Friday June 16,2006

A high pressure system along the US east coast put us in a south westerly giving us a sunny warm day today. Quite a change from yesterdays storm when I recorded 44 mm of rain.
Today's low temperature was 11.7*C and our afternoon high came in at 25.4*C. The barometer has been rising slowly today and tonight it sits at 101.6 kPa.
The next few days will be nice, with highs near the mid twenties. In fact it looks like we should have stable weather right in to mid week. That's all for now.

A recap from yesterdys storm.

SPECIAL WEATHER SUMMARY MESSAGE FOR NOVA SCOTIA ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT
CANADA AT 8:05 PM ADT THURSDAY 16 JUNE 2006.

TROPICAL STORM ALBERTO WHICH ORIGINATED IN THE GULF OF MEXICO
WEAKENED TO A POST-TROPICAL DEPRESSION AS IT TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD
ACROSS NORTHERN FLORIDA...SOUTHERN GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS EARLIER
THIS WEEK. THE REMNANTS OF THIS POST-TROPICAL SYSTEM INTENSIFIED
INTO A FRONTAL STORM EAST OF THE AMERICAN COAST LINE THURSDAY. IT
PUSHED RAIN AT TIMES HEAVY WITH STRONG WINDS ACROSS NOVA SCOTIA
THURSDAY WHILE TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS THE OFFSHORE WATERS.
THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE RAIN AREA REACHED SOUTHERN NEW BRUNSWICK
AND PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND.
SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN FELL OVER PORTIONS OF NOVA SCOTIA.
STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED OVER THE ATLANTIC COASTAL REGIONS.

THE FOLLOWING ARE RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND WIND SPEED WERE REPORTED..

LOCATION RAINFALL (MILLIMETRES) WIND GUSTS (KM/H)

NOVA SCOTIA

HALIFAX AIRPORT 39.7 78
BEDFORD 47.7 --
LUNENBURG 45.8 --
BRIDGEWATER 40 --
WESTERN HEAD 52.1 78
BACCARO POINT N/A 119
YARMOUTH 43.4 --
BRIER ISLAND N/A 98
KEJIMKUJIK 41 --
GREENWOOD 47.6 --
KENTVILLE 37.9 --
MALAY FALLS 32.9 --
BEAVER ISLAND N/A 104
TRACADIE 25 --
NEW GLASGOW 39.4 --
NAPPAN 23.5 --
PARRSBORO 33 --
SYDNEY 47.4 67
INGONISH BEACH 48.2 74

PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND
EAST POINT 21.8 74
CHARLOTTETOWN 26.4 52

NEW BRUNSWICK
MONCTON 2.4
SAINT JOHN 6
FUNDY PARK 20

END/ASPC



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