Well cool morning here down to 6 below 0 old scale. Almost had to put my coat on walking over to the shop. I gotta’ say though, even though it’s this cold it sure is nice out there. When looking at things they are so clear, reason being there is no pollution in the air. The icicles just seem to glitter. When you take a breath of air you just know it’s fresh. Good to be alive. Talk Soon
Category Archives: Weather
Staying In Where It Is Warm.
Well after a few days of heavy snow it’s finally stopped here in Port Loring and sure glad to see that it has. Been working away here in the house where it is warm as just haven’t felt like going out. So figured it is a good time to work on my book. The book is coming along great so far, lot of work but starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. Talk Soon
More Snow On The Way.
SNOWFALL WARNING: North Bay – West Nipissing Issued at 5:33 AM EST SATURDAY 6 DECEMBER 2008
SNOW AND LOCAL SNOWSQUALLS TODAY.
SNOW SQUALL WARNING..AT 5:30 AM WEATHER RADAR SHOWS MULTIPLE SNOWSQUALLS CONTINUING TO AFFECT THE WAWA AND SUPERIOR EAST REGION. THESE SQUALLS SHOULD WEAKEN WITHIN THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS WHEN WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER. ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 CENTIMETRES ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. SNOWFALL WARNING..BANDS OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW ALSO CONTINUE TO THE COME ONSHORE NORTHEAST OF GEORGIAN BAY. THESE BANDS HAVE MOVED INTO THE KILLARNEY AND WEST NIPISSING AREAS AND ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE SUDBURY AREA LATER THIS MORNING. THE APPROACHING CLIPPER WILL ALSO SERVE TO ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THESE REGIONS. GENERAL AMOUNTS OF 15 CENTIMETRES WITH LOCAL TOTALS NEAR 30 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED BY TONIGHT. THE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE SQUALLS AND THE CLIPPER WILL END THIS EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS TO THE NORTH OF GEORGIAN BAY AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM. ALSO..A BAND OF LAKE EFFECT SNOW BEING GENERATED OVER LAKE MICHIGAN IS AFFECTING SAULT STE MARIE. AS OF 5 AM..SAULT STE MARIE AIRPORT HAD REPORTED 5 CM OF SNOW. THIS SNOW BAND SHOULD WEAKEN IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. HOWEVER..ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL FROM THE ALBERTA CLIPPER WILL LIKELY RAISE SNOWFALL TOTALS TO NEAR 15 CM BY LATE THIS AFTERNOON. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES IN BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
SNOWFALL WARNING: North Bay – West NipissingIssued at 9:19 PM EST FRIDAY 5 DECEMBER 2008
SNOW AND LOCAL SNOW SQUALLS TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.
COLD ARCTIC AIR HAS MOVED OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO. THIS COLD AIR PASSING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF LAKE SUPERIOR IS GENERATING LAKE EFFECT FLURRIES AND LOCAL SNOWSQUALLS. AT 9.15 PM EST..WEATHER RADAR SHOWS MULTIPLE SNOWSQUALLS COMING ONSHORE JUST NORTH OF MONTREAL RIVER TO WAWA EXTENDING UP TO 60 KILOMETRES INLAND. THESE SQUALLS COULD PRODUCE ADDITIONAL LOCALIZED AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES IN THESE AREAS. THE SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO SHIFT SLOWLY NORTH THIS EVENING AND ARE EXPECTED TO INTENSIFY. A SINGLE BAND MAY DEVELOP WHICH COULD BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES AND SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS NEAR 20 CENTIMETRES. COMPLICATING MATTERS IS AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WHICH WILL BRING GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF ABOUT 5 CENTIMETRES TO MUCH OF NORTH CENTRAL ONTARIO TONIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. SNOWSQUALLS ALSO CONTINUE