Sunday, January 16, 2011

16 January 2011 - Conditions at 8:56 AM: +1.6C,Partly clear, Wind: WSW 19 km/h

Yesterday was an uneventful weather day with temps a few degrees above freezing along with generally clear skies and calm winds.Temps dropped to a few degrees below freezing in the evening.Overnight the temps began to rise and we are above freezing this morning.

We may see a few flurries or showers today and temps are expected to begin to drop this afternoon.Tomorrow is expected to be a winter day with cold temps expected.A big warm up is on the way for mid week.

Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :

(Normals: Max 0C / Min -10C)

Today

A few flurries ending this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of flurries. A few showers along the coast this morning. Amount 2 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming west 30 gusting to 50 near noon. High plus 2 with temperature falling to minus 2 this afternoon.

Tonight

Cloudy periods with 40 percent chance of flurries. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 this evening. Low minus 10.

Monday

A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of flurries in the morning. Clearing in the evening. Wind northwest 20 km/h. High minus 5.

Tuesday

A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 12. High zero.

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The marine forecast:

Freezing spray warning in effect.
Wind southwest 20 to 25 knots veering to northwesterly 25 to 30 late
 this afternoon then diminishing to northwest 20 near midnight. Wind
 diminishing to northwest 15 Monday afternoon. Flurries ending this
 morning. Chance of flurries today. Freezing spray beginning this
 evening and ending Monday afternoon. High today zero. Low tonight
 minus 8. High Monday minus 2.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

16 January 1913: A huge piece of ice fell and killed a mine worker in Sudbury, ON. He was near an open pit when the chunk of ice, hanging about 25 m above, dropped from the wall. The descending mass loosened by thawing weather struck and broke a bench, lifting the victim and killing him instantly. The fatality was the third attributable to a balmy thaw spell in a week. -Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

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Sky Events:

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ISS visible sightings:

No sightings until Jan 23.

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Winter nights abound with some of the brightest stars in the sky: Rigel and Betelgeuse in Orion, Aldebaran in Taurus, and Procyon in Canis Minor, the little dog, to name but a few.

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

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