Jan & Eam's Weather Watch

12th November 2009 - Thursday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 15:47:00 +0000

High:
Low:
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, but only -10 at 8.30am. It felt cool, but not freezing.

11th November 2009 - Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:00 +0000

High:
Low:
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, with some very light cloud cover. It was +10 on our porch by noon, but the wind was also beginning to pick up again. There was a thin film of ice on the lake this morning, but as the picture shows, some of it has melted during the morning. The breeze was quite cool for the rest of the afternoon.

10th November 2009 - Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:44:00 +0000

High: 9.0
Low: 0.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, with some very light cloud cover. It was +3 at 8.30am and it felt quite mild. There was a thin film of ice on the lake this morning, but a lot of it seemed to have melted during the morning. The wind had really picked up again by mid-morning and it was very gusty at times. The wind died down by early afternoon and it was quite pleasant for the rest of the day.

9th November 2009 - Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:54:00 +0000

High: 10.0
Low: -7.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, with a fair bit of cloud cover. It was -4 at 8.30am, and it didn't feel too bad. It was +10 at noon and very sunny.

8th November 2009 - Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:23:00 +0000

High: 7.0
Low: -4.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, with not much cloud. It remained sunny all day and was +6 during the afternoon. It was quite cool out of the sun and there was a cold breeze blowing towards the end of the day.

7th November 2009 - Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:34:00 +0000

High: 8.5
Low: -2.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, with not much cloud. It was +2 at 8.30am. The wind really picked up again around noon, but it blew away any remaining cloud, leaving a bright blue and sunny sky. The wind was very gusty and made it feel quite cold.

6th November 2009 - Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0000

High: 11.0
Low: 2.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, with a bit of light patchy cloud. It was +8 at 8.30am and felt quite mild. It was still very windy though, with predictions of wind gusts up to 100km per hour. It remained very windy for most of the day. Temperatures reached +17, but it cooled down dramatically by around 5pm when it felt really quite cold.
There is a Weather Warnning in Place today as follows:
Wind warning for Okotoks, High River & Claresholm

Strong westerly winds gusting to 90 km/h are forecast.

A cold front will pass through Southern Alberta today giving strong westerly winds. Winds gusting to 90 km/h or greater are expected throughout much of Southern Alberta. Winds will gradually diminish this evening.

A few peak winds in Southern Alberta as of noon include:
Claresholm - 94 km/h
Lethbridge - 93 km/h
Calgary - 83 km/h.

5th November 2009 - Thursday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 15:55:00 +0000

High: 19.5
Low: -2.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright start to the day, with a bit of light cloud cover. It was +3 at 8.30am felt quite mild. It was +17 by noon and a lovely day, although a little breezy. By early evening the wind had really picked up and it was very gusty but it still didn't feel cold.

4th November 2009 - Wedensday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:53:00 +0000

High: 11.0
Low: -7.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright start to the day, with a fair bit of light cloud cover. It was -3 at 8.30am but it didn't feel too cold. It started to feel quite cold as the day progressed, but there was a large Chinook arch over the mountains this afternoon so hopefully warmer weather is on the way.

3rd November 2009 - Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:53:00 +0000

High: 9.0
Low: -2.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day with a bit of light cloud cover. It was 0 by 08.30am and didn't feel too cold. It was fairly sunny and pleasant for most of the day. It started to cool down heading into the evening and was only +3 at 5pm.

2nd November 2009 - Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:19:00 +0000

High: 12.0
Low: -6.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright and sunny start to the day, but quite cold at -3 and we noticed this morning that the edges of the lake are starting to freeze. It was +13 by noon and warm and sunny. It was quite a breezy afternoon, but the wind wasn't cold.

1st November 2009 - Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:59:00 +0000

High: 8.0
Low: -3.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright, sunny and cloudless start to the day. Temperatures reached about +8 and it was fairly warm in the sun, but very cold out of it. There was also quite a cool breeze blowing for most of the day.

31st October 2009 - Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:55:00 +0000

High: 15.0
Low: 3.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright, sunny and cloudless start to the day and it +7 at 8.30am. By noon it was +15 and the wind had started to pick up, it was still clear blue sky and sunshine though. It remained quite warm into the evening, but it did begin to cool down once it started to go dark.

