加拿大育空地區的風暴打破氣象記錄

育空地區的風暴打破氣象記錄
Yukon’s storm broke weather records
Forecasters warn another storm could hit this week
氣象預報員警告，另一場風暴可能在本週到達

CBC News
Posted: Dec 6, 2011 4:51 PM CST
Translation by Autumnson Blog

A woman walks through heavy snow and winds in Whitehorse on Monday, Dec. 5. CBC
一個女人步行走過大雪和大風的白馬 12月5日（星期一）加拿大廣播公司

Monday’s storm in Yukon broke a variety of weather records around the territory.
星期一的風暴在育空地區打破當地的多種氣象記錄。
High winds and rain sent temperatures up to 14 degrees in Burwash Landing. It was the warmest December day ever for the community on the shores of Kluane Lake.
高風和雨發使Burwash Landing的溫度高達14度，是對克盧恩湖岸邊的社區有史以來12月最暖的一天。
The community of Haines Junction got the same temperatures, along with some gale-force winds in excess of 100 kilometres per hour.
海恩斯交滙點的社區得到相同的的溫度，隨著有些每小時超過 100公里的强力大風。
Haines Junction resident Amy McKinnon says it made a mess of some yards in town.
海恩斯交匯點的居民艾米麥金農說，它使鎮內一些庭院一塌糊塗。
“Yeah, it was really warm. We woke up to quite a windstorm as well, so there were stories about damaged roofs, trampolines that took flight, tents that ended up in the bush, downed trees all over town, power outages and I heard the winds peaked at over 114 kilometres per hour. So a little more excitement than we wanted,” said McKinnon.
“是啊，是真的溫暖。我們醒來對著頗一場風暴，所以有損壞屋頂、彈簧墊飛起、帳篷在小叢林的故事，倒下的樹木在全城各處、停電和我聽到每小時超過114公里的風速高峰。因此比我們想要的多了幾分興奮，“麥金農說。
Then a cold front sent temperatures plummeting and produced record snowfalls in some areas.
然後一個冷鋒在某些地區發出，使氣溫急劇下降並產出創紀錄的降雪。
Temperature records were also set in Whitehorse, with four consecutive days above the December averages.
白馬亦創下溫度記錄，連續四天高於十二月的平均。
Doug Lundquist, Environment Canada’s Yukon meteorologist, says warm temperatures combined with open water in the Southern Lakes area was likely responsible for the strong blizzards around Whitehorse.

“We hit, for example, 6.9 [degrees Celsius], there were record high temperatures for the day, Burwash hit a record with Haines Junction even higher at 14.3 [degrees] - not quite enough to break the monthly record but it broke the daily record. It was nuts,” said Lundquist.

Highway crews in and around Whitehorse have managed to clear most roads in the region. City busses are reported to be on schedule, and there’s been no problems with school busses.

Weather forecasters say temperatures should stay at more normal levels over the next few days with another possible storm later this week.

If that forecast holds, they say it will likely only affect areas closest to the British Columbia border.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/story/2011/12/06/north-yukon-weather-broke-records.html