Victoria British Columbia Weekend Weather Forecast: May 31-June 2

Causal Relationship

I’ve taken a bit of a blog break (if anybody noticed) for the past few weeks.  Oddly enough my blog-cation has coincided with a stretch of cold and gloomy weather so I figure it is time to get back into the game – motivated perhaps by a bizarre hope that this will cause some sort of weather revolution.

Plus I’ve had a few requests to “please do something about this rain”.

OK, I’ll try.  But first a story about correlation and causation (terms scientists swoon over).

Years ago while driving with my 6-year-old son he pointed to a passing jogger and said: “Look dad, he is running fast…..and…he’s bald”.

A little while later we passed another jogger:  “Hey dad, he’s bald too”.

Based on a sample size of 2 he found a correlation between guys jogging and male pattern baldness, and thus concluded that:

jogging causes baldness      OR      baldness causes jogging

So all this to say that any connection between my return to blogging and an improvement in the weather – which will happen this weekend – is purely coincidental.  But maybe if it happens again (based a sample size of 2), I’ll rethink it.

By the way as a pre-ramble to the forecast, this weekend there will be sightings of the glowing orb in the sky called “the sun” (I almost forgot what to call it).

Friday: A mix of sun and cloud, then clearing by evening. Breezy with highs of 18 C.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with occasional showers – gradually clearing in the evening. Winds light with highs of 16 C.

Sunday: Mostly sunny (yes sunny) with afternoon breezes. Highs of 20 C.

This weekend, I’m going jogging.

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Victoria British Columbia Weather Forecast: The Weekend of June 22-24

“Jogglling”

Continuing on my power walking saga, I am now starting to jog – actually it is a mix of jogging with power walking (I call it “Jogglling”). I was feeling the need to run, in part because my walking was getting better – actually passing octogenarians with their walkers. As well, for some reason bystanders would shout:

Run Forrest!…Run!

Finally, my power walking style is rather funny – I’ve heard the expression,  looking like a tourista in Mexico searching desperately for a bathroom… and it applies to me…so I jog and I am a jet plane taking off into the blue. Really.

Speaking of desperate searches, where’s the heat? June temperatures have consistently been below normal, and this weekend looks like more of the same thanks to another upper cold low running down from the Aleutians and stopping for a weekend rest over us.

Friday: Mostly cloudy with afternoon rain accompanied by breezes – ending by the evening. Highs of 16 C.

Saturday: Mostly cloudy with rain in the early a.m., breaking up by mid-morning with clearing into the evening. Winds light, but expect afternoon breezes. Highs of 16 C.

Sunday: Sunny to start, then cloud walking into the picture by the afternoon. Winds light with highs of 19 C.

This weekend, I’m cooling my jets.

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