30th October 2009 - Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:49:00 +0000

High: 10.0
Low: -0.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was bright start to the day, with some light cloud. It was +1 at 8.30am but it felt quite mild. It was quite a nice day, but it did cool down dramatically in the early evening.

29th October 2009 - Thursday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 15:17:00 +0000

High: 4.0
Low: -5.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a cloudy but bright start to the day. It had snowed very lightly overnight and due to the early morning freezing temperatures (-3) there were reports of some slippery roads. There was also some patchy fog, but visibility wasn't too bad. It felt quite cold and frosty this morning.

28th October 2009 - Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 14:52:00 +0000

High: 4.0
Low: -2.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was quite a cloudy and grey start to the day and only +1 at 8.30am. It didn't feel too cold. The sun started to come up at about 8.20am this morning and we did see some sunshine during the day. It was +3 at 5pm and there were a few storm clouds in the sky and there was a small amount of light snow in the air.

27th October 2009 - Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:43:00 +0000

High: 3.5
Low: 0.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(3)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It had snowed lightly over night, although it was already starting to melt, most of the roads were clear to drive, but there was a fair amount of slush in places. It was +2 at 08.30am and felt quite mild. We did see some sunshine today, but by around mid-day there was quite a cold wind blowing making it feel colder than it was.

26th October 2009 - Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 14:53:00 +0000

High: 9.5
Low: 0.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(2)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

There was a fair bit of cloud this morning, but it was a still quite a bright start to the day. It also felt quite a mild day. However, the cloud did get heavier and it began to rain lightly at around 5pm. The wind really picked up at around 10pm and it was gusty for most of the night.

25th October 2009 - Sunday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 14:53:00 +0000

High: 8.0
Low: -6.0
Rain:(4)
Snow:(2)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a frosty start to the day and only -4.3, although it was bright and sunny. It did cloud over towards the end of the day and it remained quite cool.

24th October 2009 - Saturday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 15:37:00 +0000

High: 6.0
Low: -2.0
Rain:(4)
Snow:(2)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a windy and rainy start to the day. The wind died down but the rain turned into snow by around 9am. The sun did shine during the afternoon so the snow didn't hang around and was gone by the end of the day.

23rd October 2009 - Friday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:08:00 +0000

High: 13.0
Low: -2.0
Rain:(3)
Snow:(1)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a bright start with a bit of light cloud, There was a bit of a Chinook Arch over the mountains this morning. It was +1 at 8.30am and it felt quite mild. Although it had warmed up to around +15 by noon, the cloud was beginning to get heavier.

22nd October 2009 - Thursday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:07:00 +0000

High: 12.5
Low: -1.5
Rain:(2)
Snow:(1)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a bright and sunny start with a bit of light patchy cloud. It was +1 at 8.30am but it felt quite mild. It was a fairly sunny day and a lovely warm afternoon.

21 October 2009 - Wednesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:52:00 +0000

High: 11.5
Low: -0.5
Rain:(2)
Snow:(1)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a foggy and frosty start to the day and it was +1 at 08.30am. Visibility was quite poor on the highways on the drive to work. The fog and cloud did clear and we did see some sunshine from lunchtime for the rest of the afternoon. It was +11 by 5.30pm. It rained briefly at around 6pm.

20th October 2009 - Tuesday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:46:00 +0000

High: 7.0
Low: 2.5
Rain:(1)
Snow:(1)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a dull, grey and overcast start to the day. The roads were wet, so it looked as though it had been raining, it was also raining lightly on the drive to work. It was +4 at 8.30 and felt quite mild.

19th October 2009 - Monday

noreply@blogger.com (Jan & Eam) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:17:00 +0000

High: 5.5
Low: 0.5
Rain:(0)
Snow:(1)
Days we didn't see any sun: (3)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was quite a cloudy start to the day, but a bit milder than it had been at +3 at 8.30am. The day warmed up to around +5 but it remained fairly grey and overcast. The temperature stayed pretty steady for most of the evening.