Rain at times heavy.Wind 70 gusting to 110.Temperature steady near 22.

4 September 2010
Conditions at my location near Liverpool,NS at 8:46:02 AM : 22.8°C (Normals: Max: 22°C Min: 13°C) | Rain/wind | Wind: ESE 55 gust 68 km/h

Yesterday was another hot one here with temps in the low 30Cs once again.Humidity levels were very high and ‘feel like’ readings were near or above 40C.The evening was calm and warm.By midnight we were beginning to get some wind from Earl.
Earl shifted it’s track this morning and will now travel along the south shore.Currently it is raining quite heavily here and the wind is beginning to get quite strong,We are in for a few hours of hurricane conditions.

The forecast for our area issued by Environment Canada :
Hurricane watch in effect

Tropical storm warning in effect

Wind warning in effect

Rainfall warning in effect.
Today
Rain at times heavy ending this afternoon then cloudy. Risk of thundershowers early this morning. Amount 50 to 70 mm. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. Wind southeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 increasing to 70 gusting to 110 this morning then becoming southwest 50 gusting to 80. Temperature steady near 22.

Tonight
Clearing this evening. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 60. Low 15.

Sunday
Sunny. Wind southwest 20 km/h. High 20.

Monday
Sunny. Low 15. High 24.

Today’s Weather Trivia:
4 September 1882: About 3:00 PM in Ottawa, ON, a thunderbolt set Central School's cupola on fire and 400 panicky pupils ran outside. A bolt also broke the 4th class's window and grazed the teacher's neck, severely burning her to her heels before knocking her "senseless." The "electric fluid" (the name for lightning then) resembled a large fireball. A school inspector who was also hit did not recover quickly. – Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

Sky Events:
• International Space Station (next visible sighting):
Date: Saturday, September 04, 2010
Time: 08:47 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 20°
Approach: 16° above NNW
Departure: 16° above NE

Time: 10:22 PM
Duration: Less than 1 minute
Maximum Elevation: 19°
Approach: 19° above NW
Departure: 19° above NW



• Vega, the brightest star of Lyra, the harp, crosses high across the sky tonight. It stands almost directly overhead around 9 or 9:30 p.m. The pure white star is about 25 light-years away, making it one of our closest neighbors. – [Star Date Online]

• AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be low.