Saturday, December 13, 2008

Saturday Dec 13 - Cooler

Yesterday was another warm,wet and windy day here.Temps reached into the low double digits but the wind and rain made for a 'not so nice' day.There were periods of torrential rain lasting into the evening.Total rainfall was reported at near 25mm making a two day total of about 70mm or almost 3 inches.Wind gusts were clocked at 90 km/h.We also had a period of thunder and lightning in the early evening.
We were lucky enough to be on the warm side of the front as parts of Massachusetts and New Hampshire were coated in ice,bringing down trees and knocking out the power to approx 500,000 customers.They may be 'powerless' for many days and the news reports resembled a war zone.To compound the problem,the weekend weather there is forecast to be below freezing,like here,with warmer weather returning next week.
A photo of the devastation in Ma. from http://www1.whdh.com/ :

The high on my thermometer yesterday was +13°C.
Currently(7:30AM):
0°C
Mostly clear
Wind is light NW

The forecast:
Today
Day: Rain showers ending early this morning then cloudy. 40 percent chance of flurries this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating early this morning. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming northwest 20 gusting to 40 this morning. Temperature falling to minus 1 this afternoon.
Night: Cloudy periods with 40 percent chance of flurries this evening. Clearing overnight. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 10.

Sunday
Sunny. Becoming cloudy periods in the evening. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming southwest 20 in the afternoon. High minus 3.

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