Something about this kind of heat in Georgia seems acceptable. Romantic even. Big magnolia trees creating pools of shade surrounding little town squares full of Colonial style buildings....

Not traffic infested TO with it's mountains of litter, brown lawns and snarling hot weather adverse citizens.

True ......... don't forget the honeysuckle as well.

31 and muggy again - wind shifted back around. Not even close to yesterday tho.

Our wind shifted here as well, bringing sunny blue skies and 21C temps. A fine evening is shaping up.

No wind, so people are out walking, biking and even on their motorcycles. :D

Rain, rain rain rain rain, rain, rain, got it?

A beautiful sunset here in St.John's caps off a glorious day. Started off cloudy with a bit of rain, ended off with lots of sunshine and a beautiful sunset. Must be the smog from the GTA heading our way. Luckily, the ocean breezes keep it from coming too close to us.

12° where it has stayed for most of this very wet day. Again. Wet. Rain, rain, rain, . . .

Nice morning, 19 degrees right now under a mostly clear sky but with humidity at 84% it's a touch clammy. Thank goodness for that stiff breeze.

Today we're headed a high of 32 but overnight into Sunday the heatwave is supposed to start breaking, bringing an end to the week-long schvitzfest we have had to endure.

Looking forward to the predicted highs of 20 to 24 next Monday / Tuesday. I don't enjoy heat and humidity at all. :)

Another wet day dawns at only 7° with a high of 16° again today. This does not bode well for day two of the Edmonton Indy car race, rained out yesterday as well.

Sunny blue skies and already 19C. This will be a great day to be outside working in the garden.

Woke up to the rumble of real thunder, which is very rare her ein St.John's. Now fog is rolling in off of the Atlantic Ocean. My wife thinks that I am crazy, but since it is not raining, I like to sit outside on my back deck with a hot cup of coffee and just experience the silence and the fog enveloping me slowly. It helps me to feel a closeness and a oneness with Nature.

nnnnnnine degrees out ......flawless sunny sky.... will wait for a bit for it to warm before heading out on 117 in N Quebec on my way to Ottawa via Gatineau vist dottor. Low 20s is forecast and clear skies. :clap:

10° under partial cloud with a sunny afternoon and a high of 24°. Perfect weather for the Edmonton Indy race today.

What a relief!

Cool (relative yes, but still) this morning. Humidity has broken after last night's much needed rain.

All the doors and windows are open and the A/C is off for now. I like the feeling of the inside blending with the outdoors in summer. I'm grateful for the air con but I hate the feeling of being sealed up tight in order to be comfortable.

Going to take the hound to the lake today.

A beautiful sunrise this morning here in St.John's. It is now very sunny with 14C temps and a nice ocean breeze as we approach 8AM. The start of a great summer's day.

Is that thunder I hear?

...yes it was.

An early morning Thunderstorm. Odd.

11° and headed to 26°. That heat will bring afternoon T-storms for sure.

A very sunny 21C this afternoon. A find day to be outside.

A beautiful day for whale and dolphin watching. Sunny blue skies and 23C temps with a light ocean breeze.

Whales draw visitors to Cape Spear - Nfld. & Labrador - CBC News (http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/story/2011/07/25/nl-whale-watching-cape-spear-725.html)

25° and severe storm warnings in effect as "the boil" rolls in from the west tonight.

Lovely 24 now after a very wet start on the ride home from Perth.....one bedraggled rider.
Came home to sunshine.

A beautiful morning, with 18C temps and a nice ocean breeze. Sunny skies all over.

A warm 15° with thunderstorms all night long and forecast to continue all day tomorrow as well. Not sure where this water will go as we are super saturated. A high of 21° this afternoon.

It is already 20C and we are not at 930AM yet. There is no wind to speak of so everything is very still.

A very sunny and warm 25C at just past 2PM. Luckily, there is no humidex reading and there is a slight ocean breeze.

11° on the way to 21° and sunny today, a welcome relief from all that rain.

A very foggy morning here in St.John's. Makes everything very still ................. I love it.

Sunny and 11° this morning on the way to a pleasant high of 22° today.

A little rainy. A little cooler. Perhaps a thunderstorm?

A quiet 15C with a bit of sun having finally burned away much of the fog.

19° as the cloud cover has moved in for our usual daily allotment of rain and T-storms.

22 and lovely night after some much needed rain. :clap:
decent air for late in the week http://www.airqualityontario.com/meters/22.jpg

13° and raining again with a high of only 19° today.

A very foggy morning, with lots of moose roaming about St.John's.

Still foggy, but a mild 16C. A quiet afternoon.

The sun has broken through as we near noon and the temperature is now sitting at 17°.

Our sun has finally broken through and we too are at 17C ............ but at 5PM. Still, the start of a nice evening.

