Sky and Weather blog from Liverpool,N.S.: Very Cold

Monday, January 21, 2008

Very Cold

The photo is the view from the front window of my den at publication time.

Yesterday wasn't very nice here.We had about 8 cms of snow and the wind was quite strong and blew it around quite a bit.The temp wasn't too bad throughout most of the day at just a few degrees below freezing but it started dropping later in the day and was down to -15°C by midnight.The wind had tapered off by then and we had a few more flurries through the evening.
This morning it is not fit to be outside.The temp is at -15 and the wind is quite strong once again.There is lots of blowing and drifting snow being reported on the open areas of HWY103 and elsewhere.
Tomorrow is expected to be somewhat warmer.

I found an article about the cat that I mentioned in yesterday's blog:
Cat frozen to ground freed by Regina man who heard 'howling and howling'
Canwest News Service Published: Saturday, January 19, 2008
A Saskatchewan man freed a lost cat who was frozen to the ground in sub-zero temperatures last Thursday. Mike Campbell was in an industrial area of Regina when he heard a cat howling in pain near some wrecked cars. "I was looking around and I couldn't see it until I started crawling underneath the cars," Mr. Campbell said. "I went to grab it, but it couldn't come to me because it was frozen to the ground. It was just howling and howling and howling." Mr. Campbell and the friend who was with him crawled under the car and began the painstaking task of freeing the animal. Mr. Campbell then took "Lucky" to the Animal Clinic of Regina, where he told the vets he would pay the bill, but could not keep the cat because he already has five of his own. Although Lucky's tail and hind limbs were frozen, he was medicated and slowly warmed up, said veterinarian Dr. Lesley Sheppard. The veterinarian added that surgery may be required. It was -47C with the wind chill factor on Thursday in Regina.

- Al C 2008

The Environment Canada forecast for our area:

Today..Flurries except snow squalls inland and over higher terrain.

Local amount 10 cm inland and over higher terrain. Local blowing 
snow. Wind northwest 30 km/h. High minus 12. Cold wind chill minus 26
this morning.
Tonight..Flurries ending this evening then clear. Snow squalls inland 
and over higher terrain this evening. Local amount 5 cm inland and 
over higher terrain. Local blowing snow this evening. Wind west 30
km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 17.
Tuesday..Cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries in the morning. 
Periods of snow beginning late in the morning. Amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind
becoming south 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the afternoon. High zero.

Conditions on Hoptoad Hill at publication time:
Temperature: -15°
Wind: gusty NW
Sky: clear
Precip: none

Conditions from Environment Canada's local weather station in Western Head at publication time (my station pics):
Temperature: -13.7°C
Pressure / Tendency: 102.2 kPa rising
Humidity: 79 %
Wind Chill: -21
Dewpoint: -16.6°C
Wind: NW 12 km/h