North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
10:06 AM EDT Thursday 27 May 2010 Severe thunderstorm watch for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa issued
..Potential for severe thunderstorms today..
This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms with torrential downpours and damaging winds.
Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements. If threatening weather approaches take immediate safety precautions.
Thunderstorms currently developing ahead of a cold front may possibly become severe later this morning into this afternoon. Some of these storms may become severe with local rainfall amounts exceeding 50 millimetres or more in one hour. Wind gusts approaching 90 km/h are also possible with these storms. Hail of 1 to 2 centimetres in diameter is also a threat.
Hi folks below is a link to our second weather station done up by wunderground. good folks. The data you see comes directly from our home here in Port Loring. That is where the station is located. It covers an area of fifty miles in any direction. Click the link below.
Hi folks, for years on the farm we worked with Mother Nature. I say worked with her, as there is just no other Way. She gives you clues and if your up on some of her ways, well your ahead of the game. So……………..for those that aren’t sure whether to cover your tomato plants at nights in case of frost, let me show you an easy way to find what the night time temperatures will be. First off you need to know what the Dew Point Temperatures, between Noon and One, Once you know that, you will know what the lowest it will be for the following night. Simple huh? Has worked for me for many years. Don’t be in to much of a rush in getting them seeds into the ground either. Better to wait till night time temperatures stay above fifty.
MAY 2010: temperature 13.5°C (1°C above avg.); precipitation 55mm (30mm below avg. east, 10mm above west); May 1-3: Showers, warm; May 4-12: Sunny, then showers; May 13-17: Sunny east, showers west; May 18-20: Sunny, hot; May 21-25: T-storms, then sunny, cool; May 26-31: Showers, turning warm.
JUNE 2010: temperature 16.5°C (1°C below avg.); precipitation 50mm (30mm below avg.); Jun 1-6: Showers, then sunny; Jun 7-13: Showers, then sunny, warm; Jun 14-17: Showers, warm; Jun 18-20: Sunny, cool; Jun 21-22: T-storms, hot; Jun 23-24: Sunny; Jun 25-30: A few t-storms.
Hmmmm…..Just when you thought it was gone for good, winter is making a comeback in Ontario.
Warnings
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
3:39 PM EDT Friday 07 May 2010 Snowfall warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa issued
Very late season heavy snow overnight and Saturday.
An intensifying low pressure system tracking up from Illinois across Lake Huron into Eastern Ontario will bring a late season heavy snowfall to Northeastern Ontario.
Rain ahead of this system will move in this evening then change over to snow by morning as brisk northeasterly winds draw in cold Arctic air.
Latest indications suggest that 15 cm of snow will fall in a 6 to 12 hour period across North Bay and Sudbury and possibly as far north as Earlton by Saturday afternoon.
The snow will taper off to scattered wet flurries in the wake of the storm centre later on Saturday.
Motorists should be prepared for dangerous winter driving conditions from very low visibility in heavy snow and possible snow accumulation on the roads.
Darn and I just put my snowblower away, well…………I refuse to bring it back out, just going to have to melt on its own.
Lovers of snow, sleet and freezing temperatures, rejoice: according to Ontario’s best-known groundhog and his U.S. and Atlantic Canada counterparts, winter will stick around for six more weeks.
“My shadow I see beside me,” it was read. “Six more weeks of winter it will be!”
If no shadow was s seen, legend says, spring will come early.
Oh well what can you do. Can’t argue with Mother Nature. Guess I will go and bring in a bit more firewood.
My weather station is currently having some problems uploading to our personal web site. In order to compensate for the problem all the data is taken directly from our home here in Port Loring and directed to Weather Underground. Just click on the Port Loring Link On the Left of the screen down near the bottom and you will be directed to our data. Until the problem if corrected this will be our official site for the weather here in Port Loring and a surrounding area of around fifty miles. All sensors still working. Or this link will take you there also. Just copy and paste.
December 2009
28th-31st. Blustery and much colder weather sweeps in, with frequent snow showers and flurries as 2009 comes to a close.
January 2010
1st-3rd. Fair, cold. 4th-7th. Fair, then snow breaks out near the St. Lawrence River Valley. 8th-11th. Heavy snow Great Lakes. 12th-15th. Fair, cold all of Ontario. 16th-19th. Snow squalls Great Lakes. 20th-23rd. Snow, then turning fair and cold. 24th-27th. Heavy snow. 28th-31st. Clearing, cold.
February 2010
1st-3rd. Wet Great Lakes, then clearing, cold. 4th-7th. Periods of light snow. 8th-11th. Colder weather Great Lakes. 12th-15th. Snow, increasing in intensity to the east. 16th-19th. Mixed clouds and sun. 20th-23rd. More periods of snow; heaviest again over eastern section.
