Sunny with cloudy periods.High 20. UV index 7.

5 September 2010
Conditions at my location near Liverpool,NS at 7:36:52 AM : 15.5°C (Normals: Max: 22°C Min: 13°C) | Clear | Wind: SSW 13 km/h

Earl landed here yesterday and made for an interesting morning.It was still a class 1 hurricane when it made landfall a little to the west of us.Winds were quite strong and there were numerous power failures and lots of trees down throughout the province (my power was out for about 5 hours).The rainfall was significantly less than expected with only 24 mm being measured at the Western Head weather station.There was no great amount of damage reported in my immediate area.
The sky began to clear by noon and the bulk of the storm ended soon after.Winds remained gusty until the late afternoon but the afternoon temps were near 25°C.More on Earl :
[Earl pounds province - Front - TheChronicleHerald.ca]
[South Shore residents ‘make best’ of storm’s landfall - Front - TheChronicleHerald.ca]
The weather is now back to normal with Earl breaking the heat wave that we had all of last week.Temps will be warm this week but no where near the values we were having and they will be more within the normal range.


The forecast for our area issued by Environment Canada :
Today
Sunny with cloudy periods. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 20. UV index 7 or high.

Tonight
Clear. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light overnight. Low 13.

Monday
Sunny. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h in the afternoon. High 21.

Tuesday
Cloudy. Low 15. High 25.


Today’s Weather Trivia:
5 September 2005: Many Manitobans spent a good part of their Labour Day holiday cleaning up from a vicious storm that toppled sheds, uprooted trees, and cut electricity for hours. The Selkirk area was hardest hit, with intense lightning, hail up to 3 cm in diameter, and winds gusting to 113 km/h. Just north of Selkirk, the wind flipped over 5 planes, including 1 tied down to a 3/4-tonne concrete block. – Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

Sky Events:
• International Space Station (next visible sighting):
Date: Sunday, September 05, 2010
Time: 09:15 PM
Duration: 2 minutes
Maximum Elevation: 27°
Approach: 19° above NNW
Departure: 24° above NE


• If you have nice, dark skies, look for the Milky Way crossing high across the sky tonight. The subtle glow of its myriad stars arcs high across the east as darkness falls, and directly overhead later on. – [Star Date Online]

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