TO THE NORTHEAST OF GEORGIAN BAY. THESE SQUALLS HAVE MOVED INTO THE KILLARNEY AND WEST NIPISSING AREAS AND ARE EXPECTED TO SLOWLY MOVE INTO THE SUDBURY AREA TONIGHT. THE APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALSO SERVE TO ENHANCE THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THESE REGIONS. GENERAL AMOUNTS OF 15 CENTIMETRES WITH LOCAL TOTALS NEAR 30 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED BY SATURDAY NIGHT. THE SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THE SNOWSQUALLS AND THE LOW WILL END SATURDAY MORNING FOR REGIONS TO THE NORTHEAST OF SUPERIOR AND SATURDAY EVENING FOR THOSE AREAS TO THE NORTH OF GEORGIAN BAY AS WINDS SHIFT TO NORTHERLY IN THE WAKE OF THE SYSTEM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES IN BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
Full Moon Dates From 2008 To 2012
| Month/Year | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
| January | 22 8:35 A.M. |
10 10:27 P.M. |
30 1:18 A.M. |
19 4:22 P.M. |
9 2:32 A.M. |
| February | 20 10:30 P.M. |
9 9:49 A.M. |
28 11:38 A.M. |
18 3:36 A.M. |
7 4:56 P.M. |
| March | 21 2:39 P.M. |
10 10:37 P.M. |
29 10:25 P.M. |
19 2:10 P.M. |
8 4:41 A.M. |
| April | 20 6:25 A.M. |
9 10:55 A.M. |
28 8:18 A.M. |
17 10:44 P.M. |
6 3:20 P.M. |
| May | 19 10:11 P.M. |
9 12:01 A.M. |
27 7:07 P.M. |
17 7:08 A.M. |
5 11:36 P.M. |
| June | 18 1:31 P.M. |
7 2:12 P.M. |
26 7:31 A.M. |
15 4:13 P.M. |
4 7:11 A.M. |
| July | 18 4:00 A.M. |
7 5:22 A.M. |
25 9:37 P.M. |
15 2:39 A.M. |
3 2:51 P.M. |
| August | 16 5:18 P.M. |
5 8:56 P.M. |
24 1:05 P.M. |
13 2:57 P.M. |
1 & 31 11:27 P.M. / 9:57 A.M. |
| September | 15 5:15 A.M. |
4 12:03 P.M. |
23 5:18 A.M. |
12 5:27 A.M. |
29 11:18 P.M. |
| October | 14 4:04 P.M. |
4 2:11 A.M. |
22 9:38 P.M. |
11 10:07 P.M. |
29 3:50 P.M. |
| November | 13 1:19 A.M. |
2 2:15 P.M. |
21 12:29 P.M. |
10 3:18 P.M. |
28 9:47 A.M. |
| December | 12 11:38 A.M. |
2 & 31 2:32 A.M. / 2:14 P.M. |
21 3:15 A.M. |
10 9:38 A.M. |
28 5:22 A.M. |
Snowfall warning for North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa Continued
Warnings
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
6:06 PM EST Wednesday 3 December 2008
Snowfall warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa continued
Significant snowfall tonight.
A low pressure area is forecast to develop over the Great Lakes ahead of a cold front. Snow is occurring across a wide swath of central and northeastern Ontario. It will continue tonight and give 15 to locally 20 centimetres of snow to the North Bay region by Thursday morning. As of 6 PM North Bay has reported 5 centimetres. It will gradually taper off Thursday morning to a few flurries.
Motorists are urged to exercise caution due to accumulating snow and reduced visibilities in drifting and local blowing snow.
More Snow and Enjoying Life
Well not as cold this morning but more snow is in the forecast they say. Sheesh we got over a good foot already. Since we moved here to the north this is been the worst for snow and cold weather. Not that I am complaining mind ya as we love it up here. We also put away for winter, meaning food and firewood, so we are set pretty well for what ever mother nature can throw at us. Good way to be. Also good to be prepared for other things to. Well better get back at my new book. Editing, editing, editing, is on the menu for the next few weeks. But it all gets done. Just enjoying life here. Talk Soon
Cold Day In Port Loring And New Book is Coming Along.
Well still cold here hovered around 14 degrees here all week. Working away here on the upcoming new book. Lots to do but enjoying it. Take each day at a time as if I was looking at the whole picture it would just overwhelm me too much. My wife too has been busy working on all the sketches for the book which in itself is a huge project but as me she takes it as it and enjoys it as it comes. Great team we are huh?
