10 February 2011 - Conditions at 7:19 AM: -2.6C, Overcast w/ flurries, Wind: NNW 8 km/h

Yesterday started a bit on the chilly side but afternoon temps reached to near 0C and the winds died down making for a decent February day.The evening was generally clear and not too cold with temps only a few degrees below freezing.

A few flurries are expected over the next few days but,other than that,things will be uneventful in the weather dept for the next week.

Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :

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

Today

A few flurries ending this afternoon then a mix of sun and cloud. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 this afternoon. High minus 2.

Tonight

Cloudy periods with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light overnight. Low minus 13.

Friday

Sunny in the morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 60 percent chance of flurries late in the morning and in the afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 near noon. High minus 3.

Saturday

Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 11. High plus 1.

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The marine forecast:

Freezing spray warning in effect.

Wind southwest 20 knots diminishing to 15 early this morning then

 veering to northwest 15 this afternoon. Wind increasing to northwest

 20 to 25 this evening then diminishing to 15 to 20 overnight. Wind

 diminishing to light Friday morning then increasing to west 20

 Friday afternoon. Wind diminishing to west 15 Friday evening. A few

 flurries. Freezing spray tonight. High today zero. Low tonight

 minus 6. High Friday plus 1.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

10 February1930: An Inuit hunter lost his way in a horrible blizzard at Atatami on the Hudson Bay coast. Without food, shelter, and his knife for cutting snow blocks for an igloo, he wandered for 2 days to keep from freezing to death. Then he lay down and slept. When he awoke, the storm had abated and he found himself within 300 m of the camp. At the hospital in The Pas, he asked only for raw meat-no moose! -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:

LOCAL

DURATION

MAX ELEV

APPROACH º

DEPARTURE º

Fri Feb 11/05:45 AM

2

41

41 above S

15 above SE

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Beta Pictoris, a star in the constellation Pictor, is visible low in the south from the far-southern United States. The star is surrounded by a disk of debris which appears to contain planets. Astronomers have taken a picture of one of the planets.

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