Liverpool,Nova Scotia - Quiet weather

Published: 3/2/2010 8:00 AM

Current conditions in Liverpool,NS: 1.9°C | Overcast | Wind: NNW 16 gust 30 km/h

(Normals: Max: 2°C Min: -8°C)

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Yesterday was very mild here with afternoon temps reaching to the +8°C range.There was a little sunshine but it was cloudy for the most part with just a few light showers.The wind was generally light.Most of our snow has now melted away.

Overnight the temps dropped to the low single digits and it is expected to be seasonably cool for the next few days.Sunshine and clearer skies are expected back by the weekend.

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The 3 day forecast for our area issued by Environment Canada:

Today

Cloudy with sunny periods and 40 percent chance of rain showers or flurries. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50. High plus 3.

Tonight

Cloudy. 40 percent chance of rain showers or flurries changing to 40 percent chance of flurries this evening. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50. Low minus 2.

Wednesday

Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Wind north 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northeast 20 gusting to 40 late in the day. High plus 3.

Thursday

Flurries and rain showers. Windy. Low minus 2. High plus 1.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

2 March 2007: A man taking a long walk with his dogs near Iqaluit, NU, slipped and fell 90 m, puncturing a lung and breaking 7 ribs, his collarbone, a shoulder, and a wrist. Only his dogs and the ravens circling overhead witnessed what he feared were his final hours; 7 hours later, his wife called police and he was rescued. It was unusually mild (-21°C), but he also suffered hypothermia and frostbite. – Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

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SKY EVENTS:

There are only some short early morning passes of the ISS visible here for the next while.

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-Al C