We had a pretty good day here for most of yesterday with afternoon temps reaching to +5C.The wind beganto increase in the late afternoon and a storm front moved through in the early evening.We had some thunder and lightning as the cold air moved into the area along with plummeting temps and some heavy snow/rain showers.The precip was short lived but temps continued to drop through the evening.
This morning it is quite cold and the windchill values are near -15C.The cold air will stay in the area today and tomorrow.Warmer air,with above normal highs,is expected over the weekend and into next week.
Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :
(Normals: Max +2C / Min -7C)
Today
Sunny with cloudy periods. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. High minus 5.
Tonight
Clear. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 14.
Friday
Sunny. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light early in the afternoon. High minus 2.
Saturday
Sunny. Low minus 6. High plus 2.
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The marine forecast:
Freezing spray warning in effect.Wind northwest 20 knots increasing to 25 this morning then diminishing to north 15 overnight. Wind diminishing to light Friday afternoon. A few flurries changing to chance of flurries tonight. Freezing spray beginning this morning and ending overnight. High today zero. Low tonight minus 8. High Friday minus 3. ·
Today’s Weather Trivia:
3 March 1925: At Port Nelson, MB, a railway official went out on the ice to visit some traps. Soon, the ice became detached, and the tide carried him out to sea. Leaving no trace, he was given up as lost. The temperature was -31°C, but there was little wind. The ice floe traveled 40 km to sea, but miraculously, the next day, the tide returned the ice floe ashore to almost the same place where it started.-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 |
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| hu Mar 03 07:48 PM | 2 | 30 | 15 above NW | 30 above N | ||||||
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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The Beehive, a star cluster in the constellation Cancer, appears almost directly overhead in late evening. The cluster is about 500 light-years from Earth. To the unaided eye it looks like a faint smudge of light, but binoculars reveal dozens of stars.
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AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be QUIET.
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