The first wave of snow moved through yesterday and left about 15cms before it tapered off to flurries overnight.
More snow is on the way for today and blizzard like conditions are possible.Snowfall warnings are still in effect and conditions are expected to begin to deteriorate soon.Temps will rise to near 0C here on the coast and a change over to rain and/or freezing rain is possible tonight.
Clearing will begin tomorrow with sunny conditions expected to end the week.
Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :
(Normals: Max -1C / Min -11C)
Today
A few flurries changing to snow at times heavy late this morning. Amount 20 cm. Local blowing snow late this afternoon. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning then increasing to 40 gusting to 60 this afternoon. High minus 4.
Tonight
Snow changing to rain or periods of freezing rain early this evening and then to snow after midnight and ending overnight then cloudy. Snowfall amount 10 cm. Rainfall amount 5 to 10 mm. Wind northeast 40 km/h gusting to 60 diminishing to 20 gusting to 40 after midnight. Temperature rising to zero this evening then falling.
Thursday
A few flurries ending near noon then clearing. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light in the afternoon. High minus 1.
Friday
Sunny. Low minus 11. High minus 1.
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The marine forecast:
Gale warning in effect.Wind east 25 knots increasing to northeast 35 late this afternoon then diminishing to north 25 after midnight. Wind diminishing to northeast 15 Thursday afternoon and to light Thursday evening. Snow at times heavy beginning early this morning changing to rain this evening and ending after midnight. Chance of flurries Thursday morning. Fog forming this afternoon and dissipating Thursday morning. Visibility 1 mile or less in precipitation and near zero in fog. Temperatures near plus 1. ·
Today’s Weather Trivia:
2 February 1976: The Groundhog storm knocked out power for days in Saint John, NB. Temperatures plunged 25 degrees and winds peaked at 160 km/h, toppling trees and utility poles and casting the city into darkness. You could only keep from being blown away by lying flat on the ground. Salt spray blew far inland, short-circuiting electrical transformers for weeks and killing cedars and other evergreens. -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: Thursday, February 03, 2011
Time: 06:58 AM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 24° Approach: 16° above NNW Departure: 15° above ENE
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Today is Groundhog Day, which tradition says will tell us whether spring is nigh. Groundhog Day evolved from Candlemas, the "40th day of Christmas." It is a cross-quarter day, which occurs roughly midway between a solstice and an equinox.
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AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be moderate.
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