Monday, March 14, 2011

and the beat goes on...

Well, those rainy sections I predicted didn't come into existence while I travelled across town at all. The day continued on grey and bleak, with thick strataform cloud cover over most of the city. There was a thinning of the clouds, and a brief break through of sunshine while I was on the North Shore around 3:30pm.  I could hypothesize that this might have been the result of the warmer air in the occluded front passing over that section of the city, or it may have just been the result of cloud movement related to wind.

When I travelled back across the city, the skies beyond the Vancouver Harbour had puffier, heavy looking cumulous clouds. As I scanned the sky from west to south, thinner cumulous clouds could be seen, but the further south one examined, the more strata/cirrus form the clouds became. It felt cold all afternoon, although warmer than it had felt in the late morning. This could be because the winds seemed to lessen as the day went on, and also simply because the sun had been out longer at that point.

The forecast is stating "rain" pretty much all week, and I hope someone was wrong at the 'weather office,' because I would like to report some more intensive details in the next week besides "strata form!"

All of the following information has been pulled off of Enviro Canada's Weather Office for reference:




Observed at:
Vancouver Int'l Airport
Date:
9:00 PM PDT Monday 14 March 2011

  • Condition:
    Cloudy
    Pressure:
    101.4 kPa
    Tendency:
    falling
    Visibility:
    24 km
    Issued : 4:00 PM PDT Monday 14 March 2011
    Tonight
    Cloudy. 60 percent chance of showers early this evening. Rain beginning this evening. Amount 10 to 15 mm. Wind southeast 30 km/h except 60 near the Strait of Georgia late this evening and overnight. Low 6.
    Historical Data
    Yesterday
    Max:
    10.3°C
    Min:
    5.8°C
    Precip:
    6.4 mm
     
    Normals
    Max:
    10°C
    Min:
    3°C
    Today
    Sunrise:
    7:29
    Sunset:
    19:14
     




  • Temperature:
    8.8°C
    Dewpoint:
    5.0°C
    Humidity:
    77 %
    Wind:
    E 24 km/h






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