coldwater hotel

Image by waferboard via Flickr

Saturday night here in Merritt was a windy one, as shown by copper plates missing from the dome of the historic Coldwater Hotel. The AW also had some signage in the Nicola River on Sunday AM.

Wind speed is measured in kilopascal and they make a difference to local building codes as well as insurance policies.

A station is at Kelowna ,its been operating since 1953, A-1123970 at 49.95 degrees north by 119.38 east at 430 meters.

 Editors note:Enviroment Canada put a station here last year on a site that came available by a new water well for the city on land purchased from a ranch of Nicola Avenue. the well was part of the BC Canada infrastructure program.

You can find current conditions here: http://m.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/bc-49_e.html

Today in history, January 30,1972

Pakistan withdraws from the Commonwealth of Nations.