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
11:33 AM EST Friday 25 December 2009 Freezing rain warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa continued
..Freezing rain spreading into these regions from the south..
This is a warning that an extended period of freezing rain is imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.
The much-advertised Texas storm will bring a wintry mix of freezing rain along with some snow and rain to the warned areas. There is potential for an extended period of freezing rain especially for regions north of Lake Huron where 2 to 5 millimetres or more of ice may accumulate on untreated surfaces.
Travellers are advised to take extreme caution and allow for extra time to reach their destinations. Environment Canada will continue to monitor this developing situation closely. The freezing rain warning may be extended to other areas as needed later on.
The winter storm watch has ended for Northwestern Ontario as snowfall amounts are no longer expected to exceed the Environment Canada warinng criteria of 15 centimetres per 12 hours.
When all is said and done, we will have a fairly normal winter here in Port Loring. The biggest cold anomalies will be south of us. We will at the very least have some sunny days in January and February. Of the two months, February will be the snowier. Have a great winter.
..15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW EXPECTED BEGINNING TONIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY..
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. PRECIPITATION ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN AS LIGHT SNOW LATE THIS EVENING OVER MANITOULIN ISLAND AND SPREAD NORTHWARD AND EASTWARD OVERNIGHT. THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOW WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN FOR MANITOULIN AND ITS VICINITY WEDNESDAY EVENING. 15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED OVER THE ABOVE REGIONS BEFORE IT TAPERS OFF WEDNESDAY NIGHT. STRONG EASTERLY WINDS MAY WHIP THE FRESHLY FALLEN SNOW CAUSING BLOWING SNOW AND REDUCED VISIBILITY. TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATIONS. IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM..COLD WESTERLY WINDS GOING OVER THE GREAT LAKES WILL SET UP ANOTHER LAKE EFFECT EVENT FOR SNOW BELT AREAS ON THURSDAY. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THIS DEVELOPING SITUATION CLOSELY. SNOWFALL WARNING MAY BE EXTENDED TO OTHER REGIONS LATER TODAY IF NECESSARY.
Well first day of any snow to speak of this morning. Started to come down yesterday around two in the afternoon and pretty well kept it up till this morning. Today my weather station is calling for sunshine so we will see. Didn’t get to much snow, maybe a couple inches, but enough to let a feller or gal know of what lays ahead. Sure is pretty looking out though, with all our huge pines just drooping. I got to say the first snow fall has a way of doing something to a feller. If I didn’t have some things to do this morning I think I could just sit here and look out all day long. On another note. My lovely wife is cookin’ up some bacon and soon as it is finished on will go the farm fresh eggs cooked right in the bacon grease. Can’t be beat. One thing I love, is my eggs, bacon too, I know it isn’t the best one could eat, but two or three times a week is fine I have found, that is if one doesn’t over do it with other greasy things. The thing I am looking for though, is one of them old time toasters, where you put the toast in and flip the lid up and down manually. One lid on each side. If anyone has one of them that they don’t want any-more, just let me know. You can reach me at [email protected] Have a great day and remember. A day worth getting up too, is a day not to be taken for granted. (By Me)
Thinking back to when I had horses of my own it got me to thinking of what I did in preparing them for winter. When the cold winter weather hits, many horse owners right away bring out the horse blankets. Myself though, I have always figured that a horse’s normal winter coat is much more insulating than a blanket, and unless the horse has been clipped, is outside without a windbreak, or has been moved to a colder climate during the winter months, it will usually actually be warmer without a blanket.
One has to remember that the longer winter coat helps to trap the body heat against the skin. Also, tiny muscles in the skin raise the hairs, creating tiny air pockets which in turn heighten the insulating effect. So if you flatten their fluffed-up coat by adding layers of light blankets, or even one heavy one, you can actually make the horse colder. Something to think about. My Opinion Only
Well been a busy couple days here at our home. Firewood was delivered on Monday, so in other words you might say that my lovely wife and I have had our exercise equipment delivered right to our door. That is the nice thing about living in the country, living within our means and enjoying each day as it is brought before us and making it for all its worth, that we do. There isn’t one day that appears that my wife and I doesn’t take advantage of enjoying each moment. The firewood below is ten cords of split hardwood, total amount is 12 cords. I had around five cords in the shelter, so all total will be lots for heating the house next winter. Getting the wood this early assures of good dry wood for the next burning season. Our heat for this winter is looked after and sitting in the basement. No going out in the cold for this couple, that’s for sure. Never could understand why folks buy these outside furnaces, as in my mind who wants to get up in the middle of a snow storm at three AM in the morning and go out in that cold, just to put a log on the fire. Think about that for a minute. Ok………. that should tell you something shouldn’t it. Hmm…… oh well, takes all kinds and to each his or her own I suppose. Have a great day!!
