Lake Echo, Nova Scotia, Canada

Current Weather Conditions at Amateur Radio Station VE1DX

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Last Refresh Monday, 25 Sep 2023 - 10:40 PM (22:40) ADT
                      Tuesday, 26 Sep 2023 - 01:40 AM (01:40) UTC

Current Conditions
Outside Temp 10.8°C 51.5°F
Wind Chill 10.8°C 51.5°F
Humidex (Canadian "feels like" scale) 11.2°C 52.1°F
Heat Index (US "feels like" scale) 10.1°C 50.2°F
Dewpoint 7.9°C 46.2°F
Humidity 82% 82%
Barometer 1028.0 mbar 30.356 inHg
Barometer Trend (3 hours) 2.0 mbar 0.058 inHg
Wind
5 km/h from 0° (N) 3 mph (3 knots)
Rain Rate 0.00 cm/h 0.00 in/h


Since Midnight
High Temperature
Low Temperature
19.5°C (67.1°F) at 02:10 PM
7.6°C (45.7°F) at 07:11 AM
High Heat Index
Low Wind Chill
19.2°C (66.5°F) at 02:10 PM
7.6°C (45.7°F) at 07:11 AM
Highest Humidex 21.7°C (71.0°F) at 02:10 PM
High Humidity
Low Humidity
94% at 07:25 AM
59% at 02:52 PM
High Dewpoint
Low Dewpoint
13.5°C (56.3°F) at 11:22 AM
6.6°C (43.8°F) at 07:11 AM
High Barometer
Low Barometer
1028.1 mbar (30.359 inHg) at 10:30 PM
1019.4 mbar (30.104 inHg) at 03:41 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 24 km/h (15 mph) from 341° at 03:52 PM
Average Wind 4 km/h (2 mph)
RMS Wind 5 km/h (3 mph)
Vector Average Speed
Vector Average Direction
4 km/h (2 mph)


September's summary so far
Minimum temperature 5.8°C (42.5°F) on 22 Sep at 06:08 AM
Maximum temperature 27.6°C (81.7°F) on 10 Sep at 01:47 PM
Maximum humidex 37.6°C (99.6°F) on 09 Sep at 03:26 PM
Maximum dewpoint 23.2°C (73.8°F) on 09 Sep at 03:08 PM
Max 10-min avg wind 18 km/h (11 mph) from the NNW on 05 Sep at 01:10 PM
Highest gust 43 km/h (27 mph) on 05 Sep at 12:23 PM
Highest daily rain 1.80 cm (0.71 in) on 19 Sep
Monthly rain total 5.44 cm (2.14 in)
Days that it rained 12
Days above 25° 4
Days below 0°C 0


Lake Echo extremes since 2015
Maximum temperature 34.7°C (94.4°F) at 04:07 PM on 01 Jun 2023
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 Sep 2023): VE1DX plots

Power interruptions: Outages

Local tide data: Graphs and tables

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 radar loop for Nova Scotia




General Hurricane Tracking Information



Watching tropial cyclone: Ophelia

Latest European (ECMWF) and US (GEFS) models
Latest US NHC info

Watching tropial cyclone: Philippe

Latest European (ECMWF) and US (GEFS) models
Latest US NHC info


About this weather station:

Collecting weather data since mid-2015 (7 years, 11 months, and 29 days)
There are 840,990 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.

Weewx uptime: 3 days, 9 hours, 44 minutes
Server uptime: 3 days, 9 hours, 46 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: 07:03:30 AM
Transit: 01:05:12 PM
Sunset: 07:06:08 PM
End civil twilight: 07:35:40 PM
Azimuth: 313.1°
Altitude: -35.9°
Right ascension: 182.5°
Declination: -1.1°
Solstice: 12/21/2023 11:27:09 PM
Equinox: 03/20/2024 12:06:22 AM
Moon
Rise: 05:36:53 PM
Transit: 10:13:57 PM
Set: 01:37:21 AM
Azimuth: 186.4°
Altitude: 23.4°
Right ascension: 319.9°
Declination: -21.6°
Full moon: 09/29/2023 06:57:29 AM
New moon: 10/14/2023 02:55:06 PM
Phase: Waxing gibbous
(84% full)




Today has 12 hours, 2 minutes, 38 seconds of daylight
3 minutes, 4 seconds less than yesterday
temperatures heatchill rain Outside humidity wind Hi Wind Wind Vector barometer day rx percent

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