Bluenose Soaring Weather Briefing

Sat Jan 28 02:14:20 EST 2012
Sat Jan 28 07:14:20 UTC 2012

Routine Weather Observations:

Terminal Area Forcasts:

Nova Scotia Weather, Environment Canada:

Colchester County - Cobequid Bay
Cumberland County - Minas Shore
Cumberland County North and Cobequid Pass
Colchester County North.
Tonight..Snow changing through ice pellets and freezing rain to rain
 late this evening. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 to 4 cm. Rainfall
 amount 10 mm. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind southeast
 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming west 30 gusting to 50 overnight.
 Temperature rising to 7 by morning.
Saturday..A few rain showers ending early in the morning then mainly
 cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Fog patches dissipating
 in the morning. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northwest
 40 gusting to 60 in the morning then diminishing to 20 gusting to 40
 in the afternoon. Temperature steady near zero.
Saturday night..Clear. Increasing cloudiness before morning. Wind
 northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light in the evening. Low
 minus 6.

Pictou County
Antigonish County.
Tonight..Snow changing through ice pellets and freezing rain to rain
 near midnight. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 to 10 cm. Rainfall
 amount 10 to 20 mm. Fog patches developing overnight. Wind southeast
 20 km/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting to 60 this evening
 then becoming south 20 after midnight. Temperature rising to 6 by
 morning.
Saturday..Rain ending in the morning then cloudy with 60 percent
 chance of flurries. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. Wind
 southeast 40 km/h gusting to 60 becoming west 50 gusting to 70 in
 the morning then northwest 20 gusting to 40 late in the afternoon.
 Temperature falling to minus 1 in the afternoon.
Saturday night..Clearing in the evening. Wind northwest 20 km/h
 gusting to 40 becoming light in the evening. Low minus 5.

Guysborough County.
Rainfall warning in effect.
Tonight..Snow changing through ice pellets and freezing rain to rain
 at times heavy after midnight. Snow and ice pellet amount 5 cm.
 Rainfall amount 20 to 30 mm. Fog patches developing near midnight.
 Wind southeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 increasing to 40 gusting to 70
 this evening then becoming south 20 after midnight. Temperature
 rising to 6 by morning.
Saturday..Rain showers ending in the morning then mainly cloudy with
 40 percent chance of flurries. Fog patches dissipating in the
 morning. Wind west 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northwest 50
 gusting to 70 in the morning then diminishing to 30 gusting to 50
 late in the afternoon. Temperature falling to zero in the afternoon.
Saturday night..Clearing in the evening. Wind northwest 30 km/h
 gusting to 50 becoming light in the evening. Low minus 5.

Queens County
Guysborough County.
Sunday..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. High plus 5.
Monday..A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 2. High plus 1.
Tuesday..Sunny. Low minus 6. High minus 3.
Wednesday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers.
 Low minus 3. High plus 4.
Thursday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low plus 3. High
 plus 3.
Normals for the period..Low minus 11. High minus 1.

Shelburne County
Yarmouth County
Digby County.
Sunday..Cloudy. Windy. High plus 4.
Monday..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries or rain showers.
 Low zero. High plus 2.
Tuesday..Cloudy. Low minus 4. High minus 1.
Wednesday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low minus 1.
 High plus 5.
Thursday..Cloudy. Low plus 3. High plus 4.
Normals for the period..Low minus 7. High zero.

Annapolis County
Kings County
Hants County.
Sunday..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. High plus 4.
Monday..Cloudy. Low minus 3. High plus 2.
Tuesday..Cloudy. Low minus 7. High minus 2.
Wednesday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers.
 Low minus 4. High plus 4.
Thursday..Showers. Low plus 2. High plus 2.
Normals for the period..Low minus 10. High minus 2.

Colchester County - Truro and south
Colchester County - Cobequid Bay
Cumberland County - Minas Shore
Cumberland County North and Cobequid Pass
Colchester County North
Pictou County
Antigonish County.
Sunday..Cloudy with 40 percent chance of showers. High plus 4.
Monday..A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 6. High zero.
Tuesday..Sunny. Low minus 11. High minus 4.
Wednesday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries or rain showers.
 Low minus 6. High plus 2.
Thursday..Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers. Low plus 2. High
 plus 2.
Normals for the period..Low minus 12. High minus 2.

