Tuesday, November 02, 2010

AM flurries PM sunshine

It is a typical November morning in the St. Lawrence Valley and across New York and Ontario. I had frost on Ile Perrot at -1C but it was above freezing downtown. For those of us who cleared out early this morning, we had frost and temperatures just below freezing. Locations the held onto the cloud cover from Montreal east and south are just above freezing with no frost but there are some flurries in the Townships and northern Vermont. Clearing will take place today from west to east as high pressure moves into the region. It will be clear and cold tonight dropping below freezing to -2C or so. Wednesday will be the best day of the week with abundant sunshine and warmer temperatures in the 8C range.

The balance of the week looks unsettled with a rather difficult weather forecast setting up into the weekend. Low pressure is expected to develop along the southeast US coast and move towards New England on Thursday. Another area of low pressure is expected to follow the first one across New England as well by the weekend. The only sure thing at this point is there will be clouds and precipitation from Thursday into the weekend. The type and amount are up in the air and dependent on the track of the low pressure areas. I believe rain will dominate on Thursday with a showery Friday. It looks like snow may be in the picture for Saturday. More on that as the weekend draws closer.

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