Official conditions (via the Western Head* wx station) @ 6:00 AM:
+3.9°C, Humidity 98%,Wind: SSW 22 km/h
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Last 24 hrs min/max:
Liverpool: low +2.1C high +8.4°C Max wind: SE 40.3 km/h
Western Head: low +1.6°C high +8.1°C Max wind: SE 63 gust 80
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We had a wet and windy day here for most of yesterday with periods of heavy
rainfall for most of the morning and part of the afternoon.Total rainfall
was 5.6 mm.Clearing began in the early evening and the late evening and
overnight hours were clear.
Today is expected to be mostly sunny but most of the rest of the week will
be cloudy and wet.Clearing should begin by the end of the week.Temps will be
within seasonal normals.
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Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :
(Normals: Max +10°C / Min 1°C)
Today:
A mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of showers this morning.
Becoming sunny this afternoon. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 8.
UV index 6 or high.
Tonight:
A few clouds. Wind southwest 20 km/h. Low plus 2.
Tuesday:
Increasing cloudiness then showers beginning late in the morning and
ending in the evening. Clearing late in the evening. Amount 2 to 4 mm. Fog
patches developing near noon. Wind southwest 20 km/h becoming west 20 in the
morning. High 6.
Wednesday:
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low zero. High 6.
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The marine forecast:
Strong wind warning in effect.
Wind southwest 20 to 25 knots diminishing to 15 overnight and to
light Tuesday evening. Rain beginning Tuesday morning and ending
Tuesday evening.
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Today's Weather Trivia:
18 April 1893: A journalist's account of "bucking snow" on the railroad:
Between Craik and Saskatoon [SK], I counted 195 "snow tunnels," ... from 200
yd. to half a mile [long]. I stood ... on ... drifts and stepped ... to the
roof of the locomotive ... The engine struck a drift with such force [that
it threw a block of snow] ... 50 ft. ... that ... 3 men could not move. We
shovelled and "bucked" ... through 44 drifts. -Excerpt from 'The Canadian
Weather
Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada
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Sky Events:
Solar Activity: Solar activity is expected to be at very low to low levels.
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AURORA ('Northern Lights') WATCH: Auroral activity will be QUIET.
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Next ISS visible sightings:
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: 08:41 PM Duration: 4 minutes Maximum Elevation: 19° Approach: 11° above S Departure: 10° above E
Date: Monday, April 18, 2011 Time: 10:15 PM Duration: 2 minutes Maximum Elevation: 37° Approach: 10° above WSW Departure: 37° above WNW
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The Moon lines up with the "claws" of the scorpion tonight. As they rise in
late evening, the star Zubenelgenubi, "the southern claw," is just to the
left of the Moon, with Zubeneschamali, "the northern claw," farther to the
left. Today they are part of the constellation Libra.
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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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