Currently 17° and sunny after a huge T-storm rolled over the city lasting about an hour with high winds, heavy rain and small hail.

A pleasant 13C with clear skies and no wind. A fine night for stargazing.

13° and the rain has finally stopped. A sunny high of 22° today is a welcome respite.

Refreshing 19 heading way up again tho. Lovely air too :clap: http://www.airqualityontario.com/meters/8.jpg

14C with a fresher air than even MacDoc is experiencing. :)

Lovely 30 degrees up at the glider port - very dry air mass.

A lovely breeze and 24° makes for a nice summer afternoon.

16C and a calm breeze off of the ocean makes this a fine but quiet night.

Still 23° as we sit in the motor home in the back forty watching the Calgary/Saskatchewan CFL tilt in HD tonight. Nice evening indeed.

14° on the way to a warm 26° with afternoon T-storms.

12° under partial cloud with a sunny afternoon high of 21°.

Mostly sunny and 20C with a beautiful ocean breeze to bring fresh and clean air over us. A fine afternoon.

Blue skies, sunshine and oppressive heat and humidity.

We had a beautiful afternoon, with blue skies and 20C temps. Now, the temps are down to 15C but the skies are clear with no breezes, so all is still.

Another nice summer's eve at 21°.

23 and dampish. After a very warm humid summer day.

A beautiful sunrise this morning at the sun is now up in the east to greet Canada.

Nice sunrise here as well although it is a cool 7°. The good news is the high is for a sunny 23° today.

Sunny and 15C with a clean slight ocean breeze. A grand day is shaping up here in St.John's.

A very muggy -27 at 10 pm - threatening to Tstorm but keeps petering out - power was out but not a drop of much needed rain :(
decent air tho

http://www.airqualityontario.com/meters/12.jpg

There's one big rain system headed our way and very nearly here. In both June and July, we only had two days in a row without rain twice and we need more like a hole in the head. Still 18°, but that will change when it hits and you can smell it now, so it won't be long.

25 degrees and Toronto about to get et by pakman front.....power out once already :yikes:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/Screenshot2011-08-02atAug22011115907PM.jpg

20 and very much needed rain has arrived :clap:

14° and overcast with showers and a high of 21° today.

The sun is burning off the morning fog and starting to shine here today.

A very foggy morning here in St.John's. Woke up to the sound of the foghorn in the lighthouse at the mouth of the St.John's harbor. All is very still and eerie.

Sunny and 12° this morning with a warm afternoon at 24°.

Woke up at 6AM to the sounds of fog horns. When the fog is thick and low-hanging, it makes these horns sound closer than they really are in reality. Took a couple of my dogs for a walk and with a long lead, I could bearly see one of them. To be honest, I love to walk in this sort of fog. It is something out of a 30s or 40s British movie with Sherlock Holmes wanding the streets of London in search of Prof. Moriarity.

18 - feels cooler - sun and warm but not killer heat coming. Tstorms for the weekend.....let it rain. Poor grass.

Everything is bright green from so much rain. Lawns need cutting every third day. 11° this morning on the way to 24°, perfect for the Folk Fest.

14 after it rain with thunder and lightening all night long. We are super-saturated and still it continues to rain all day today with a high of 24°.

A dull gray morning at 8° with just what we need, more rain and a high of only 18°.

Thunder, pouring rain and really humid.

Feels like Vietnam out there.

Partly cloudy, 23 degrees. It rained overnight; this morning the humidity is around 90% and it's like a freaking sauna outside. Blech. Thank goodness for A/C - this is the earliest in the day I have ever turned it on. Chance of thunderstorms this afternoon & evening.

12° this morning with showers and a high of 24° as we set out for Drumheller today.

Funnel clouds in Kitchener tonight. A friend took this photo (http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/575584--weak-funnel-clouds-spotted-across-region) just down the road.

http://media.mmgdailies.topscms.com/images/63/be/7daad51d42f9b8c9808b57f1c6f5.jpeg

Funnel clouds in Kitchener tonight. A friend took this photo (http://www.therecord.com/news/local/article/575584--weak-funnel-clouds-spotted-across-region) just down the road.

http://media.mmgdailies.topscms.com/images/63/be/7daad51d42f9b8c9808b57f1c6f5.jpeg

I have experienced one of those twisters in Waycross, Georgia one hot summer's day. Hopefully, no one was hurt and damage was minimal.

Overcast and cool in Summerside PEI this
Morning. Feels a bit more like Autumnside...

Sunny and 10° in Drumheller, AB. this morning on the way to 25° today.

Overcast and cool in Summerside PEI this
Morning. Feels a bit more like Autumnside...

Come on over to NL, mrj ................ feels a bit more like Winter. :eek::(

Wet and 21

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/ScreenShot2011-08-09atAug92011102155AM.jpg :clap:

15° on the way to 30 in Calgary with afternoon thunderstorms.

