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.
Well real beauty of a day here this Sunday. Customers are rolling in, so been quite busy, which is a good thing. Our Native American Flutes have been selling real well this year, had to actually get to making some more, as sold over half of them and we still got half the summer to go yet. Also my books are a hot item for us this year and sold more than I can count. So ya, things are rolling along here today. Might be as some call it a recession out there, but for us here at our home and small store you would never know it. Seems folks are drawn to our place, and I believe it’s the old earth that we have to thank for that. Nature is what it is all about up in this neck of the wood, but then again that is what us humans are, just some have had their minds swayed into other beliefs and things. Well guess go and enjoy a coffee, talk soon.
Thought I would put up a chart that takes a look at our temperature here in Port Loring Ontario. The reason for doing this, is so that folks that enjoy the outdoors, will be able to tell what the lows will be at night. What you do is, look at the chart. The Green Line shows the Dew Point Temperature. So if you look at that Line the green one, and see what it says for around noon, well… that is what the low will be for the night. Easy way for you to predict the weather and know when an upcoming frost will be arriving, but lets hope we don’t see that for awhile. But it will let you know if you can turn off that air conditioner that is costing you your hard earned dollars. Also for more on our weather just scroll down and on the left hand side you will see a Link that will take you to my weather station here in Port Loring. No Charge. Thought I would share. With this chart it shows the lows tonight will be around 50 or so. Take a look.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH: North Bay – West Nipissing Issued at 11:59 AM EDT TUESDAY 28 JULY 2009
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES TAKE IMMEDIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS.
WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE REGIONS ARE CONDUCIVE TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS WILL BE INTENSE LIGHTNING TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS. THIS THREAT WILL REMAIN INTO THE EARLY EVENING.
January 10th Full Wolf Moon 10:27 pm
February 9th Full Snow Moon 9:49 am
March 10th Full Worm Moon 10:38 pm
April 9th Full Pink Moon 10:56 am
May 9th Full Flower Moon 12:01 am
June 7th Full Strawberry Moon 2:12 pm
July 7th Full Buck Moon 5:21 am
August 5th Full Sturgeon Moon 8:55 pm
September 4th Full Corn Moon 12:03 pm
October 4th Full Harvest Moon 2:10 am
November 2nd Full Hunter’s Moon 2:14 pm
December 2nd Full Cold Moon 2:30 am
December 31st Full Blue Moon 2:13 pm
STRONG WINDS EARLY WEDNESDAY ALONG COLD FRONT. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
AN INTENSE COLORADO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGIONS TONIGHT. IN GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 25 TO 40 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ESPECIALLY ALONG A SWATH EXTENDING FROM NORTHWESTERN SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR TO KAPUSKASING. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO FORECAST GIVING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL START TAPERING OFF FROM THE THUNDER BAY ATIKOKAN AND VICINITY REGIONS OVERNIGHT AND FROM THE REST OF THE WARNED REGIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE TRIGGERED BY A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALONG THE FRONT WINDS WILL GUST TO 90 KM/H. A FEW LOCATIONS OVER THE NICKEL BELT AND EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL GUST NEAR 100 KM/H. NOTE THAT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED.
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
8:55 AM EST Friday 27 February 2009 Blowing snow warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa & Port Loring continued
Extensive blowing snow today.
A low pressure system currently located east of Georgian Bay tracks north eastward this morning and into Québec this afternoon. Cold air will continue to flood into the regions from the north.
Additional snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 centimetres are expected along a line extending from Killarney to Kirkland Lake this morning and end later this morning.
Strong northerly winds gusting to 60 to 70 km/h will give extensive blowing snow. Bitterly cold temperatures combined with the snow and the wind will produce low visibilities. Wind chill values will be in the minus 30 to 35 range today.
Conditions will begin to improve near Lake Superior later this morning with the improvement spreading eastward to reach areas near the Québec border in the evening.
HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW TAPERING OFF FRIDAY WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES GIVING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM KANSAS WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE REGIONS EARLY FRIDAY BRINGING A MAJOR STORM WITH AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE REGIONS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER ALL REGIONS THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TO 20 TO 30 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ONTARIO INCLUDING THE NICKEL BELT. FURTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO ABOUT 10 CENTIMETRES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 60 TO 70 KM/H WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY GIVING EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE SNOW AND THE WIND WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR NEAR NOON FRIDAY WITH THE IMPROVEMENT SPREADING EASTWARD TO REACH AREAS NEAR THE QUEBEC BORDER IN THE EVENING.
The effect of changes in the weather on our health is undeniable. Just ask the severe rheumatoid arthritis patient about his or her joint pain during rainy days. Atmospheric pressure can be felt by those with achy joints or metal implants in their bodies. They can predict the weather better than some network television meteorologists. How can you be wrong when the atmosphere is in your bones, literally? And remember; The sun is a person’s most crucial source of vitamin D which we all need to live a healthy life. So get as much of it as humanly possible this comming summer. Not far off either and I am sure lookin’ forward to it.
Near- blizzard conditions from parts of the Mid-South into the Ohio Valley and Lower Great Lakes. February 1 – 4, 2009 time frame. Just thought I would give a bit of advance warning.
localhost:9753 1/29 1:53:42am
1.3 Display: Temp/0/0 Power: AC Battery: ok
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Temperature: 24.4 F Hi 90.5 F 8/ 6 7:17am 68.2 F Hi 78.4 F 9/14 2:52am
Lo-39.1 F 1/14 9:12pm Lo 47.5 F 12/29 1:06am
Humidity: 64 % Hi 97*% 12/27 10:26pm 26 % Hi 71 % 8/29 5:48am
Lo 25 % 8/ 4 7:34am Lo 23 % 1/26 2:12am
Dew Point: 32*F Hi 70 F 9/13 10:41pm 32 F Hi 63 F 9/14 3:05am
Lo 32*F 1/29 1:53am Lo 32*F 1/29 12:45am
Wind Gust:160SSE@ 0.0 mph Wind Gust Hi:035NE @ 4.0 mph 9/21 4:32am
Avg:159SSE@ 0.0 mph Wind Chill: 25 F Lo: -40 F 1/14 9:12pm
Rain Rate: 0.00 in/h Yesterday: 0.00 in Total:20.67 in since 1/ 1 12:00am
Barometer: Falling at 28.85 in 29.68 in sea; 12-24hr forecast: Cloudy
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