Cold Day Here In Port Loring, But Nice
Well cool morning here again. Down to 20 degrees old scale. Was up through the night stoking the old wood furnace and enjoying every minute of it. One thing about having the furnace we have, is that the wood is all inside your home nice and dry and easy to get at. So just need to pull on my slippers, no need to dress with coat and boots and strug off to the outside furnace through the snow and cold night air. Could never understand why anyone would even buy one of those things. Well I guess I know, their insurance brokers push it and that’s the reason for most thinking on the subject. I figure it this way. If we did every thing the insurance brokers told us to do why would one even need insurance. Well, as I have always said, it all boils down to money and they sure are making it, hand over fist. But all things come to an end, even for them, as we are seeing now. So guess I will go and have a tea, and get back to doing what I love. Enjoy your day. Talk Soon.
Second Snow Fall Over Night
Well had our second snow fall for this Fall. Darn cold out there this morning as down to 20 degrees. Had about four inches of the white stuff. Sure looks pretty out there though with the snow making the branches on our huge pines just hang. Good to be alive and kickin. Talk Soon
Cold Morning Here In Port Loring
Well cool morning here to wake up too. Down to 20 Degrees with a sniff of snow on the ground. I still go by the old scale, don’t like metric one bit. All metric did is complicate things that have been prefectly good for hundreds of years, not to forget how many billions of dollars it cost us. This is one old feller that didn’t change his ways. Not many of us left out there either. Got the old wood furnace going here this morning. Had to get up once last night and throw a couple more logs in the furnace. But I enjoy doing it. Just going to have a tea here then get back to working on my second book. Hope you all are well. Talk Soon
Cool Wet Day
Well cool day here but just a few minutes ago seen a glimmer of sunshine. So might be a nice Sunday Afternoon. Been so busy the past few days burning brush and things on our piece of property that I haven’t had time to rest, so figured it’s a good day to take a break. Since I moved here to Port Loring I got to say I never seen a more pretty piece of country in all my days. Just sitting here looking out my windows is a picture in itself. Old wood furnace is perking away, and, well, I am just enjoying life with my lovely wife. Talk Soon.
Cool Morning
Well cool morning here when I got up. Down to 29 degrees. But they say it is going to get warmer as the week goes forward. Which is ok with me as I burn wood for heat living here in the North. So far I have burned around a full cord I would think, so it looks like it’s going to be a long season. Usually we burn around 16 face cords a year to heat this old house of ours. In my eyes wood heat is the only way to go here in the north, as if one had to pay for oil, gas, or hydro he would for sure have to have a good job, paying good wages. For us old folks though we make do with what we got and wood is our only way to keep warm for the money we got coming in. Not complaining mind ya, as my wife and I have been self efficient all our lives, not relying on anyone. Just the way it is. Have a great day. Talk Soon
My Summer Weather Perdiction For Ontario Canada
I think after looking at how the trees, birds and animals and a few calculations that we will have below normal temperatures for the summer months of 2008. So we will see how it goes. Talk Soon
Firewood Time
Well got to say it sure is a cold one out there the past two mornings. But on the bright side its a real good time to split wood, which we have. This year I bought some logs delivered to the house to save a bit of money. Took the wife and I a bit to get the oooold body going but each day it got easier. I think the problem with most folks today is that they don’t get enough hard exercise. I had a few problems for years but now that I cut split and piled 20 cords of firewood I am feeling like a 20 year old again. Hard to believe huh. I will say this though, having them logs laying by the house for folks to see sure kept company away, LOL. Might be the answer for them unwanted guests huh? Well guess will go and get my breakfast and then get back at cutting and splitting. Should finish it up today or tomorrow. Will take some pictures when all said and done of before and after. Oh and takes a week of steady work to cut, split and pile around twenty cords of firewood 16 inches long and no log splitter other than an ax an some muscle. Talk Soon.
Cold For Next Week
Well winter isn’t over yet as it’s going to get cold for next week. Talk Soon
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1.3 Display: Clock/0/0 Power: AC Battery: ok
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Temperature: 18.5 F Hi 39.9 F 18/ 2 3:10 69.8 F Hi 76.5 F 22/ 2 14:35
Lo-11.9 F 21/ 2 6:45 Lo 59.4 F 19/ 2 6:31
Humidity: 60 % Hi 98 % 17/ 2 18:41 34 % Hi 34 % 18/ 2 15:15
Lo 31 % 22/ 2 13:54 Lo 23 % 22/ 2 15:05
Dew Point: 32 F Hi 39 F 17/ 2 19:39 41 F Hi 45 F 18/ 2 15:31
Lo 32 F 18/ 2 6:59 Lo 32 F 19/ 2 2:38
Wind Gust:273 W @ 0.0 mph Wind Gust Hi:204SSW@ 16.8 mph 17/ 2 20:04
Avg:273 W @ 0.0 mph Wind Chill: 18 F Lo: -11 F 21/ 2 5:01
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h Yesterday: 0.00 in Total:36.14 in since 1/ 1 0:00
Barometer: Steady at 29.15 in 30.03 in sea; 12-24hr forecast: Partly Cloudy
Storm Heading Our Way
If this storm track is right it should hit most of Ontario.
