Tuesday Update


We are now into our annual January thaw, according to a radio report today they are common. In fact only one year, back in 1977 we did not have one.

Here is a statement from EC on today's temperatures around the province.


AWCN11 CWHX 081831Special weather summary message for Nova Scotia issued by EnvironmentCanada at 2:31 PM AST Tuesday 8 January 2008.A warm front lying across central New Brunswick and into the Gulf ofSt Lawrence provided a day of contrast across Nova Scotia. Most of the mainland of Nova Scotia saw the sun break out by afternoon and while no official temperature records have yet been set temperatures Rose to more early spring like values. Cape Breton remained cloudy and cooler for most of the day.Here is a list of early afternoon temperatures in select locations across Nova Scotia as of 2PM AST.Location afternoon temperature (c)Yarmouth 9.5Baccaro Point 6.4Brier Island 11.3Kejimkujik 10.9Greenwood 11.8Kentville 12.0Western Head 7.8Lunenburg 10.5Shearwater 9.0Halifax stanfield int'l'airport 9.0Malay Falls 8.2Upper stewiacke 9.2Debert 6.4Parrsboro 7.8Nappan 8.0Beaver Island 9.0Tracadie 11.2Sydney 5.1Grand Etang 6.1



Here in Halifax we started off the day with heavy fog which burned off late morning into a beautiful sunny afternoon. The fog this morning caused numerous delays at the Halifax airport.


Today's high 10.4*C
Today's low 3.2*C
Barometer trend slowly falling.


Looking Ahead


Looks like the mild temperatures will be with us til Sunday with unsettled weather.

Wednesday Mild with showers
Thursday Showers overnight then clearing. Cooler in the morning with temperatures rising in the evening.
Friday Once again mild with rain beginning in the afternoon.
Saturday Rain overnight then clearing and mild.
Sunday Clear and cooler
Monday Cooler, gfs shows clear skies with a system well off the coast. Euro and Can Glb have system closer to land with snow.
Tuesday Clear and cool.