Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Canada

Current Weather Conditions at Amateur Radio Station VE1DX

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Last Refresh Monday, 27 Mar 2023 - 12:20 AM (00:20) ADT
                      Monday, 27 Mar 2023 - 03:20 AM (03:20) UTC

Current Conditions
Outside Temp 0.8°C 33.4°F
Wind Chill 0.8°C 33.4°F
Humidex (Canadian "feels like" scale) 0.8°C 33.4°F
Heat Index (US "feels like" scale) 0.8°C 33.4°F
Dewpoint -0.5°C 31.1°F
Humidity 91% 91%
Barometer 1006.0 mbar 29.707 inHg
Barometer Trend (3 hours) 1.6 mbar 0.047 inHg
Wind
2 km/h from 292° (WNW) 1 mph (1 knots)
Rain Rate 0.00 cm/h 0.00 in/h


Since Midnight
High Temperature
Low Temperature
0.9°C (33.7°F) at 12:00 AM
0.8°C (33.4°F) at 12:16 AM
High Heat Index
Low Wind Chill
0.9°C (33.7°F) at 12:00 AM
0.8°C (33.4°F) at 12:16 AM
High Humidity
Low Humidity
91% at 12:00 AM
91% at 12:00 AM
High Dewpoint
Low Dewpoint
-0.4°C (31.4°F) at 12:00 AM
-0.5°C (31.1°F) at 12:16 AM
High Barometer
Low Barometer
1006.0 mbar (29.707 inHg) at 12:17 AM
1005.7 mbar (29.697 inHg) at 12:00 AM
Today's Rain 0.00 cm (0.00 in)
High Rain Rate 0.00 cm/h (0.00 in/h) at 12:00 AM
High Wind 3 km/h (2 mph) from 309° at 12:00 AM
Average Wind 2 km/h (1 mph)
RMS Wind 2 km/h (1 mph)
Vector Average Speed
Vector Average Direction
2 km/h (1 mph)
304°


March's summary so far
Minimum temperature -16.6°C (2.2°F) on 04 Mar at 06:28 AM
Maximum temperature 9.8°C (49.6°F) on 21 Mar at 04:21 PM
Maximum humidex 7.2°C (44.9°F) on 21 Mar at 04:21 PM
Maximum dewpoint 5.8°C (42.4°F) on 15 Mar at 02:07 PM
Max 10-min avg wind 24 km/h (15 mph) from the NW on 03 Mar at 03:00 AM
Highest gust 47 km/h (29 mph) on 08 Mar at 05:30 PM
Highest daily rain 0.90 cm (0.35 in) on 14 Mar
Monthly rain total 3.58 cm (1.41 in)
Days that it rained 10
Days above 25° 0
Days below 0°C 25


Lake Echo extremes since 2015
Maximum temperature 34.4°C (93.9°F) at 04:50 PM on 04 Jul 2018
Maximum humidex 43.2°C (109.7°F) on 28 Jun 2021
Maximum dewpoint 24.4°C (76.0°F) on 07 Aug 2022
Maximum heat index 37.9°C (100.3°F) on 28 Jun 2021
Minimum temperature -24.4°C (-11.9°F) at 05:01 AM on 04 Feb 2023
Minimum windchill -38.6°C (-37.5°F) on 04 Feb 2023
Highest gust 85 km/h (53 mph) at 07:55 PM on 25 Dec 2017
Highest daily rain 6.70 cm (2.64 in) on 01 Oct 2015
Maximum barometric pressure 1050.5 mbar (31.022 inHg) at 08:25 AM on 26 Nov 2015
Minimum barometric pressure 963.5 mbar (28.453 inHg) at 07:35 PM on 07 Sep 2019

Monthly trend plots (updated: 02 Mar 2023): VE1DX plots



Data uploaded to these sites:

WeatherCloud: VE1DX - WXLake_Echo
AWEKAS Austria: VE1DX - Lake Echo
CWOP: VE1DX - Citizen Weather Observer Program
Met United Kingdom: VE1DX - Lake Echo


Environment Canada weather forecast for Halifax


Environment Canada precipitation radar for Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia Radar

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Hurricane Tracking Information

Atlantic Hurricane Satus

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About this weather station:

Collecting weather data since mid-2015 (7 years, 6 months, and 0 days)
There are 788,306 records in the database
Location
Latitude: 44° 44.28' N
Longitude: 063° 22.66' W
Ground ASL: 19 metres
Sensor Suite Above Ground: 7 metres
Sensor Suite ASL: 26 meters

Station

This station uses a Davis Vantage Vue VUE, controlled by weewx, a user customized experimental weather software system interpreted by Python 3.9.2.
Weewx was designed to be simple, fast, and easy to understand by leveraging modern software concepts.
This software is running on a Raspberry Pi 4 using the Arm64 port of Debian GNU/Linux 11 64-bit operating system.

Davis Vantage VUE Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

The Integrated Sensor Suite (ISS) transmits sensor data to the base station every 2.5 seconds at a rate of 19.2 kbps.
These data are archived, which enables weewx to perform analytics and update the website accordingly every 5 minutes.

Smartphone formatted

Weewx uptime: 8 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes
Server uptime: 8 days, 0 hours, 2 minutes
weewx v4.10.2
Console battery: 4.9 V
Remote sensor signal strength: 97%

Today's Almanac
Sun
Start civil twilight: 06:33:54 AM
Sunrise: 07:03:35 AM
Transit: 01:18:53 PM
Sunset: 07:34:59 PM
End civil twilight: 08:04:46 PM
Azimuth: 340.3°
Altitude: -41.0°
Right ascension: 5.7°
Declination: 2.5°
Solstice: 06/21/2023 11:57:55 AM
Equinox: 09/23/2023 03:50:00 AM
Moon
Rise: 10:06:52 AM
Transit: 06:23:40 PM
Set: 01:43:30 AM
Azimuth: 294.4°
Altitude: 11.3°
Right ascension: 71.6°
Declination: 25.2°
Full moon: 04/06/2023 01:34:28 AM
New moon: 04/20/2023 01:12:29 AM
Phase: Waxing crescent
(31% full)




Today has 12 hours, 31 minutes, 23 seconds of daylight
3 minutes, 7 seconds more than yesterday
temperatures heatchill rain Outside humidity wind Hi Wind Wind Vector barometer day rx percent

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