Sunday, April 3, 2011

#Weather conditions in #Liverpool,Nova Scotia,#Canada @ 8:17 AM: +2.6°C / Clear / Humidity 65% / Wind NW 6.1 km

Official conditions (via the Western Head* wx station) @ 8:00 AM: +1.0°C, Humidity 90%,Wind: WNW 16 km/h

Yesterday's min/max temps:

Liverpool: high +5.2C low –0.2C – Western Head:high +5.5C low +0.1C

Yesterday was a cool day with a few light flurries in the air and brisk winds for most of the day.The wind died out in the early evening and temps stayed above freezing through the evening and overnight.

It is quite nice here this morning but we are expecting to see a few showers or flurries later today.Some clearing and warmer temps are expected through this week.

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(Normals: Max +67C / Min -2°C)

Today
Sunny this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 30 percent chance of rain showers or flurries this afternoon. Wind northwest 30 km/h. High 8. UV index 4 or moderate.

Tonight
Cloudy periods with 40 percent chance of flurries this evening and after midnight. Clearing overnight. Low minus 2.

Monday
Sunny with cloudy periods. Increasing cloudiness in the evening. Wind becoming south 20 km/h in the evening. High 8 except plus 4 along parts of the coast.

Tuesday
Showers. Low plus 1. High 9.

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The marine forecast:

Wind west 20 knots veering to
northwest 15 this afternoon then
diminishing to light overnight.
Wind becoming south 15 Monday
evening. Chance of flurries early
this morning. 
 
 
 

Today's Weather Trivia:

3 April 2004: A young man trapped on an ice floe near downtown Selkirk, MB, was rescued by firefighters who waded into flood waters infested with ice chunks, tree trunks, and lawn furniture to save him. He had scrambled over ice floes and through 1-m-high flood water for about 100 m before help came. The sharp edges of the ice bloodied and bruised him, and he was subdued by hypothermia.

-Excerpt from 'The Canadian Weather Trivia Calendar' by David Phillips. © Environment Canada

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Sky Events:

  • Solar Activity: Solar activity is expected to be low.

  • AURORA ('Northern Lights') WATCH: Auroral activity will be LOW.

  • Next ISS visible sightings:Date: Monday, April 04, 2011 Time: 06:15 AM Duration: 3 minutes Maximum Elevation: 19° Approach: 10° above NW Departure: 15° above NNE
  • The brightest stars of Corvus, the crow, outline a shape like a sail. It flutters in the southeast this evening. Telescopes reveal a puff of light near the top of the sail. Known as NGC 4361, it is a planetary nebula -- a star that's in its death throes.

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* The Western Head weather station is the official reporting station for this area.It is NOT located in Liverpool but is approx 10kms outside of town and on the seashore.The temperature difference between the town of Liverpool and the weather station can be quite large,especially in the summer months.

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