Conditions at 6:37 AM: 13.0C, Rain, Wind: NE 20 gust 31 km/h

5 October 2010 

Yesterday was seasonable with temps reaching into the upper teens along with a mix of sun and cloud.The sky was completely overcast by nightfall and some light rain began soon after.Temps were mild in the evening and remained in the mid to lower double digits overnight.

The revised forecast has rain or showers for us for the rest of the week.Clearing but slightly cooler by the weekend.

 

The forecast for our area issued by Environment Canada :

(Normals: Max 15C / Min 6C)

• Today

Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers early this morning. Clearing near noon. Wind east 20 km/h becoming light this morning. High 18. UV index 5 or moderate.

 

• Tonight

Increasing cloudiness near midnight. Wind becoming east 20 km/h overnight. Low 10.

 

• Wednesday

Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning late in the afternoon. Amount 5 mm. Wind east 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming southeast 50 gusting to 70 in the evening. High 16.

 

• Thursday

Periods of rain. Low 12. High 16.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

5 October 1910:1910: Near Cornwall, ON, lightning ruined a farmer's barns, crop, harness supply, and some of his wagons. It wrecked a house's gable, then entered its parlour, tearing plaster and ruining pictures and a mirror. In the next room, it shivered the occupants' bedstead and scorched the mattress and springs; they would have been killed had the bolt struck at night. Oddly, the house did not catch fire.

   – Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

 

 

Sky Events:

• International Space Station (visible sighting):

Date: Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Time: 05:08 AM 

Duration: Less than 1 minute

Maximum Elevation: 25°

Approach: 25° above ENE

Departure: 20° above ENE

 

Time: 06:41 AM 

Duration: 3 minutes

Maximum Elevation: 23°

Approach: 16° above NW

Departure: 16° above NNE

 

 

• Look high overhead on moonless October evenings for a faint smudge of light. The smudge is the most distant object visible to the unaided eye: the Andromeda galaxy, M31, which is around 2.5 million light-years away

 

 

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