Friday, April 1, 2011

My wx station’s readings @ 7:30 AM: +2.0°C / Overcast / Humidity 64% / Wind E 2.4 km/h

Official conditions (via the Western Head* wx station) @ 7:00 AM: +2.8°C, Humidity 86%,Wind: E 25 km/h

 

Yesterday's min/max temps:

Liverpool: high +12.5C  low -3.0C – Western Head:high +7.4C  low -3.2C

 

We had a very nice day here yesterday with warm temps,lots of sunshine and light winds.Temps remained above freezing through the evening and overnight as clouds began to move in ahead of the storm expected today.

Today is expected to be quite stormy with lots of rain and high winds.Inland areas may see some snow before it changes to rain.The cloudy and wet weather will persist through the weekend.Next week should be warmer and drier.

 

 

 

Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :

(Normals: Max +6°C / Min -2°C)

Rainfall warning in effect

Wind warning in effect.

Today

Cloudy. Rain at times heavy beginning this morning except wet snow inland this afternoon. Rainfall amount 25 mm except snowfall amount 5 cm inland. Wind becoming east 30 km/h gusting to 50 this morning then increasing to 50 gusting to 80 except gusting to 100 along the coast this afternoon. High plus 3 with temperature falling to plus 1 this afternoon.

 

Tonight

Rain ending this evening then cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of thundershowers early this evening. Ice pellets inland early this evening. Amount 2 to 4 mm. Fog patches developing this evening and dissipating overnight. Wind east 50 km/h gusting to 80 except gusting to 100 along the coast early this evening. Wind becoming south 30 gusting to 50 this evening then becoming southwest 30 gusting to 50 overnight. Temperature rising to plus 4 this evening then falling.

 

Saturday

Cloudy with 70 percent chance of flurries or rain showers. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming west 40 gusting to 60 in the morning. High plus 3.

 

Sunday

Cloudy. Low zero. High plus 5.

 

 

 

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The marine forecast:

Wind light increasing to east 15 knots early this morning and to 25
 late this morning. Wind increasing to east 35 early this afternoon
 then diminishing to south 25 early this evening. Wind increasing to
 southwest 35 overnight then diminishing to west 20 Saturday evening.
 Rain today. A few flurries and a few showers beginning overnight.
 Risk of thunderstorms this evening. Fog patches forming near noon
 and dissipating overnight.
 
 
 

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Today's Weather Trivia:

1 April 1908: It was a cruel April Fool's Day joke on Thunder Bay, ON, when the winter's worst blizzard slammed into the city. Knee-deep snowdrifts made walking extremely difficult. Mothballed snowplows had to be put back into service. On several occasions, streetcar conductors had to either leave their cars to clear the tracks or charge the drifts repeatedly before continuing. -Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

 

 

 

Sky Events:

 

Solar Activity: Solar activity is expected to be low.

 

 

AURORA ('Northern Lights') WATCH: Auroral activity will be QUIET.

 

 

Next ISS visible sightings:

 

 

LOCAL

Date and Time

DURATION

(Minutes)

MAX ELEV

(Degrees above horizon)

APPROACH º

DEPARTURE º

 

Sat Apr 02

05:23 AM

 

2

 

39

 

36 above NW

 

20 above NE

 

The planet Venus continues to highlight the dawn sky this month. It looks like a brilliant star, quite low in the eastern sky at sunrise. It is so bright that you can easily mistake it for an approaching airplane.

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* The Western Head weather station is the official reporting station for this area.It is NOT located in Liverpool but is approx 10kms outside of town and on the seashore.The temperature difference between the town of Liverpool and the weather station can be quite large,especially in the summer months.

 

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