30th November 2009 - Monday

High: 9.0
Low: -7.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(5)
Days we didn't see any sun: (4)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was quite a cloudy start to the day today and -5 at 8.30am. There was some lifting fog on the drive to work, but by around 9.30am the cloud was clearing and blue sky could be seen. The wind really picked up around mid-morning and there was a weather warning in effect, advising people to take necessary safety precautions in the High River, Okotoks and Claresholm areas.

It was +11 at around mid-day, but it began to snow early afternoon for the rest of the day.

It was -3 on the drive home at 5pm and a second weather warning had been issued at 4.4.5pm for Calgary, Okotoks, High River, Claresholm, Airdrie, Cochrane, Strathmore, Vulcan, Lethbridge.

A band of heavy snow along a cold front is sweeping south through
Southern Alberta. Behind this front strong winds with gusts up to
80 km/h are creating blowing snow with near zero visibilities.
These poor visibilities are expected to last for a brief time as the
front goes through. Conditions will improve later this evening.

Further details follow in the upcoming revised public forecast.

29th November 2009 - Sunday

High: 6.0
Low: -8.0
Rain:(5)
Snow:(4)
Days we didn't see any sun: (4)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

There was some light cloud this morning, but it was bright and just into the positive figures by 8.30am. There was also a Chinook arch over the mountains, so hopefully it will warm up today and melt some more of the snow. There was a cool breeze this morning but that died down into the afternoon, which then felt quite mild. Temperatures reached +9 today.

28th November 2009 - Saturday

High: 1.5
Low:-10.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(4)
Days we didn't see any sun: (4)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was a grey and overcast start to the day and -7 at 8am. By noon the sun was trying to shine and it was +1. The sun shone for most of the day and it melted some of the snow, but the temperature didn't get any higher.

27th November 2009 - Friday

High: 1.0
Low: -3.5
Rain:(5)
Snow:(4)
Days we didn't see any sun: (4)
Days swept snow from drive (0)
Days shovelled snow from drive (0)

It was snowing when we woke up this morning, but we hadn't had the 5-10cm they had been predicting. It as 0 at 8.30am but with no sun shining, it felt quite cold. The roads around Okotoks and High River were mainly just wet so some caution was needed. The snow had stopped by mid-morning and a lot of it had melted by mid afternoon.

26th November 2009 - Thursday

High: 7.5
Low: -1.0
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 bright and sunny start with a fair bit of cloud. There was another Chinook arch over the mountains today. It was +1 at 8am and +5 by 10am.

25th November 2005 - Wednesday

High: 14.5
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 a bright and sunny start. There was a huge chinook arch over the mountains along with a fair bit of cloud, the Chinook got bigger and brighter as the day went on. It was -3 at 8.30am, but felt very mild. It rained very lightly for about 3 seconds at lunchtime and by 1.30pm it was +14. There was a coolish breeze, but still sunny & pleasant.

24th November 2009 - Tuesday

High: 6.5
Low: -4.5
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 a bright and sunny start to the day with not much cloud. It was -3 at 8.30am but it felt quite mild. It was sunny for most of the day and it reached around +7. There was a cool breeze, but the day was fairly pleasant on the whole.

23rd November 2009 - Monday

High: 7.5
Low: -8.0
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 bright and sunny start to the day with not much cloud. It was -4 at 8.30am and it felt quite cold. The sun shone for most of the day, so it felt better as the day went on. It reached +8 at around 1pm.

22 November 2009 - Sunday

High: 5.0
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 bright and sunny start to the day and it felt quite warm in the sun. There was a bit of light cloud in the afternoon, but it still felt very mild.

21 November 2009 - Saturday

High: 3.5
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 quite a cloudy and white sky this morning. It was +5 at around mid-day and it felt quite mild. We were outside putting Christmas decorations up in just jeans and jumpers.

20th November 2009 - Friday

High: 12.5
Low: 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 bright start with a bit of light cloud cover. It was +8 in Okotoks at 8.30am and felt quite mild, but they were saying that it was only -2 in Calgary and there was a wind chill making it feel colder. It remained at around +8 for most of the day and well into the evening.

19th November 2009 - Thursday

High: 10.5
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 a bright start, with a bit of light, patchy cloud and it was +3 at 8.30am. It was quite breezy, but it didn't feel too cold today. Just a few days ago, the whole lake was looking as though it had a covering of ice on it. After the last few warmer days, a fair bit has melted off.

The wind had really picked up by mid-day and there was the following weather warning in place:

Wind warning for Okotoks, High River & Claresholm

Strong west to southwesterly winds of 70 to 100 km/h are occurring over the southwestern foothills. Winds are expected to diminish this afternoon but may return overnight as a second weather system moves across the northern sections of Alberta.

Strongest wind gusts reported across the southern foothills as of 10 AM MST include:
Waterton Park Gate - 106 km/h
Brocket - 95 km/h
Pincher Creek - 93 km/h
Stavely - 91 km/h

18th November 2009 - Wednesday

High: 6.0
Low: -4.5
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 a bright start, with not much cloud. It was only -1 at 8.30am, but it felt quite mild. It was +7 by noon, but there was quite a coole breeze.

17th November 2009 - Tuesday

High: 12.0
Low: 5.5
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 a bright start, with a bit of light cloud. It was +10 at 8.30am, but it was quite breezy so it felt cooler than it was.

The wind had really picked up by mid-morning and there was the following weather warning in place:

Wind warning for Okotoks, High River & Claresholm

Strong southwest winds of 60 gusting to 80 km/h are now occurring in Calgary, Drumheller, Brooks, and Coronation regions, and are expected to persist until the early evening.

Strong winds will continue to gust at times to 100 km/h intermittently in the Crowsnest Pass region and over western sections of the Cardston region and southern sections of the Okotoks region. These conditions are expected to persist through much of the day.

It was +13 by mid-day and the wind had died down considerably by around 5pm.

16th November 2009 - Monday

High: 13.0
Low: 3.0
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 bright start, with light cloud that cleared quite quickly. It was +9 at 8.30am in Okotoks and it felt quite mild. The radio said it was 0 in Calgary and this was due to the Chinook wind only reaching to Southern Calgary. It was +14 by noon and it was warm, sunny and a little breezy.

15 November 2009 - Sunday

High: 10.0
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 quite a grey start with a fair bit of cloud cover. There was a Chinook arch over the mountains this morning so hopefully some warm weather will be on the way. It was +8 during the afternoon, but it felt quite cold.

14 November 2009 - Saturday

High: 2.0
Low: -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 and cloudless start to the day. It was -4 at 8.30am and only reached 0 by noon, but the sun was shining so it didn't feel too bad. It remained at 0 for most of the day and started to feel quite cold once the sun had gone down and the temperature began to drop into the minus figures.

13th November 2009 - Friday

High: 6.5
Low: -11
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, it was -10 at 8am, but had warmed to -5 by 8.30am. It felt quite a mild start. The ice on the lake is continuing to freeze.

12th November 2009 - Thursday

High: 4.0
Low: -10.5
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, but only -10 at 8.30am. It felt cool, but not freezing. It was a fairly pleasant day, but it did start to get quite cold once the sun went down.

11th November 2009 - Wednesday

High: 11.5
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 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.