A nIce message from Jonathan Buffett and the WWW.capebretonweather.ca Mesonet for January 12, 2018 Hi Everyone, Contrary to the extreme cold we’ve been experiencing over the past several weeks, a warm airmass has moved in from the south and brought with it some impressive temperatures (for some places, anyway). As always, there was great variation across our great island today. Below is a summary of maximum temperatures (C). The highest temps were seen in the down slope winds off the Cape Breton highlands, while portions of the southeastern lowlands and Atlantic Coast remained relatively cooler, but still quite mild. Bay St. Lawrence was the hotspot.. not just in CB but likely for all of Canada. Also interesting to see that the warm, southwesterly down slope winds off the highland plateau made it halfway across the Cabot Strait to St. Paul Island, with a max temp there of 16.2, very Impressive! 17.8 at Bay St. Lawrence 17.0 at Smelt Brook 16.7 at Whale Cove (Margaree Hbr.) 16.5 at Cheticamp 16.2 at St. Paul Island 16.0 at Cape North 15.9 at Ingonish Beach 15.6 at Port Hawkesbury 15.3 at River Denys 15.2 at Port Hawkesbury Airport 15.1 at Middle River 14.6 at North East Margaree 14.5 at Roberta 14.2 at Grand Etang 14.1 at St. Andrews Channel 14.0 at Hays River 13.5 at North Shore 13.1 at Sydney Forks 12.9 at Iona 12.8 at Johnstown 12.7 at Sydney (Wentworth Park) 12.7 at Sydney Mines 12.6 at Sydney Mines (Victoria Dr.) 12.4 at Sydney (CBC) 12.1 at Millville 12.1 at Port Caledonia 12.1 at Sydney Airport 11.1 at Castle Bay 10.9 at Eskasoni 10.7 at Waddens Cove 8.9 at Framboise 7.8 at Louisbourg http://capebretonweather.ca/