Saturday, April 12, 2008

April Showers

Above...this morning's visual from the Hill.

Yesterday was a pretty nice day here on the South Shore of NS.We had a fair bit of sunshine and a the wind was not too brisk.Afternoon temps reached into the mid-teens.The temp stayed mild into the evening and overnight dropping only to 5°.
A small disturbance moved into the area overnight,as forecast.Currently there is a light rain falling and no change is expected for the next few days.Clearing is to begin on Monday and next week is looking to be sunny and dry with seasonable temperatures.
- ©Al C 2008
Watch our weather as it happens via the link below the live cam shot.

Local conditions at publication time:
Observed at Hoptoad Hill (near Liverpool,NS):
Temperature: 5°C
Wind: calm
Sky: overcast
Precip: light rain

Reported from Environment Canada's local weather station in Western Head:
Temperature: 5.3°C
Pressure / Tendency: 101.1 kPa falling
Humidity: 73 %
Dewpoint: 0.8°C
Wind: NW 13 km/h

The Environment Canada forecast for our area:
Today..Cloudy. Periods of rain beginning this morning changing to
periods of drizzle late this afternoon. Amount 5 to 10 mm. Fog
patches developing near noon. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h this
afternoon. High 6.
Tonight..Periods of drizzle. Fog patches. Wind southeast 20 km/h
becoming light this evening. Low plus 3.
Sunday..Cloudy with 70 percent chance of drizzle or showers. Fog
patches. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h late in the day. High 8

Yesterday's official data from Environment Canada:
Temps: high:  13.5°  low: -1.4°   Precip: 0.6 mm

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