A gorgeous summer!
Aug 18th 2010 | 2:02 am
#1
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A gorgeous summer!
Well, kids are almost back to school!
The last 2 July's were a wash out, but this year it has been a gorgeous summer here in NS with only about 5 days of rain total for June, July and August!
It does make me nervous about what winter will bring though
The last 2 July's were a wash out, but this year it has been a gorgeous summer here in NS with only about 5 days of rain total for June, July and August!
It does make me nervous about what winter will bring though
Aug 18th 2010 | 2:25 am
#3
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From: Was Calgary back in Edmonton again !!
Re: A gorgeous summer!
We have had a poor summer in Edmonton...wet with storms almost every day at some point..it has only got above 30c once and that was in the middle of May (technically spring) the rest of this month not looking great either..but roll on the kids going back to school
Aug 18th 2010 | 2:33 am
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Re: A gorgeous summer!
You must have read the article in the Chronicle Herald this week.......we might just be in a for a pile of snow and colder than normal......
The Chronicle Herald Metro 08/17/2010
The senior Environment Canada climatologist, book author and all around weather expert has been predicting what will fall or shine on us for more than 40 years.
The rest of summer and fall is expected to follow the warm trend of the year, he says, noting this is the second-warmest year in Halifax since record taking started in the region in 1953. And that’s just by a fraction. The average temperature over the first eight months so far is 8.5 C, compared to a normal average of 6.6. Only 1999 logged a higher average: 8.6.
“So . . . this has been the second-warmest such eight months on record . . . (and) it may come out to be the warmest year on record — we still have, of course, four months to go."
But Phillips expects plenty of cold too over those four months. And he uses history and a current weather force known as La Nina — the opposite of El Niño, which brings warmer air our way — as his guide.
Environment Canada’s seasonal forecast issued in June predicted a colder-than normal winter in Atlantic Canada, Phillips says. And 14 La Ninas over the past 60 years tell us the agency could be right.
“In those 14, nine were winters that were colder than normal, five were warmer than normal, 10 were snowier than normal and . . . four were less than normal, so if you were a betting person . . . the odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina."
‘The odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina.’
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I understand that some folks even like the winters? Go figure....
The Chronicle Herald Metro 08/17/2010
The senior Environment Canada climatologist, book author and all around weather expert has been predicting what will fall or shine on us for more than 40 years.
The rest of summer and fall is expected to follow the warm trend of the year, he says, noting this is the second-warmest year in Halifax since record taking started in the region in 1953. And that’s just by a fraction. The average temperature over the first eight months so far is 8.5 C, compared to a normal average of 6.6. Only 1999 logged a higher average: 8.6.
“So . . . this has been the second-warmest such eight months on record . . . (and) it may come out to be the warmest year on record — we still have, of course, four months to go."
But Phillips expects plenty of cold too over those four months. And he uses history and a current weather force known as La Nina — the opposite of El Niño, which brings warmer air our way — as his guide.
Environment Canada’s seasonal forecast issued in June predicted a colder-than normal winter in Atlantic Canada, Phillips says. And 14 La Ninas over the past 60 years tell us the agency could be right.
“In those 14, nine were winters that were colder than normal, five were warmer than normal, 10 were snowier than normal and . . . four were less than normal, so if you were a betting person . . . the odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina."
‘The odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina.’
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I understand that some folks even like the winters? Go figure....
Aug 18th 2010 | 3:27 am
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From: Fredericton, New Brunswick CA
Re: A gorgeous summer!
An excellent one in NB too.
Aug 18th 2010 | 3:40 am
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Re: A gorgeous summer!
It's been what I call a typically English summer here in Calgary. 
Aug 18th 2010 | 4:16 am
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I hope none of these affect me personally
Aug 18th 2010 | 4:17 am
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Re: A gorgeous summer!
You must have read the article in the Chronicle Herald this week.......we might just be in a for a pile of snow and colder than normal......
The Chronicle Herald Metro 08/17/2010
The senior Environment Canada climatologist, book author and all around weather expert has been predicting what will fall or shine on us for more than 40 years.
The rest of summer and fall is expected to follow the warm trend of the year, he says, noting this is the second-warmest year in Halifax since record taking started in the region in 1953. And that’s just by a fraction. The average temperature over the first eight months so far is 8.5 C, compared to a normal average of 6.6. Only 1999 logged a higher average: 8.6.
“So . . . this has been the second-warmest such eight months on record . . . (and) it may come out to be the warmest year on record — we still have, of course, four months to go."
But Phillips expects plenty of cold too over those four months. And he uses history and a current weather force known as La Nina — the opposite of El Niño, which brings warmer air our way — as his guide.
Environment Canada’s seasonal forecast issued in June predicted a colder-than normal winter in Atlantic Canada, Phillips says. And 14 La Ninas over the past 60 years tell us the agency could be right.
“In those 14, nine were winters that were colder than normal, five were warmer than normal, 10 were snowier than normal and . . . four were less than normal, so if you were a betting person . . . the odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina."
‘The odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina.’
__________________________________________________ _______________
I understand that some folks even like the winters? Go
figure....
The Chronicle Herald Metro 08/17/2010
The senior Environment Canada climatologist, book author and all around weather expert has been predicting what will fall or shine on us for more than 40 years.
The rest of summer and fall is expected to follow the warm trend of the year, he says, noting this is the second-warmest year in Halifax since record taking started in the region in 1953. And that’s just by a fraction. The average temperature over the first eight months so far is 8.5 C, compared to a normal average of 6.6. Only 1999 logged a higher average: 8.6.
“So . . . this has been the second-warmest such eight months on record . . . (and) it may come out to be the warmest year on record — we still have, of course, four months to go."
But Phillips expects plenty of cold too over those four months. And he uses history and a current weather force known as La Nina — the opposite of El Niño, which brings warmer air our way — as his guide.
Environment Canada’s seasonal forecast issued in June predicted a colder-than normal winter in Atlantic Canada, Phillips says. And 14 La Ninas over the past 60 years tell us the agency could be right.
“In those 14, nine were winters that were colder than normal, five were warmer than normal, 10 were snowier than normal and . . . four were less than normal, so if you were a betting person . . . the odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina."
‘The odds seem to favour a colder and snowier winter when you have La Nina.’
__________________________________________________ _______________
I understand that some folks even like the winters? Go
figure....
Aug 18th 2010 | 6:17 am
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Aug 19th 2010 | 5:04 am
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From: NB ... nearer to keanu than i was!
Re: A gorgeous summer!
being here and having the last 8 months of temps between 26 - 52 deg, with about 3 days of rain over the whole 8 months i can't wait to get to nb end of oct, just in time for winter yay roll on!
