! Just 1.7°C right now! #portalberni #wxtooter #cold

A screenshot of the current and low temp at Alberniweather

08:40 Sun Oct 11
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Almanac Viev
Central Port Alberni
2026-10-11 08:35:00 AM
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Yesterday
Week
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(07:54)
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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

There is a Tsunami threat for Central America after a 8M earthquake near Panama. This will not produce a tsunami in our area. Updates are available here: www.tsunami.gov #Earthquake #Panama #Tsunami

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U.S. Tsunami Warning Centers

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

remember the Petition at the beginning of the summer to restore cuts to Environment Canada. That Petition was presented this week in the House of Commons by NDP MP Gord Johns! youtu.be/T7koQHCbapc?si=yc7LZ2BnIN-… we now await the response from government. #e4769 #eccc #carneyCuts […]

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Chris Alemany @socialbc.ca · 07/10/2026

Hey BC! Today is the first advance poll for municipal elections!! Who’s voting today!? Reply and boost with your community! #PortAlberni :portalberni: is having their polls at Echo Community Centre from 8AM-8PM. GO VOTE but if you’re not ready to vote yet […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Looks like it was nothing. None of the services, including raspberryShake map, shows any recent earthquakes in the area. May have been blasting or something more innocuous #earthquake #vancouverIsland

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Just felt an earthquake in Nanaimo? It was more of a ‘bump’. possible detection at 12:41PM PT on the Alberniweather shake sensor. We’ll see if it pops up on the USGS/NRCan maps. #earthquake #vancouverIsland

A seismic graph showing possible activity around 19:41UTC

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Ed Wiebe @edwiebe.scribili.masto.host.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Summer is really over now #VictoriaBC. Today's rain marks the end of a 24-day 'drought'. We'll see more dry spells this year, but they won't last this long. The chart shows the record of droughts and wets in the region. #UVic

A chart that shows dry and wet periods since 1900 with two colours. Dry periods dominate the summer months, wet periods predominate in the fall. Spring is mixed.

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Bruce Heerssen @bruce.darkmoon.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

New Elle Cordova short This time she gets political and she's brilliant as always. #ElleCordova youtube.com/shorts/AYm9w6W5B-E

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 15/09/2026

Breaking News! Code UFB!!! Yesterday's (preliminary) Nino 3.4 sea-surface temperature just broke past 3.0°C above the 1991-2020 baseline! This marks the 108th consecutive daily record, is 1.07°C above the previous daily record set in 1997, and is 4.02σ above the baseline.

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/09/2026

Precision instruments! 👍 making sure things are level after the latest move :) #weather #wxtooter #PortAlberni

Black bucket of the rain station hanging on the thin wood of the chicken wire run. there is a yellow level balanced on top

the level reports it is level to the south and north!

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 01/09/2026

Data is back online. UV and Solar Radiation graphs will also be correct from today on as the sensors have been moved back to a more exposed spot. #PortAlberni #wxtooter #weathergeek #DavisVantage

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026

data is offline today as I am moving hardware around in the house. It should be back online tonight. #alberniweather

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 14/08/2026

Just added a brand new view for Alberniweather! Skyfield -- see what is in the sky, and stars, and planets over Port Alberni. New tab beside the Neo and Almanac views #weather #wxnerd #WeeWx #astronomy

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

Very strong cell associated with the storm. Hopefully lots of rain! Lightning strikes have diminished. #bcwildfire #portalberni

Large red blobs in the middle of the radar picture

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 13/08/2026

just called in a possible wildfire near Labour Day Lake. We could see what looked like a large plume of brown smoke rising over the hill under the mountain. You can just see the brown hue in the picture here. lots of lightning strikes in that area. Fingers […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

a huge cloud over the mountains. In the middle under the cloud is a darker grey orange area that looks like smoke

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 12/08/2026

A little jealous of the people on the early morning ferry this morning! Spicy Salish Sea! ⚡️ And lightning on water doesn’t make forest fires #lightning #bcstorm #bcwildfire

A radar image and lightning tracker shows clusters of heavy echoes over the strait of Georgia between Nanaimo and Vancouver with red points indicating recent lightning.

