Kitimat’s spring blizzard
The end of March 2026 in Kitimat has been nasty. Rather than slowly becoming springlike we’ve had snow storm after snow storm, with the latest (after the spring equinox) was more like a blizzard in January or February.
The end of March 2026 in Kitimat has been nasty. Rather than slowly becoming springlike we’ve had snow storm after snow storm, with the latest (after the spring equinox) was more like a blizzard in January or February.
With cold, clear skies over Kitimat in late January, both the waning and waxing (new) moon appeared over the mountains and the channel close to sunset. January 21 had high clouds that hid the moon, but the sky was clear again on January 22.
I converted the colour harvest moon photos I took on Octoer 9 to black and white, creating dramatic inages.
Sunny September afternoon at Kitimat’s Minette Bay West Park, Sept. 9. Still water at high tide, plus great blue herons.
(Updated Sept. 4, 2025 with enhanced NASA images, the MODIS picture of the day, replacing earlier live image from Worldview) Double trouble for Kitimat on September 2, 2025. There were apocalyptic skies with heavy smoke looking like a J. M. W. Turner painting. The heavy smoke came from two sources. The winds are blowing smoke […]
Summer finally returns to Kitimat after a couple of weeks of absolutely miserable weather. Minette Bay West, almost high tide, no wind, lots of reflections, about noon, August 21, 2025