Lots of banging and thumping and good rain last night.....they were small cells but intense
gorgeous 23 just now with good AQ - more cells this aft.
Bring it on.....:clap:

16° on the way to 24° today and the next few days look like way too much more rain.

24 and a full moon

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/ScreenShot2011-08-11atAug112011112544PM.jpg

Lovely night to ride.....going down to 13 so well padded tonight for a late night spin

Down to 14 now and lovely almost full moon.
Got a couple of big fireballs and and few smaller ones.....not bad for off peak and moon washed
One fat one right across the zenith. Good chit chat with a couple of pilots and sweet ride.

Will be glad I'm geared up for the trek home.

14° this morning and we're in for a nice summer day at 25°.

16° and muggy as a wet system moves in today with a humid high of 27°.

17C and sunny with a nice ocean breeze to make this a fine St.John's morning.

A beautiful sunny afternoon, when the temps hit 23C with no humidex, has turned into a lovely evening with clear skies and 19C temps. A great night for stargazing.

Still 25°, hot sand muggy. No air in our house, so all fans running full blast to try and be comfortable. I detest humid weather. Reminds me of the cess pool that was SW Ontario back in the mid 70s. Hot, humid, smog and never so happy to get out of any part of Canada.

Still 25°, hot sand muggy. No air in our house, so all fans running full blast to try and be comfortable. I detest humid weather. Reminds me of the cess pool that was SW Ontario back in the mid 70s. Hot, humid, smog and never so happy to get out of any part of Canada.

I recall those sorts of nights growing up in New York City. We had three fans and that was it ............. and this was in the days of leaded gasoline and lots of smog. XX)

Currently, it is 19C with a very light breeze and clear skies. The full moon was amazing to behold, be it with my telescope or just sitting out back looking up at the moon and the stars. A true oneness with Nature.

We're half way to our high of 26° today at 13° this morning.

Nice comfortable 15 this morning, not like yesterday, woke up and it was 9 degrees, even fired the furnace for a couple of cycles, can't ever remember doing that in August before.

A beautiful sunny day with 17C temps and no wind. My wife and I took a brunch out to a favorite spot we have that overlooks the Atlantic Ocean. A perfect Sunday picnic.

Much like yesterday, and so many days before that, during this so-called "summer" out on the left coast of Canada -- cloudy, breezy, and cool to start the day, followed by a bit better by noon, then lots better in the late-afternoon and evening when it's too late for many of us to enjoy!!

21 and thick - wish it just flat out rain instead of this muck.

aq not too bad but muggy for the temperature.

A beautiful evening, with 15C temps, clear skies and just the trace of a clear ocean breeze.

A quiet morning, with sunny 15C temps and a light ocean breeze to keep the air fresh.

10° with showers and a high of 17° today.

Our temps suddenly jumped to 21C as we approach noon, still with full sunshine. Another good day to work out in the garden.

We just had our first humidex reading in over a month -- 28C with the humidex in full sunshine, but with a nice breeze to make it seem cooler that it is just now. Not complaining, mind you, since we just went through a couple of weeks when the temps never got above 13C. Summer has again arrived here in St.John's.

Our air quality is at a 1, which should make MacDoc happy.

Still 21C with no humidex readings and a light breeze coming off of the ocean. A fine evening.

20C with a slight ocean breeze makes this a grand night to keep the windows open and listen to the fog horns in the St.John's Harbor start to come alive as the early morning fog starts to roll in off of the Atlantic Ocean.

So humid, everything's sweating.

7° with a feels like 4° this morning on the way to 22°.

7° with a feels like 4° this morning on the way to 22°.

Feels like 4º???

That's close to winter!

Feels like 4º???

That's close to winter!

Yep, the furnace just cut in as I read your post.

17C with a bit of light rain to make everything green.

-1°C this fine morning.:eek::eek::eek: Looks like the CO2 alarmists will have to try to explain yet another cold brutal winter that their computer models completely failed to predict.

Don't make foolish comments on what you don't understand and what has been explained to you ad nauseum
-the Arctic dipole is well understood, Stalled continental highs will make for colder temperatures during the Northern winter months in the continental interiors
- it has NOTHING to do with the global energy balance.
and yes Virginia it's getting hotter and we're responsible.

28 and lovely at Arthur -7500' cloud base - glider pilots having much fun - barely a breath of wind and dry.

20C with a light rain falling with no wind at all.

Don't make foolish comments on what you don't understand and what has been explained to you ad nauseum
-the Arctic dipole is well understood, Stalled continental highs will make for colder temperatures during the Northern winter months in the continental interiors
- it has NOTHING to do with the global energy balance.
and yes Virginia it's getting hotter and we're responsible.

28 and lovely at Arthur -7500' cloud base - glider pilots having much fun - barely a breath of wind and dry.

