HIGH TIDES: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Expressed as date — time in Atlantic Standard Time on 24 hour clock e.g. 1300 = 1 pm (Please adjust for 
     
     Daylight Savings Time when appropriate). 
     
    
   
   
    
     Rustico: 
     
    
   
   
    
     May: 1 - 0600, 2020; 2 - 0625, 2110; 3 - 0655, 2210; 4 - 0725, 2310; 5 - 0800; 6 - 0015, 0840; 7 - 0920; 
     
     8 - 1005; 9 - 0210,1100;1O - 0225,1205;11- 0245, 1315; 12 - 0315, 1450; 13 - 0350, 1635; 14 - 0430, 
     
     1800; 15 — 0515, 1910; 16 - 0555, 2010; 17 - 0640,2115; 18 - 0730, 2210; 19 - 0815, 2310; 20 - 0900; 
     
     21 - 0005. 0950; 22 - 0055, 1040; 23 - 0140, 1140; 24 - 0220, 1255; 25 - 0250, 1425; 26 - 0320, 1600; 
     
     27 - 0345., 1720; 28 - 0410, 1825; 29 - 0440, 1925; 30 - 0515, 2015; 31 - 0550, 2110. 
     
    
   
   
    
     June: 1 — 0625, 2205; 2 - 0700, 2300; 3 - 00740; 4 - 0820; 5 ~ 0900; 6 - 0045, 0945; 7 - 0100, 1030; 8 - 
     
     0120, 1130; 9 - 0145, 1245; 10 - 0225, 1435; 11 - 0305, 1630; 12 - 0350, 1800; 13 - 0440, 1905; 14 - 
     
     0530, 2005; 15 - 0620, 2100; 16 - 0715, 2150; 17 - 0800, 2240; 18 - 0850, 2330; 19 - 0935; 20 - 0015, 
     
     1020; 21 - 0055, 1105; 22 - 0125, 1200; 23 - 0155, 1350; 24 - 0220, 1535; 25 - 0250, 1705; 26 - 0325, 
     
     1820; 27 — 0405, 1915; 28 — 0445, 2000; 29 - 0525, 2045; 30 - 0605, 2130. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Charlottetown: 
     
    
   
   
    
     May: 1 - 1115; 2 — 0010, 1140; 3 - 0050, 1205; 4 - 0125, 1235; 5 — 0200, 1305; 6 - 0235, 1340; 7 - 0320, 
     
     1415; 8 - 0405, 1505; 9 - 0500, 1605; 10 - 0555, 1725; 11 - 0645, 1845; 12 - 0735, 2000; 13 - 0825, 
     
     2115; 14 — 0915, 2215; 15 - 1005, 2310; 16 - 1055; 17 - 0005, 1140; 18 - 0055, 1225; 19 - 0150,1315; 
     
     20 - 0245, 1405; 21 - 0340, 1455; 22 - 0440, 1600; 23 - 0535, 1715; 24 - 0625, 1830; 25 - 0715, 1945; 
     
     26 - 0800, 2045; 27 - 0840, 2140; 28 - 0920, 2230; 29 - 0955, 2315; 30 - 1030, 2355; 31 - 1100. 
     
    
   
   
    
     June: 1 - 0030, 1135; 2 - 0105, 1210; 3 - 0145, 1245; 4 - 0220, 1325; 5 - 0300, 1405; 6 - 0345, 1455; 7 - 
     
     0430, 1600; 8 - 0515, 1710; 9 - 0600, 1825; 10 - 0650, 1945; 11 - 0740, 2055; 12 - 0835, 2200; 13 - 
     
     0930,2300; 14 - 1025, 2355; 15 - 1120; 16 - 0045, 1210; 17 - 0135, 1300; 18 - 0225, 1350; 19 - 0315, 
     
     1445; 20 — 0405, 1545; 21 - 0450, 1650; 22 - 0535, 1800; 23 - 0620, 1910; 24 - 0705, 2015; 25 - 0745, 
     
     2115; 26 '- 0825, 2205; 27 - 0905, 2250; 28 - 0950, 2330; 29 - 1030; 30 - 0010, 1110. 
     
    
   
   
    
     WEATHER: 
     
    
   
   
    
     Ice fog - Jim Jenkins reported that the extremely low tide and very cold temperatures in January, 
     
     1999 resulted in the ice freezing to river and bay bottoms in some areas of the Island. When the tide 
     
     returned it flowed over the ice and an ice fog was created almost instantly. It is anticipated that there will 
     
     be oyster and other shellfish kills as a result of this event. For those who looked closely at the brown 
     
     clumps on the surface of the ice on many rivers and bays in late winter, the dead oysters and mussels 
     
     were clearly visible. 
     
    

    
     Smoke columns filled the air on certain days in Jan. and Feb. as landclearing operations removed 
     
     forest cover to create more berry land (HG). A tributary to French Creek near Savage Harbour was 
     
     overflowing its banks on Feb. 5 and again like never before on Mar. 2 (HG). Freezing rain with north 
     
     wind on Feb. 19 and on Feb. 27 at French Village (HG). 
     
    
   
   
    
     ANIMAL AND PLANT SIGHTINGS: COmpiled by J. Dan McAskill 
     
    
   
   
    
     Plants: Dandelion in flower in Stanhope (MJ); willow catkins opened in Donagh on Feb. 12 (JDM); 
     
    
   
   
    
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