Taken literally, you can say that some of the numerical models loudly argue for a genuine blizzard across the Upper Midwest and much of the Great Lakes this weekend. And while the European version at 12z implied an ice storm threat to the major metropolitan areas of Kansas City MO, Chicago IL, and Grand Rapids MI, there is potential for the storm, and rain vs. snow placement, to take a bit more of a rightward curve that would enable the heavy snowfall, wind and cold combination. With the upper low phasing into a deep trough and vortex, the abundance of 500MB height falls and eastward displacement of the vorticity maxima makes it possible that the surface low will redevelop off of the coast of LI NY. This secondary could help to prevent a shift from snow to rain in much of New England and the Maritime Provinces. Otherwise, the entire warm sector of the giant disturbance will feature heavy rain and strong thunderstorms. The risk of severe weather in Dixie may be limited by a very moist atmospheric profile, but still, strong winds are virtually assured in the tight pressure gradient about the low.
Snowfall totals within the colder quadrants of the gyre may be in the 10 to 15 inch range (caveat: lake-related moisture could enhance amounts in parts of IL, WI, MI, and ON), and a thin stripe of territory just above the storm trajectory axis could be hit with a rather impressive icing event. Following the storm will be about 48 hours of extreme cold that at one point could cover most of the area between the Rocky Mountains and the Eastern Seaboard.
Port Lorings Weather
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1.3 Display: Clock/0/0 Power: AC Battery: ok
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Temperature: 29.5 F Hi 35.8 F 3/ 2 14:04 74.5 F Hi 77.4 F 3/ 2 18:14
Lo 3.7 F 31/ 1 7:38 Lo 58.6 F 31/ 1 7:26
Humidity: 78 % Hi 85 % 3/ 2 5:24 32 % Hi 44 % 3/ 2 0:56
Lo 46 % 31/ 1 13:08 Lo 28 % 1/ 2 12:17
Dew Point: 32 F Hi 32 F 30/ 1 13:08 43 F Hi 48 F 2/ 2 14:38
Lo 32 F 30/ 1 13:08 Lo 32 F 31/ 1 2:54
Wind Gust:287WNW@ 0.0 mph Wind Gust Hi:305NW @ 21.9 mph 30/ 1 14:31
Avg:287WNW@ 0.0 mph Wind Chill: 30 F Lo: -27 F 30/ 1 18:19
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h Yesterday: 0.00 in Total:35.59 in since 1/ 1 0:00
Barometer: Steady at 29.32 in 30.20 in sea; 12-24hr forecast: Sunny
Port Loring Weather
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1.3 Display: Clock/0/0 Power: AC Battery: ok
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Temperature: 25.7 F Hi 33.1 F 27/ 1 13:05 72.5 F Hi 76.8 F 18/ 1 20:58
Lo-22.9 F 20/ 1 7:27 Lo 54.1 F 21/ 1 7:22
Humidity: 71 % Hi 89 % 18/ 1 22:48 33 % Hi 40 % 26/ 1 16:52
Lo 44 % 24/ 1 12:17 Lo 26 % 20/ 1 23:04
Dew Point: 32 F Hi 32 F 18/ 1 19:59 43 F Hi 48 F 18/ 1 22:07
Lo 32 F 18/ 1 19:59 Lo 32 F 19/ 1 23:16
Wind Gust:213SSW@ 0.0 mph Wind Gust Hi:339NNW@ 15.4 mph 18/ 1 22:20
Avg:213SSW@ 0.0 mph Wind Chill: 25 F Lo: -31 F 20/ 1 12:13
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h Yesterday: 0.00 in Total:34.88 in since 1/ 1 0:00
Barometer: Steady at 29.21 in 30.09 in sea; 12-24hr forecast: Cloudy