Relevant NOTAMs:

Graphical Area Forecasts:

Precipitation radar:

Nova Scotia Weather Radar, Environment Canada:

InfraRed Satellite Image, Environment Canada:

GEOS Satellite Image, Environment Canada:

Jet Stream Graph, Environment Canada:

Forecast Surface Conditions

Misc:

Current Stanley soundings:

Pressure_Alt DD Dir Spd  ---Temp--- DewPt
(ft)   (mb)       (kts)  (F)   (C)   (C)

291  975.0 A 257   2  38.7   3.7   5.6
357  973.0 A 197   5  39.9   4.4   6.1
488  968.0 A 188  12  42.1   5.6   5.9
685  961.0 A 193  23  44.6   7.0   6.7
954  951.0 A 228  37  45.9   7.7   8.0
1361  937.0 A 252  42  44.2   6.8   7.0
1725  925.0 A 263  34  43.9   6.6   6.6
1774  923.0 A 264  33  43.9   6.6   6.5
2194  909.0 A 262  29  43.7   6.5   6.4
2621  894.0 A 257  29  44.1   6.7   6.6
3054  880.0 A 253  31  44.2   6.8   6.7
3497  866.0 A 248  34  43.9   6.6   6.5
3943  852.0 A 247  38  43.0   6.1   6.2
4002  850.0 A 247  38  42.8   6.0   6.1
4396  837.0 A 248  41  41.7   5.4   5.6
4855  823.0 A 250  44  40.3   4.6   4.7
5324  809.0 A 250  45  39.0   3.9   4.0
5797  795.0 A 249  46  37.0   2.8   3.0
6276  780.0 A 249  46  35.2   1.8   2.1
6778  766.0 A 248  46  32.9   0.5   0.8
8083  728.0 A 246  48  29.1  -1.6  -1.6
9137  700.0 A 243  52  26.4  -3.1  -3.2
9333  694.0 A 242  53  25.9  -3.4  -3.5
10606  661.0 A 236  56  22.5  -5.3  -5.7
11945  627.0 A 230  55  18.5  -7.5  -7.8
13287  595.0 A 224  52  14.7  -9.6  -9.7
14694  563.0 A 219  47  10.2 -12.1 -12.0
16269  528.0 A 215  45   5.0 -15.0 -15.0
17650  500.0 A 209  42   0.1 -17.7 -17.6
17877  495.0 A 208  42  -0.6 -18.1 -18.0
19478  463.0 A 203  43  -6.0 -21.1 -21.2
22860  402.0 A 203  46 -21.1 -29.5 -30.1
23011  400.0 A 204  47 -21.8 -29.9 -31.2
25862  353.0 A 218  60 -34.2 -36.8 -52.0
26601  342.0 A 221  66 -35.5 -37.5 -54.9
27729  325.0 A 222  69 -38.9 -39.4 -58.9
29301  303.0 A 220  71 -43.6 -42.0 -63.9
29534  300.0 A 220  72 -44.0 -42.2 -64.3
30429  288.0 A 218  75 -45.8 -43.2 -65.7
31410  275.0 A 217  77 -47.2 -44.0 -65.3
32240  265.0 A 219  78 -47.9 -44.4 -64.7
32851  258.0 A 219  79 -47.6 -44.2 -64.3
33287  253.0 A 218  79 -46.3 -43.5 -64.1
33549  250.0 A 216  76 -45.4 -43.0 -63.8
33720  248.0 A 215  74 -44.9 -42.7 -63.6
34553  238.0 A 219  66 -45.8 -43.2 -63.2
35606  227.0 A 226  58 -47.9 -44.4 -62.9
36597  217.0 A 230  53 -49.7 -45.4 -62.5
37401  209.0 A 231  50 -50.4 -45.8 -62.5
38402  200.0 A 233  49 -51.3 -46.3 -62.7
39878  187.0 A 235  49 -52.4 -46.9 -63.3
41620  172.0 A 240  52 -54.0 -47.8 -63.9
44642  150.0 A 245  53 -60.7 -51.5 -67.9
45967  141.0 A 247  53 -63.6 -53.1 -69.7
49698  118.0 A 257  44 -68.4 -55.8 -76.6
53136  100.0 A 256  36 -71.9 -57.7 -78.0
54461   93.0 A 255  33 -73.1 -58.4 -78.6
58838   75.0 A 247  19 -71.7 -57.6 -78.0
60462   70.0 A 241  20 -74.9 -59.4 -79.4
67234   50.0 A 214  22 -88.1 -66.7 -85.1
70505   42.0 A 201  23 -94.4 -70.2 -87.8