Liverpool,Nova Scotia - A little snow

Published: 3/5/2010 7:12 AM

Current conditions in Liverpool,NS: -0.4°C | Overcast | Wind: N 26 gust 38 km/h| Windchill -7°C

(Normals: Max: 2°C Min: -7°C)

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We had a snowy and damp day here yesterday.The snow began early in the day and persisted throughout and into the evening.Accumulations were low due to above freezing temps during the day.This morning it is a little below freezing and we have a couple of cms of snow covering the ground.Better weather is on the way for the weekend.

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The 3 day forecast for our area issued by Environment Canada:

• Today: Cloudy with 70 percent chance of flurries this morning. Clearing late this afternoon. Wind northeast 40 km/h gusting to 60. High plus 3.

 

• Tonight: Clear. Wind northeast 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming north 30 overnight. Low minus 4.

 

• Saturday: Sunny. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High 9.

 

• Sunday: Sunny. Low minus 4. High plus 5.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

5 March 1951: One of the worst blizzards ever swept across the prairies. Near Boissevain, MB, a 23-year-old country schoolteacher became exhausted after struggling through waist-deep snow for some distance. Her boyfriend flung her over his shoulder and staggered on. Spotting distant farm lights, he left her in the snow to seek aid, but not in time to save her. He suffered severe frostbite and shock. – Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

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SKY EVENTS:

ISS: Rising at 6:46PM in the southwest and travelling through the southern sky towards the northeast.

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-Al C