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TERRACE — Sure. It’s cold, it’s tainy, it’s,
cloudy ‘and it kind of reminds you. of Prince.

Rupert.

But there’s still hope for a ‘traditional hot Ter- :
race summer, . says . federal: weather forecaster

Adrian Van de Mosselaer.

And that comes from statistics’ which indicate
we have up to-July 31 before average daily high

temperatures begin to.drop . ...

Yet despite that, there still ‘can be, days: where 7
the mercury works its way up the scale, he says.

“There’s absolutely nothing to stop it:from hit- |:
ting the 30s — but just don’t ask me: when the
clouds will. go away,’”. Van. de Mosselaer con~ .

tinued.

re

usually the case,

The average daily high s so far this July is. 18, 9.
That compares to historical averages of 21.3 and

last July’s average of 24,8,'

All this comes from lower daily highs, less SUn- |
shine and mare rain for this month than is what ;

"Last Thur ay, uly 1 18, the daily high. was 15, 4:
‘on the same date last year, the high: was 32,6, .

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-- We've also had hours of sunshine’ reduced; too.

Up to July 18, there had been68-hours of gun-) ©.
shine: For the month last. ‘year; there were 318

‘ “hours. while a normal July. brings in’ 175 hours,

Conversely, the amount of rainfall is -up —
62mm for the first half of July compared to 46mm -
for an average of previous Julys, -

“For this ‘time of: year: what we re getting is
Prince ‘Rupert’ ‘weather —‘the same temperatures
— although we don't have as much rain as. they
.do,’’ aid Van de Mosselaer.

- This month is’ also'a bit of a downer t because
May and June had better: weather than the tradi-
tional’ averages for those months, he’ continued. :

**May had the second highest hours of sunshine
ever. And there was half the rain of. May 19949,'”
.Said Van de Mosselaer. — .

For the latest weather reports, call 635-4192 for
taped ery

Mine charges a ‘travesty’

TERRACE — Westmin Mines
Lid. is calling the 15 charges

laid against it for pollution at-its --

mine near Stewart “a travesty.’ ”
The company is appearing -in

sel-a date for trial. -
Westmin’ is ‘illeged to ‘have

discharged -zinc-contaminated -
mine water from its Premier’
operation” inta. Cooper Creek,-

Fletcher Creek and Cascade

tions of its permit. -
Westmin vice-president Bruce
McKnight issued a statement

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