}Good morning.” Cool morning here so far, with frost on the pumpkins showing all its beauty. Guess some say there isn’t anything beautiful about it, but I say. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, just like the old days when my Grandfather was alive. Nothing nicer to look outside on these cold mornings and watch the smoke slowly curling up over the trees and bowing down to the earth below. And to see the frost glistening off the grass and trees is something all in itself. My wife and I just love it. The old wood furnace is perkin’ away as well as the coffee, which aroma is now letting me know that it’s time to go and get a cup. Enjoy your day.
Weather for today and most of next week. Hmmm, did I see some white stuff in there??? Oh and for up to the minute weather, click on my weather station link, which is on the left of the screen. Says Port Loring Weather. I gotta’ say it is right on the money.
Today
A few showers changing to rain at times heavy this morning. Amount 5 to 10 mm(0.2 to 0.4 in). Wind becoming south 30 km/h (19 mph) late this morning. High 15C(59F).
Tonight
Rain at times heavy. Amount 15 mm(0.6 in). Wind south 40 km/h (25 mph) gusting to 70 km/h (43 mph). Low 8C(46F).
rain
Saturday
Showers at times heavy. Wind southwest 30 km/h (19 mph) gusting to 60 km/h (37 mph). Temperature falling to 5C(41F) in the afternoon.
cloudy
Sunday
Cloudy. Low 2C(36F). High 6C(43F).
rain
Monday
Periods of rain. Low 2C(36F). High 7C(45F).
cloudy
Tuesday
Cloudy. Low 0C(32F). High 3C(37F).
snow
Wednesday
Periods of snow mixed with rain. Low 0C(32F). High 4C(39F).
snow
Thursday
Periods of snow. Low 0C(32F). High 2C(36F). Normals for the period low -1C(30F). High 7C(45F).
What do you make of this fine weather we are experiencing this year? As a homesteader I have found it mighty hard to garden & cut my wood for winter.
As I have wandered about this week when it wasn’t raining I noticed there is not a pine cone on any trees on my property. From your past experiences do you know what this would mean?
I used to hear if they cones were high up on the tree the snow would be high, if they were low then snow was not deep that year.
Not seeing any cones I was wondering if we would have any snow or not.
Thank you for any information
Reply:
Hi there , nice to hear from you. Yep I noticed that too. One thing you got to keep an eye on is if you happen to have an over amount of red squirrels. If so they clean them up and put them in piles at the base of trees or in the crook of trees. Usually the squirrels are the ones that knock them to the ground. Other than that they stay on the tree until the hot sun breaks them open so they can spread the seeds inside of them. If for example farmers had a great crops that meant a long cold winter as nature knows and wants to make sure every one eats. My wife put up 70 quart jars of tomatoes and lots of other things in the freezer this year in-spite of the not so good summer. The coats on the deer are a wee bit heavier than normal this year so one would figure that that is another sign they are getting ready. The pine cones as you say have been gathered up and put away for winter by birds, squirrels and chipmunks so that is another sign. If there is any they will be up high on the very tops. The leaves on the trees were also very full this year which is another sign of a not so good winter. So………… hard year to tell but a few signs does say we should be putting in a wee bit more firewood in the basement or where it is easy to get at. I would also think we might get some snow this year do to the fact there is so much moisture in the soil and things. I know you are right about the wood being so hard to keep dry this year and last year also. Two years ago I bit the bullet and built a lean to to put my wood under. Just got fed up with it being wet all the time. Tarps seemed to make it worse. I have never been happier now that I got it built. They aren’t that expensive to build either, mine holds around 20 split face cords and cost around 400 all total roof and all. Although I put plywood for a roof and then cheated by staining the plywood and laying a tarp over the top of that, for now any-ways. So far so good. Some day I will get energetic and put up some shingles or something. Maybe. Well you take care, gloomy old day out there again this morning. Guess I will plant the rest of my garlic got half of it in had to go and pick up some more as run out. Take care George
Tornado warning: North Bay – West Nipissing Issued at 6:05 PM EDT THURSDAY 20 AUGUST 2009
RADAR SHOWS A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR RESOLUTE LAKE. THIS STORM IS MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 50 KM/H. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORNADOES ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS. TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
Welcome to my little corner of the countryside, where storytelling meets the everyday joys of woodworking, farming, and gardening. I’m GW, a writer and published author with over thirty years of experience.
