Today:
Periods of snow ending early this afternoon then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Risk of freezing drizzle near noon. High minus 8.
Tonight:
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Periods of light snow beginning overnight. Wind becoming west 20 km/h near midnight. Low minus 10.
Thursday:
Periods of light snow ending in the morning then cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries. Becoming cloudy periods late in the day. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light in the morning. High minus 5.
* One hour before and one hour after high tides, and one hour before and one hour after low tides. Inland, the times for high tides correspond with the times when the Moon is due south. Low tides are halfway between high tides.
* During the “morning rise” (after sunup for a spell) and the “evening rise” (just before sundown and the hour or so after).
* When the barometer is steady or on the rise. (But even during stormy periods, the fish aren’t going to give up feeding. The smart fisherman will find just the right bait.)
* When there is a hatch of flies — caddis flies or mayflies, commonly. (The fisherman will have to match his fly with the hatching flies or go fishless.)
* When the breeze is from a westerly quarter rather than from the north or east.
* When the water is still or rippled, rather than during a wind.
The Best Fishing Days for 2009, when the Moon is between new and full:
* January 1-10
* January 26-February 9
* February 24-March 10
* March 26-April 9
* April 24-May 9
* May 24-June 7
* June 22-July 7
* July 21-August 5
* August 20-September 4
* September 18-October 4
* October 18-November 2
* November 16-December 2
* December 16-31
Earth is already slowing down and has been doing so for billions of years. At the present time, our planet is slowing down by about .002 second per century. The slowing occurs mainly because of friction between solid earth and ocean tides. Earth’s loss of rotational energy is transferred to the Moon, which goes into a wider orbit, thus lengthening the time between successive full Moons.
SPRING EQUINOX … March 20, 7:44 A.M. EDT
SUMMER SOLSTICE … June 21, 1:46 A.M. EDT
FALL EQUINOX … September 22, 5:19 P.M. EDT
WINTER SOLSTICE … December 21, 12:47 P.M. EST
Cold
A couple of evening snow showers; otherwise, very cold with clearing. Winds from the NNW at 7 .
Low Tonight -23 °F maybe a bit colder. Sooooo stay warm and keep them home fires burning. Talk Soon
TOTAL OF 15 TO 20 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW BY THIS AFTERNOON.
SNOWFALL WARNING FOR NORTH BAY – NIPISSING. SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WILL CONTINUE THIS MORNING ACROSS THE NORTH BAY – NIPISSING REGION AS AN ALBERTA CLIPPER MOVES THROUGH FROM THE US MIDWEST. COLD SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS ARE PICKING UP ADDITIONAL MOISTURE FROM NORTHERN LAKE HURON AND ICE FREE AREAS OF GEORGIAN BAY AND AS A RESULT ARE ENHANCING THE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE ALBERTA CLIPPER. THE SNOW WILL COME TO A QUICK END BY THIS AFTERNOON AS A SHARP ARCTIC COLD FRONT RACES THROUGH IN THE WAKE OF THE ALBERTA CLIPPER. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 20 CM ARE EXPECTED BY THE TIME THE SNOW ENDS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND WHITEOUT CONDITIONS FROM BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND ACCUMULATING SNOW. TRAVEL PLANS SHOULD BE ALTERED ACCORDINGLY. WIND CHILLS FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN ONTARIO. AN ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE BUILDING INTO NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO HAS CAUSED WINDS TO DIMINISH TO 10 KM/H OR LESS ACROSS THE DISTRICT EARLY THIS MORNING. WITH LIGHT WINDS EXPECTED TODAY UNDER THE RIDGE EXTREME WIND CHILLS WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE. HOWEVER EXTREME WIND CHILLS MAY RETURN AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY AS WINDS PICK UP ONCE AGAIN IN ADVANCE OF YET ANOTHER BITTERLY COLD ARCTIC HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM SLIDING SOUTHEAST ACROSS THE PRAIRIES. WIND CHILL WARNINGS MAY HAVE TO BE ISSUED AGAIN LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT FOR LARGE PARTS OF NORTHERN ONTARIO AS A RESULT.
SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TONIGHT.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER MISSOURI WILL CROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT. SNOW OCCASIONALLY HEAVY WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10 CENTIMETERS LIKELY OVER THE NORTH BAY REGION AND 5 TO 10 CENTIMETERS OVER MANITOULIN ISLAND. TRAVELERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO REACH THEIR DESTINATION.
SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES TODAY AND TONIGHT WITH 15 TO 25 CENTIMETRES LIKELY.
A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE AREA EMERGING FROM KANSAS TODAY WILL MOVE TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKES TONIGHT. SNOW AHEAD OF THIS SYSTEM WILL BEGIN LATER THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT AND BECOME HEAVY AT TIMES TUESDAY. SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT. UPWARDS OF 20 TO 25 CENTIMETRES ARE LIKELY IN THESE AREAS BY OVERNIGHT TUESDAY NIGHT.
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