Friday, July 31, 2009

Weekend Forecast

A few light showers are around this morning in Montreal with the bulk of the moisture remaining south of the border in Vermont and New York. Some areas there could see over 25mm of rain today adding to the heavy rain from Wednesday. Flood Watches have been posted for rivers across the central and southern part of the state.

As the month comes to an end the statistics are showing just how awful a July it was. Ottawa recorded an amazing 243mm of rain as of today, and Montreal 117mm. In Montreal measurable precipitation was recorded on 26 days this month including the first 8 days. 26 out of 31 days with at least a trace of precipitation, and cloud cover as well. We had one 30C day and that was 30.3C this week on the 29th. Just terrible! Thunderstorms rattled around and we even had a tornado.

August will begin the same way. Sunny on Saturday and 28C, very nice, but then showers and thunderstorms Sunday and cooler. Next week looks unsettled with the same patter we have had all summer.

The heat is out west. Yesterday Vancouver hit 34C for the second day in a row, and parts of the B.C. interior were close to 40C, actual air temperature. Now that is summer!

2 comments:

Jane said...

The west can keep the 30 and 40 temps.to hot for this gal. I would just like more sunshine. Yesterday it was just perfect, 25 I believe in Kemptville,sunny with a light breeze. We spend the afternoon on a boat with friends from Rideau Ferry.We went to Portland and back, now thats the way to live.Holidays just over so back to reality next week.Jane Kinnear Kemptville, Ont.

Christopher Dodds said...

Wow, wonderful blog. I live in Franklin Centre and love nature and weather. Keep up the great work...

Chris

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