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 06/08/2026

poor air quality in #portalberni no AQ yet because it has not lasted long enough, but it is possible we will have one this evening or tomorrow morning if conditions don't improve. Live conditions here […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

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Chris Alemany @socialbc.ca · 05/08/2026

thinking about all the folks in BC suffering from smoke and fire. Some have lost everything. Many are evacuated. Stay safe out there. ❤️ #bcpoli #bcwildifre #portalberni

a picture if a bright ball of orange in the sky from the smoke hanging over the alberni valley

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026

RE: fediscience.org/@hausfath/117015135… Zeke Hausfather is one of the most prominent El Niño experts out there. He mentions the Canadian models today. The old record of 2.8°C above average in the oceanic region could be as high as 3.6°C and 4.2°C by November. Record […]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

RE: mastodon.social/@sharponlooker/1169… Looks like Port Alberni is *just* south of the partial eclipse. The north of Vancouver Island will see a sliver. The total eclipse is through Spain.

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

significant cluster of lightning near Franklin River junction on the Bamfield/Nitinat/PortAlberni/Cowichan road. starting to hear the rumbles. Keep an eye out for wildfire smoke today and the next day or two. But hopefully the rain this weekend will help take […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

lightning creeping up from Nahmint Lake to our south. Going to be an interesting day. Don't count the heat out yet eirher. if we get a break in the clouds we could still heat up fast to 30°C #bcstorm

a ligbtning map showing points directly south of my location just on the edge of the 35km circle

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Chris Alemany🇺🇦🇨🇦🇪🇸 @chris.mstdn.chrisalemany.ca.ap.brid.gy · 23/07/2026

got very spicy outside all of a sudden. definitely storminess incoming. flag is good tho! 🇵🇸 #palestine #freePalestine #gaza #endgenocide #israel #BDS #bcstorm #poolpond #backyardProject #diy #landscaping #wastenotwantnot

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

Currently nearly 38°C. Feels like 40. Oof. 🥵 Stay cool and hydrated out there! Live conditions at www.alberniweather.ca #bcstorm #portalberni #hot

Central Port Alberni
2026-07-22 03:35:00 PM
Current
Yesterday
Week
16.7°C
(05:56)
Outside Temperature »
37.6°C
37.8°C
(15:17)
100.97 kPa
(15:29)
Barometer »
100.97 kPa
101.37 kPa
(07:44)

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14.4°C
(05:27)
16.7°C
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Dew Point
17.6°C
Heat Index
40.2°C
18 km/h NNE
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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 22/07/2026

my station is currently mostly in the shade due to changes in the backyard. So this is definitely an under-count on the temperature from Alberniweather. high of 35.6°C at Alberniweather Heat Index of 37.2 official high of 34.9°C at the Alberni Airport. Humidex […] [Original post on socialbc.ca]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 21/07/2026

Very very hot today. It will feel like 39°C. Stay safe, in the shade, and hydrated. Things will cool off by the weekend. #portalberni #heatwave #bcstorm

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

@RandallHawes ya you’re right on the edge of the zone now. Still plenty of activity up there!

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

Environment Canada has just issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for northern sections of Inland Vancouver Island. “The threat area includes: - Highway 19 between Port McNeill and Campbell River - Highway 28 between Gold River and Campbell River - Woss - Vernon Lake - Zeballos - Tahsis - Gold […]

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

@ChrisIstace ya we got maybe an hour of steady rain. Sun and heat will be back soon tho!

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

It will never not boggle my mind that the little box under my basement stairs can detect an earthquake 4000km away!! These are the 7.3 and 6.0 quakes in Mexico this morning. #mexico #shakenet #raspberryShake #earthquake #mexico

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2026-07-17 14:48:39
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R82A2
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RB20A
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09:16 Fri Jul 17
1 a 47% O
6.0
Near Coast of Chiapas, Mexico
2026-07-17 15:20:06
+ 10 km USGS
MY STATIONS
FOLLOWING
4D
R82A2
4D
R16DA
3D
R8B61
4D
RB20A
3D
RF949
4D
DISTANCE
4844 km
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WAVEFORM (um/s)
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0.4
0.2
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-0.4
-0.6
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40.0
20.0
18:0
4.0
2.0
0:8
03:59
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15:29:00
15:30:00

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Alberniweather ☔️ ☀️ ❄️ 🌬️ @alberniweather.socialbc.ca.ap.brid.gy · 17/07/2026

@ChrisIstace definitely got the rain, but lots of lightning this morning again!

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