The Weatherhood forecast for the qathet region for Tuesday, December 31, 2024, calls for a 25 per cent chance of rain, and cloud cover for most of the day, and a temperature of six degrees Celcius throughout the afternoon. Sunset is at 4:29 pm this afternoon and the sun will rise at 8:13 am tomorrow, Wednesday, January 1, the first day of 2025.
The forecast for tomorrow is for sun throughout the day and a temperature of five degrees. Tonight, Tuesday, December 31, New Year’s Eve, the forecast is for no rain and a low nighttime temperature of three degrees.
The third most impactful weather story of 2024, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC), was when western Canada was plunged into a deep freeze in January.
"In mid-January, a particularly frigid Arctic air mass slid southward into western Canada, causing a reversal in temperatures from north to south," stated an ECCC report. "Some areas of Canada's Arctic saw unusual warmth, with winter rainfall and temperatures above freezing causing water to pool on snow and ice in eastern areas of Nunavut. Meanwhile, parts of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan endured an Arctic chill not felt in decades."
Many folks will be heading to Willingdon Beach tomorrow for the annual polar bear swim, and may be thinking about resolutions for a brand-new year. The Peak reached out to fitness and nutrition coach and author Karina Inkster about the best way to go about improving one's lifestyle.
"Goal or resolution-setting is not necessarily the most effective way to achieve something big," said Inkster. "Resolutions are usually based on outcomes, like losing 30 pounds, or writing a book, which can seem too daunting to even try."
Inkster emphasized that usually when people do try to work toward a lofty goal, they often start out working so hard and intensely that they give up within a few weeks.
"Creating small habits is a more effective approach," said Inkster. “[Saying to yourself] ‘write one page a day’ or ‘walk 15-minutes per day,’ sounds much more manageable."
Inkster added that, "you'll still get results and probably even better ones than if you’d committed to an abstract goal instead of a habit or process."
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