Thundershowers ending this morning.High 27 except 20 along parts of the coast. UV index 9.

10 August 2010
Conditions at my location near Liverpool,NS at 6:33:14 AM : 18.7°C (Normals: Max: 24°C Min: 14°C) | Overcast w/ thunder | Wind: SW 12 km/h
Yesterday was quite warm with afternoon temps in the middle 20Cs and increasing humidity levels.Clouds began moving into the area in the evening and temps were in the upper teens overnight.This morning we are getting some light rain and a few rumbles of thunder.Some clearing is expected later this morning but more showers are possible tonight and tomorrow.Temps will be quite warm.


The 3 day forecast for our area issued by Environment Canada :
Today -- A few showers or thundershowers ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud. Local amount 15 mm. Fog patches retreating to the coast this morning. Wind southwest 20 km/h. High 27 except 20 along parts of the coast. UV index 9 or very high.
Tonight -- Cloudy periods. 60 percent chance of showers overnight with risk of thundershowers. Fog patches spreading inland. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low 15.
Wednesday -- Sunny with cloudy periods. 30 percent chance of showers in the afternoon and early in the evening. Fog patches in the morning. High 26 except 20 along parts of the coast.
Thursday -- Sunny. Low 14. High 21.

Today’s Weather Trivia:
10 August 1949: Food-store workers in Sturgeon Falls, ON, smelled burnt paper. A windstorm 5 days before had pushed up the store's awning enough to allow the sun's rays to strike a display of gallon jugs filled with pickling vinegar. The jugs acted as a burning glass, which concentrated the rays onto the packing boxes the jugs sat upon. Over the 5 days, 1 box had almost completely burnt. – Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

Sky Events:
• International Space Station (next visible sighting):
Date: Wednesday, August 11, 2010
Time: 04:32 AM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 44°
Approach: 33° above WNW
Departure: 27° above NNE


• During moonless August mornings, a ghostly pyramid of light sometimes rises from the eastern horizon. Called "zodiacal light," this pale glow is produced by sunlight reflecting off tiny dust grains in the plane of Earth's orbit around the Sun. – [Star Date Online]

• AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be active. Weather permitting, active auroral displays will be visible overhead from Inuvik, Yellowknife, Rankin and Igaluit to Juneau, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Sept-Iles, and visible low on the horizon from Vancouver, Great Falls, Pierre, Madison, Lansing, Ottawa, Portland and St. Johns.