October 25, 2007
Millet, Canada
Photographer states :: Damage to a portable garage from the high winds on Wednesday. Evidence of past storm can be seen(the rope). This structure was once picked up and thrown over the house by a 90mph wind gust
NO PERCIPITATION is a reality the USA and it's neighbor to the north has yet to get it's mind around.
Winds brought warm weather (link at title to entry)
(Breaking News) Thursday, 25 October 2007, 13:23 PST
Citizen Staff
Citizen staff
Those gusts of howling wind brought more than power outages to the area.
The chinook-like gusts also pushed the temperature to a high of 18.8 C by 3 p.m. Tuesday, just shy of the record for that day of 20.1 C, set in 1999. But the high for Wednesday of 16.8 C, reached at midnight, broke the old record for Oct. 24 of 15.6 C set in 1982.
The temperature dropped quickly over the following hours and a low of -1 C was recorded for Thursday morning.
"The cooler air is nicely settled in across the area," Environment Canada meteorlogist Jim Steele said Thursday morning.
Steele said the wind was the result of warm air from the south following in behind a front that dropped 22.8 mm. of rain on the city on Monday, which broke the old record for the day of 19.4 mm., set in 1978.
Power outages hit about 400 homes in the Prince George area, B.C. Hydro spokesman Bob Gammer said.
The first of the outages struck at about 5 a.m. Wednesday while the last of the lights was back on by about 10 p.m.
Wind speeds had reached as high at 43 km/h by 7 p.m. Tuesday and continued to howl late into the night before starting to subside at about 2 a.m. Wednesday. However, gusts of 28 km/h were recorded at about the time the first calls came into Hydro offices.
Steele said the current pattern should continue until Saturday when more rain clouds are expected to roll in for the weekend, with a chance of wet snow in the early morning.
So far this month, there's only been a trace of snow recorded. Typically 8 cm. falls during October.
(Breaking News) Thursday, 25 October 2007, 13:23 PST
Citizen Staff
Citizen staff
Those gusts of howling wind brought more than power outages to the area.
The chinook-like gusts also pushed the temperature to a high of 18.8 C by 3 p.m. Tuesday, just shy of the record for that day of 20.1 C, set in 1999. But the high for Wednesday of 16.8 C, reached at midnight, broke the old record for Oct. 24 of 15.6 C set in 1982.
The temperature dropped quickly over the following hours and a low of -1 C was recorded for Thursday morning.
"The cooler air is nicely settled in across the area," Environment Canada meteorlogist Jim Steele said Thursday morning.
Steele said the wind was the result of warm air from the south following in behind a front that dropped 22.8 mm. of rain on the city on Monday, which broke the old record for the day of 19.4 mm., set in 1978.
Power outages hit about 400 homes in the Prince George area, B.C. Hydro spokesman Bob Gammer said.
The first of the outages struck at about 5 a.m. Wednesday while the last of the lights was back on by about 10 p.m.
Wind speeds had reached as high at 43 km/h by 7 p.m. Tuesday and continued to howl late into the night before starting to subside at about 2 a.m. Wednesday. However, gusts of 28 km/h were recorded at about the time the first calls came into Hydro offices.
Steele said the current pattern should continue until Saturday when more rain clouds are expected to roll in for the weekend, with a chance of wet snow in the early morning.
So far this month, there's only been a trace of snow recorded. Typically 8 cm. falls during October.
