Thursday, July 28, 2011

Tropical Storm Don update

Tropical Storm Don remains a minimal system this morning looking a little less organized on satellite and radar than he did last evening. The system will begin slowly pulling away from the Yucatan today and into the open waters of the Gulf of Mexico. A tropical storm watch is in effect for the Texas coast from the mouth of the Rio Grande to San Luis Pass. Don is moving northwest at 10mph and will approach the watch area by late Friday. The system is expected to become better organized today and become a strong tropical storm by landfall. An Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunter is en route this morning and we should have a better idea of how Don is behaving shortly.

Montreal weather remains very dry with only 50.6mm officially at Trudeau airport but most of that falling during 2 thunderstorms on 2 days. Only 93.8mm fell last month. No appreciable rain has fallen in the last 10 days, and none in the forecast, just spotty showers or storms over the next 24 hours as weak low pressure moves to our north. Into the weekend look for much warmer and more humid weather with highs from 27C to 30C right into next week.

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