Yesterday was a cool day with a few occasional flurries moving through the area.Afternoon highs were near +4C.The evening was clear and calm with temps steadily dropping.Overnight we hit -10C,the coldest we have been for almost a year.
Temps are expected to remain below freezing for today.A warm up will begin tomorrow and temps will be well above seasonal values on Wednesday.
Some snow is possible by the end of the week.
Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :
(Normals: Max 0C / Min -10C)
Today
Sunny with cloudy periods. 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40. High minus 5.
Tonight
A few clouds. Low minus 13.
Tuesday
Sunny. Increasing cloudiness in the afternoon with periods of rain beginning in the evening. Wind becoming southeast 20 km/h in the morning. High plus 4.
Wednesday
Periods of rain. Low plus 1. High 6.
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The marine forecast:
Freezing spray warning in effect.Wind northwest 15 to 20 knots becoming 15 this afternoon then diminishing to light this evening. Wind increasing to southeast 15 to 20 Tuesday afternoon and to 25 Tuesday evening. Chance of flurries early this morning. Freezing spray ending this morning. Temperatures minus 6 rising to plus 4 Tuesday evening. ·
Today’s Weather Trivia:
17 January 1907: A cold, stormy period on Canada's Pacific coast left citizens angry with Mother Nature for daily shipwrecks, flooding, stranded tugboats, trees falling on houses, stalled trains, downed telegraph wires, and the effects of extreme cold (-16.7°C). On this day, the liquid in a Vancouver, BC, soda-pop factory's machinery froze and pipes burst, while filled bottles exploded; damage was $1,500. -Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada
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Sky Events:
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ISS visible sightings:
No sightings until Jan 23.
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Cancer, the crab, is in the east this evening. It rises as darkness falls and is well up in the east by mid-evening. Its most interesting object is a cluster of stars known as the Beehive. To the unaided eye, it looks like a tiny smudge of light.
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AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be low.
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