22 January 2011 - Conditions at 8:32 AM: -5.7C, Clear, Wind: W 27 gust 40 km/h

Yesterday was quite messy here with snow beginning in the morning and continuing into the early afternoon when it then changed to rain.Snowfall amounts were less than 5cms and the rain washed most of it away.High temps were near +9C.

Temps began to drop in the early evening and were below freezing by 9PM.The re were a few light flurries through the late evening and overnight with no measurable accumulations.Winds were quite brisk and still are this morning.

Temps will be below freezing for the next few days with some extremely cold weather expected early next week.

Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :

(Normals: Max -1C / Min -10C)

Today

Cloudy with sunny periods and 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. Clearing near noon. Wind west 40 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing to 20 gusting to 40 this afternoon. High minus 4.

Tonight

Clear. Becoming cloudy periods near midnight. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light overnight. Low minus 11.

Sunday

Sunny with cloudy periods. Wind becoming north 20 km/h gusting to 40 early in the evening. High minus 6.

Monday

Sunny. Low minus 15. High minus 11.

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The marine forecast:

Gale warning in effect.

Freezing spray warning in effect.

Wind westerly 35 knots diminishing to northwest 30 this morning and

 to 20 early this afternoon. Wind backing to west 10 to 15 late this

 afternoon then diminishing to light this evening. Wind increasing to

 northeast 15 to 20 Sunday morning then backing to north 25 Sunday

 afternoon. A few flurries ending early this afternoon. Chance of

 flurries Sunday. Freezing spray ending this afternoon. Freezing

 spray beginning Sunday afternoon. Temperatures near minus 4.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

22 January 2008: A group of convicted teenage car thieves from Winnipeg, MB, were walking to a court-ordered counselling program in bone-chilling -40°C temperatures. So what did they do? They stole a car to get there. A detective in the city's car-theft unit said 3 of the 4 teens were "level four" offenders-the highest designation for chronic car thieves. -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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The planet Venus and the star Antares team up in the eastern sky at first light. Venus is the brilliant "morning star," with orange-tinted Antares to its right or lower right.

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