2 March 2011 - Conditions at 7:10 AM: -8.6C, Clear, Wind: SW 12 km/h

Yesterday was a decent day for March 1^st with lots of sunshine and temps near +4C.The winds were a bit brisk making it feel cooler but some of the ice left over from Monday’s storm melted.The evening was clear with temps a few degrees below freezing.

Temps will be mild today but an arctic blast will be moving in to end the week.Warmer weather is expected for the weekend.

Forecasts for our area issued by Environment Canada :

(Normals: Max +2C / Min -7C)

Today

Sunny with cloudy periods. Increasing cloudiness this afternoon. Wind becoming southwest 40 km/h gusting to 60 near noon. High plus 2. UV index 3 or moderate.

Tonight

Cloudy. Flurries beginning early this evening and ending overnight then 40 percent chance of flurries. Showers along the coast this evening. Snowfall amount 2 to 4 cm except rainfall amount 2 mm along the coast. Wind southwest 40 km/h gusting to 70 becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 overnight. Low minus 10.

Thursday

A mix of sun and cloud. 40 percent chance of flurries early in the morning. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature steady near minus 10.

Friday

Sunny. Low minus 14. High minus 4.

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The marine forecast:

Freezing spray warning in effect.

Wind light increasing to southwest 15 knots this morning and to 20 to

 25 near noon. Wind increasing to southwest 25 to 30 this afternoon

 then diminishing to west 20 near midnight. Wind veering to northwest

 25 after midnight. Periods of rain and fog patches this evening. A

 few flurries beginning Thursday morning. Visibility 1 mile or less

 in fog patches and as low as 1 mile in flurries. Freezing spray

 beginning Thursday morning. Temperatures minus 4 rising to plus 2

 this afternoon then falling to minus 8 Thursday morning.

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Today’s Weather Trivia:

2 March 2007: Southern Ontario's worst winter storm of the year downed tree branches and cut power. Freezing rain, high wind, and 14+ cm of wet, heavy snow pummelled Toronto. When ice chunks began falling from the CN Tower, part of Front Street and the nearby expressway were closed; guests in a nearby hotel were given hardhats. Staff at a dark, cold food market worked with flashlights and calculators.-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:

		LOCAL		DURATION	MAX ELEV		APPROACH º		DEPARTURE º
	Wed Mar 02 07:22 PM		2			21		15 above NNW		18 above NE

THE FOLLOWING SHUTTLE SIGHTINGS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THU FEB 24 TO THU MAR 10

SATELLITE	LOCAL	DURATION	MAX ELEV	APPROACH	DEPARTURE
	DATE/TIME	(MIN)	(DEG)	(DEG-DIR)	(DEG-DIR)

SHUTTLE	Fri Feb 25/07:14 PM	1	19	15 above NW	18 above N
SHUTTLE	Sat Feb 26/07:13 PM	3	23	18 above NW	16 above NNE
SHUTTLE	Sun Feb 27/07:39 PM	1	19	16 above NNW	18 above N
SHUTTLE	Mon Feb 28/06:29 PM	3	22	15 above NW	15 above NNE
SHUTTLE	Mon Feb 28/08:06 PM	1	17	15 above NNW	17 above NNW
SHUTTLE	Tue Mar 01/06:56 PM	2	19	16 above NNW	16 above NNE
SHUTTLE	Wed Mar 02/07:23 PM	2	21	15 above NNW	18 above NE
SHUTTLE	Thu Mar 03/07:48 PM	2	30	15 above NW	30 above N
SHUTTLE	Fri Mar 04/06:39 PM	3	21	15 above NNW	15 above NE
SHUTTLE	Fri Mar 04/08:15 PM	1	25	20 above NW	25 above NW
SHUTTLE	Sat Mar 05/07:05 PM	4	33	15 above NW	18 above ENE
SHUTTLE	Sun Mar 06/07:32 PM	2	80	25 above NW	43 above ESE
SHUTTLE	Mon Mar 07/07:59 PM	1	32	24 above W	32 above SW
SHUTTLE	Tue Mar 08/06:50 PM	3	88	32 above WNW	16 above ESE
SHUTTLE	Wed Mar 09/07:16 PM	2	28	26 above WSW	16 above SSE

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If you can get away from city lights the next few nights, look high overhead for the Gegenschein, a round, faint, hazy patch of light. It's created by sunlight reflecting off grains of dust scattered between the planets of our solar system.

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AURORA (‘Northern Lights’) WATCH: Auroral activity will be LOW.