Yesterday was a very cold day with high temps reaching only to -10C.The wind was quite strong from the north and windchills were near -25C for most of the day.The evening was clear with calmer winds.Temps held near -13C through the overnight hours.
Temps will be somewhat warmer today and a few flurries are possible.
Wednesday should bring temps near 0C,a storm is expected for Thursday.It will be another snow/rain event.Actual amounts are not determined at this time.
Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :
(Normals: Max -1C / Min -10C)
Today
Sunny. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon then flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this morning. High minus 8.
Tonight
Flurries ending overnight then clearing. Amount 2 cm. Wind south 20 km/h becoming northwest 20 after midnight. Temperature rising to minus 3 this evening then falling.
Wednesday
Sunny. Increasing cloudiness late in the evening. High minus 2.
Thursday
Periods of snow or rain. Low minus 4. High plus 1.
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The marine forecast:
Freezing spray warning in effect.Wind northwest 20 knots diminishing to 15 this morning then increasing to west 25 this evening. Wind diminishing to west 15 after midnight then becoming easterly 10 to 15 Wednesday morning. Wind increasing to east 25 Wednesday evening. Periods of snow today. Snow beginning Wednesday evening changing to rain Wednesday evening. Visibility 1 mile or less in snow. Freezing spray ending this morning. Temperatures minus 8 to minus 4 rising to plus 1 Wednesday evening. ·
Today’s Weather Trivia:
25 January 1842: The schooner Cherub's arrival at Lehave, NS, was quite pleasing though unexpected. Last October, she sailed from Lunenburg for Boston, MA, with a load of cordwood and 3 passengers, but nothing was heard of her until now. A storm drove the vessel to Barbados, where the cargo of wood was sold, thus making a more lucrative trip than if she had succeeded in getting to Boston.. -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:
Date: Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Time: 06:35 AM Duration: 4 minutes Maximum Elevation: 75° Approach: 16° above WSW
Departure: 17° above NE
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Look high in the south in mid evening for Orion, the hunter. Orion's short "belt" of three bright stars stands near the center of the constellation. The Belt points down toward Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky.
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AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be quiet.
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