Liverpool,Nova Scotia - A few showers ending this morning then clearing.

5 May 2010

Conditions in Liverpool,NS at 7:01:31 AM : 9.1°C | Rain | Wind: NNE 9 km/h

 (Normals: Max: 13°C Min: 4°C)

            It was just like mid-summer here yesterday with temps reaching the upper +20°C range.The official temp was recorded at 26.6°C.The wind was quite gusty but that diminished in the late afternoon/early evening as clouds began to move into the area.Evening temps were in the upper teens but dropped overnight as some precip began.

            It is currently raining lightly but that is expected to end this morning.Temps will be cooler than yesterday but will still be a little above what is considered normal.

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

Today -- A few showers ending this morning then clearing. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h near noon. High 16. UV index 5 or moderate.

 Tonight -- Clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 8 except plus 4 in low lying inland areas.

 Thursday -- Sunny. Increasing cloudiness early in the afternoon with periods of rain beginning in the afternoon. Risk of thundershowers in the evening. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Fog patches developing late in the day. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 near noon then becoming west 30 gusting to 50 in the evening. High 19 except 12 along parts of the coast.

 Friday -- Sunny. Low 8. High 14.

Today’s Weather Trivia:

May 5,1886: A cyclone hit at night near Melita, SK, tossing a shanty and its occupant into the air. While airborne, the man received a 15-cm gash to his head from a flying piece of timber. Another resident sought safety by clinging to grass as his small house was lifted and transported 1 km. Amazingly, a suit coat stored in a trunk remained there but one sleeve was ripped off and never seen again. – Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

Sky Events:

ISS:

1. Date: Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Time: 09:39 PM

Duration: 1 minutes

Maximum Elevation: 21°

Approach: 20° above N

Departure: 16° above NNE

 

2. Date: Wednesday, May 05, 2010

Time: 11:14 PM

Duration: Less than 1 minute

Maximum Elevation: 25°

Approach: 21° above NNW

Departure: 25° above N

 

Two giant star clusters are visible in the constellation Hercules. They are families of hundreds of thousands of stars packed into a ball that's only a few dozen light-years across. Known as M13 and M92, they are in the northeast at nightfall.-- [StarDate Online | Weekly Stargazing Tips]

 

 

 

 

-Al C