19 January 2012

Fossils of ancient sea creature discovered | Sympatico.ca Sync.ca

"Researchers have discovered a bizarre flower-like creature which lived in an ancient sea that covered part of Western Canada more than 500 million years ago."

Fossils of ancient sea creature discovered | Sympatico.ca Sync.ca

It looks like a tulip to me but the article says it is an animal. Amazing, isn't it?

Does Boiling Water Evaporate at -41 Celsius? (that's about -41 F)

A local tv station runs a myth busters segment every Wednesday in the news. The two journalists/newscasters in the following video set out to prove the myth true or not.  Watch and see for yourself!

http://bcove.me/uo0blp0z

Yes everyone!  It was -41 Celsius with the windchill here in Edmonton January 18th, when this was done!

EDMONTON INT'L A ALBERTA
Latitude:Longitude:Elevation:




Hourly Data Report for January 18, 2012
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Temperature Graph
Dew Point Temp
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Dew Point Temperature Graph
Rel Hum
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Relative Humidity Graph
Wind Dir
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Wind Spd
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Stn Press
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Station Pressure Graph
HmdxWind ChillWeather
00:00-32.6-37.661251124.193.27-43Mostly Cloudy
01:00-33.4-38.759251324.193.26-45Mainly Clear
02:00-33.1-38.161251524.193.27-45Mainly Clear
03:00-34.4-39.659261324.193.30-46Mainly Clear
04:00-34.2-39.360251324.193.30-46Clear
05:00-33.3-39.05727924.193.29-43Clear
06:00-33.3-38.957251524.193.29-45Clear
07:00-33.0-38.757261724.193.27-46Clear
08:00-32.8-39.153261324.193.25-44Clear
09:00-32.7-38.954251324.193.19-44Clear
10:00-31.6-38.053251924.193.21-45Mainly Clear
11:00-29.9-36.951251124.193.19-40Mainly Clear
12:00-28.1-35.649242224.193.08-41Mainly Clear
13:00-26.5-34.447261924.192.95-38Mainly Clear
14:00-25.1-33.545261724.192.90-36Mainly Clear
15:00-23.9-32.346261924.192.90-35Mainly Clear
16:00-23.4-31.448261924.192.87-34Mainly Clear
17:00-25.9-33.051251324.192.84-36Clear
18:00-25.5-32.154251724.192.82-37Clear
19:00-25.6-32.154251524.192.82-36Clear
20:00-24.1-31.053262024.192.81-36Clear
21:00-26.0-32.157261724.192.79-37Clear
22:00-25.7-31.857251324.192.75-35Clear
23:00-25.8-31.658251724.192.77-37Mainly Clear


16 January 2012

Churchill Square

Taken Christmas evening at Churchill Square, Edmonton Alberta. (2011)

Our World Tuesday is a weekly meme allowing bloggers the world over to spotlight little corners of their world.




Baby It's Cold Outside!

Ed

BaEd

Edmonton:


Current Conditions

Observed at: Edmonton City Centre Airport 3:11 PM MST Monday 16 January 2012
Condition:
Cloudy
 
Temperature:
-27.4°C
 
-38 
Humidity:
52%
 
Wind Chill:
 
Dew Point:
-34.3°C
 
Wind Speed:
NNW 17 km/h
 

Forecast

Issued: 4:00 PM MST Monday 16 January 2012
Wind chill warning in effect.
Tonight:
Periods of light snow ending this evening then partly cloudy. Wind up to 15 km/h. Low minus 32. Extreme wind chill minus 43.
 
Tuesday:
A mix of sun and cloud. Wind up to 15 km/h. High minus 27. Extreme wind chill minus 44 in the morning.
 
Tuesday night:
Clear. Wind becoming west 20 km/h before morning. Low minus 33. Extreme wind chill minus 47.
 
Wednesday:
Sunny. High minus 24.
 
Thursday:
Sunny. Low minus 31. High minus 25.
 
Friday:
A mix of sun and cloud. Low minus 28. High minus 24.
 
Saturday:
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 26. High minus 20.
 
Sunday:
Cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Low minus 20. High minus 12.
 

Historical Data

Yesterday
 
Max:
  • -9.8°C
Min:
  • -24.3°C
 
Precip.:
  • 0.0 mm
 
Normals
 
Max:
  • -8°C
 
Min:
  • -19°C
 
Today
 
Sunrise:
  • 8:42
 
Sunset:
  • 16:45
 


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