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Index of Subjects This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01CAA722.CFB8EC90 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hey Peter, Thanks for that timely morale-booster ....just as I was beginning to = despair. I REALLY hope you have it right. I will keep my ears open for = song sparrows singing and robins a-hopping. Andy Andy and Lelia Dean 86 Baden Powell Drive Kentville, N.S. (902) 678-6243 ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Peter Payzant=20 To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 Sent: Saturday, February 06, 2010 9:37 AM Subject: [NatureNS] The Depths of Winter Occasionally, in a weather forecast, we see numbers quoted as "the = normal temperatures for today", "the normal high for today", etc. These = are long-term average temperatures for a given reporting station, with = quite a lot of mathematics applied to smooth out the daily variations. I have a table of these Climate Normals for Shearwater Airport, just = outside Dartmouth. The normal temperatures for today and tomorrow are = the low point of the annual cycle: the normal maximum at Shearwater is = about -1 C and the minimum is -10 C. Starting Monday, the normals begin their slow climb back up again, and = we are on our way out of the depths of winter. Can Spring be far away? Peter Payzant ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01CAA722.CFB8EC90 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META name=3DGENERATOR content=3D"MSHTML 8.00.6001.18876"> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff text=3D#000000> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Hey Peter,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial> Thanks for that timely = morale-booster=20 ....just as I was beginning to despair. I REALLY hope you have it right. = I will=20 keep my ears open for song sparrows singing and robins = a-hopping.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Andy</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial>Andy and Lelia Dean<BR>86 Baden Powell=20 Drive<BR>Kentville, N.S.<BR>(902) 678-6243<BR></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2 face=3DArial></FONT> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; = PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial; BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A title=3Dpce@accesswave.ca href=3D"mailto:pce@accesswave.ca">Peter = Payzant</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A = title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</A> = </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, February 06, = 2010 9:37=20 AM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [NatureNS] The Depths = of=20 Winter</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=3D-1><FONT face=3DArial>Occasionally, in a = weather=20 forecast, we see numbers quoted as "the normal temperatures for = today", "the=20 normal high for today", etc. These are long-term average temperatures = for a=20 given reporting station, with quite a lot of mathematics applied to = smooth out=20 the daily variations.<BR><BR>I have a table of these Climate Normals = for=20 Shearwater Airport, just outside Dartmouth. The normal temperatures = for today=20 and tomorrow are the low point of the annual cycle: the normal maximum = at=20 Shearwater is about -1 C and the minimum is -10 C.<BR><BR>Starting = Monday, the=20 normals begin their slow climb back up again, and we are on our way = out of the=20 depths of winter. Can Spring be far away?<BR><BR>Peter=20 Payzant<BR><BR><BR></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></FONT></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0015_01CAA722.CFB8EC90--
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