Yesterday was a decent day for March 1st with lots of sunshine and temps near +4C.The winds were a bit brisk making it feel cooler but some of the ice left over from Monday’s storm melted.The evening was clear with temps a few degrees below freezing.
Temps will be mild today but an arctic blast will be moving in to end the week.Warmer weather is expected for the weekend.
Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :
(Normals: Max +2C / Min -7C)
Today
Sunny with cloudy periods. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 40 km/h gusting to 60 near noon. High plus 2. UV index 3 or moderate.
Tonight
Cloudy. Flurries beginning early this evening and ending overnight then 40 percent chance of flurries. Showers along the coast this evening. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm except rainfall amount 2 mm along the coast. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 70 becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 overnight. Low minus 10.
Thursday
A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of flurries early in the morning. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature steady near minus 10.
Friday
Sunny. Low minus 14. High minus 4.
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The marine forecast:
Freezing spray warning in effect.Wind light increasing to southwest 15 knots this morning and to 20 to 25 near noon. Wind increasing to southwest 25 to 30 this afternoon then diminishing to west 20 near midnight. Wind veering to northwest 25 after midnight. Periods of rain and fog patches this evening. A few flurries beginning Thursday morning. Visibility 1 mile or less in fog patches and as low as 1 mile in flurries. Freezing spray beginning Thursday morning. Temperatures minus 4 rising to plus 2 this afternoon then falling to minus 8 Thursday morning. ·
Today’s Weather Trivia:
2 March 2007:
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Sky Events:
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ISS visible sightings:
| | LOCAL | DURATION | MAX ELEV | APPROACH º | DEPARTURE º |
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| Wed Mar 02 07:22 PM | 2 | 21 | 15 above NNW | 18 above NE | ||||||
THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THU FEB 24 TO THU MAR 10
| SATELLITE | LOCAL | DURATION | MAX ELEV | APPROACH | DEPARTURE |
| | DATE/TIME | (MIN) | (DEG) | (DEG-DIR) | (DEG-DIR) |
| | | | | | |
| SHUTTLE | Fri Feb 25/07:14 PM | 1 | 19 | 15 above NW | 18 above N |
| SHUTTLE | Sat Feb 26/07:13 PM | 3 | 23 | 18 above NW | 16 above NNE |
| SHUTTLE | Sun Feb 27/07:39 PM | 1 | 19 | 16 above NNW | 18 above N |
| SHUTTLE | Mon Feb 28/06:29 PM | 3 | 22 | 15 above NW | 15 above NNE |
| SHUTTLE | Mon Feb 28/08:06 PM | 1 | 17 | 15 above NNW | 17 above NNW |
| SHUTTLE | Tue Mar 01/06:56 PM | 2 | 19 | 16 above NNW | 16 above NNE |
| SHUTTLE | Wed Mar 02/07:23 PM | 2 | 21 | 15 above NNW | 18 above NE |
| SHUTTLE | Thu Mar 03/07:48 PM | 2 | 30 | 15 above NW | 30 above N |
| SHUTTLE | Fri Mar 04/06:39 PM | 3 | 21 | 15 above NNW | 15 above NE |
| SHUTTLE | Fri Mar 04/08:15 PM | 1 | 25 | 20 above NW | 25 above NW |
| SHUTTLE | Sat Mar 05/07:05 PM | 4 | 33 | 15 above NW | 18 above ENE |
| SHUTTLE | Sun Mar 06/07:32 PM | 2 | 80 | 25 above NW | 43 above ESE |
| SHUTTLE | Mon Mar 07/07:59 PM | 1 | 32 | 24 above W | 32 above SW |
| SHUTTLE | Tue Mar 08/06:50 PM | 3 | 88 | 32 above WNW | 16 above ESE |
| SHUTTLE | Wed Mar 09/07:16 PM | 2 | 28 | 26 above WSW | 16 above SSE |
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If you can get away from city lights the next few nights, look high overhead for the Gegenschein, a round, faint, hazy patch of light. It's created by sunlight reflecting off grains of dust scattered between the planets of our solar system.
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AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be LOW.
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