11 February 2011 - Conditions at 7:30 AM: -16.3C, Clear, Wind:W 10 km/h

Yesterday was a quiet day with a few flurries and temps near 0C for the day.The evening was clear with temps dropping to the double digits below 0.Overnight temps were near -15C,winds were light.

The next few days will see highs near the freezing mark and cold overnight temps.Only a few flurries are expected.

Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :

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

Today

Increasing cloudiness. Flurries beginning this morning and ending this afternoon. Wind becoming west 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High zero.

Tonight

Cloudy periods. Clearing before morning. Wind west 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light late this evening. Low minus 8 except minus 12 inland.

Saturday

Increasing cloudiness. Flurries beginning in the afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 early in the afternoon. High plus 1.

Sunday

A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 6. High minus 3.

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The marine forecast:

Wind northwest 15 to 20 knots backing to west 10 to 15 this morning

 then increasing to 20 this afternoon. Wind diminishing to light

 overnight then increasing to southwest 15 Saturday afternoon. Wind

 veering to west 20 Saturday evening. Chance of flurries this

 morning. Flurries or showers beginning Saturday afternoon. Risk of

 freezing spray this morning. Temperatures minus 5 rising to plus 2

 Saturday afternoon.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

11 February 1951: An unprecedented 3-day downpour, over 300 mm in places, followed by 15 cm of snow, inundated parts of the Fraser Valley, BC, forcing hundreds to flee. When temperatures plunged, parts of the valley became a vast skating pond. Chilliwack was hardest hit with a metre of water threatening the water supply. Three people perished. Schools closed and rail lines were severed by mud slides and washouts.-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

Sat Feb 12 06:10 AM

1

15

15 above SW

15 above SSW

Sat Feb 19 07:20 PM

1

15

15 above S

15 above S

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The Moon is at first quarter at 1:18 a.m. CST today. Despite the name, sunlight illuminates half of the lunar hemisphere that faces Earth. The "first-quarter" designation indicates that the Moon has completed one-fourth of its month-long cycle of phases.

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