Yep certainly explains why the chicken little computer models failed to predict what the Sunspot advocates were able to nail.

Sunny and 21° with a nice warm breeze.

Sunny and 21° with a nice warm breeze.
Ditto further South:)

10° this morning on the way to 21° with showers today.

27-feels like 31, 40% P.O.P.

22C with a 27C humidex reading. First sunshine, then rain, then sunshine and then rain again ................. :confused:

:):):)

:):):)

:):):):clap:

Just what we don't need. Lookit the size of that sucker on the radar:

10° this morning with a high of only 18° with more of the wet stuff.

A very sunny 20C with a nice ocean breeze and clean air with no humidity.

Still very sunny and still 22C with some nice 30+km/h windgusts

A cool 12° at noon and a struggle to get to 18° this afternoon. Just returned from a 5 km walk to a wildlife viewing platform. Was chilly in shorts and short sleeves.

Ridiculously nice day today in Halifax. Past few have almost made up for the terrible rain and such we have had most of the summer.

Here is a pic I took from work today:
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Same here in St.John's, okc. Tonight it is clear, 15C with a beautiful moon in the eastern sky and lots of stars.

Only 7° this morning, but feels like 4° with a high of 20° today.

Cool and cloudy yesterday, then dropped to 2°C overnight which is current. Looks like a nice sunny day.

In the Annapolis Valley today for a little day trip. It is currently 28 degrees. Upwards of 35 with humidex.

Looks like it's gearing up to rain tomorrow, which is now the norm for weekends here. :(

23C with sunshine and no humidity here in St.John's.

17° over the noon hour. We will just make our high of 20° today.

28 and a lovely balmy sunny day :clap:- likely a Tstorm later.

28 and a lovely balmy sunny day :clap:- likely a Tstorm later.

Evening, MacDoc. A fine 19C this evening with just a slight ocean breeze. Paix, mon ami.

had a lazy day at the northern office - was busy on line and a few phone calls. Good chats with other riders and orange and vanilla ice cream cone for a treat.Might have been this one

http://www.breyers.ca/en/images/products/classic/189-creamside-en.jpg
:D No T-storms :(

Couple of hours at -1°C this AM. Other than that a nice sunny day with an about normal high of 24°C predicted.:)

The Sunspotters are predicting yet another rather brutal winter and these abnormally cold nights may well be leading indicators that once again that prediction will prove true.

Creamsicle ice cream?

DELICIOUS!!!

Could use some today to give some temporary relief from this energy sucking humidity.

I'm looking forward to the warm humidity free days of September. They are fleeting and bittersweet.

Creamsicle ice cream?

DELICIOUS!!!

Could use some today to give some temporary relief from this energy sucking humidity.

I'm looking forward to the warm humidity free days of September. They are fleeting and bittersweet.

Creamsicles??? Now that brings back memories of my childhood. :love2::):love2:

Fond memories of a childhood treat for us too ... until we bought a pack of 5 at a Chinese market yesterday - made in China, eh!! Yuck, a rather "highly-processed" sweet treat, not of the ice cream variety I can remember enjoying many years ago!!!

A fine sunny morning with 20C temps and just the touch of an ocean breeze. No humidity and an AC of 1 would make MacDoc smile.

13° on the way to a very warm 29° today, although forecasters are saying 30° is possible. We have yet to hit 30° this cold summer and if we don't do it today, it is unlikely it will happen this year for the first time.

Fond memories of a childhood treat for us too ... until we bought a pack of 5 at a Chinese market yesterday - made in China, eh!! Yuck, a rather "highly-processed" sweet treat, not of the ice cream variety I can remember enjoying many years ago!!!

Mmmm... simulated orange flavouring and melamine. A hit combination!

Sun.....errr

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/Screenshot2011-08-21atAug21201121420PM.jpg

wet.....

wait 1/2 hour.....

interesting mcycle day ;)

24 and erratic.

•••••

The Sunspotters are predicting yet another rather brutal winter and these abnormally cold nights may well be leading indicators that once again that prediction will prove true.

how convenient for the sily putzes predict a known weather phenomena....:clap:
how insightful.

"Warm Arctic - Cold Continents"

Posted on December 7, 2010 (http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2010/12/07/warm-arctic-cold-continents/) by Nick Sundt (http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/author/nick-sundt/)
Arctic sees second lowest November sea ice extent on record, favoring another cold season of extremes in mid-latitudes. The impacts of climate change in the Arctic now appear to be spilling well beyond the region to affect the lives of hundreds of millions of people living in more temperate regions to the south.

“Warm Arctic – Cold Continents” | Climate Science Watch (http://www.climatesciencewatch.org/2010/12/07/warm-arctic-cold-continents/)

stiil in denial I see....nothing new there.

Sturm und Drang

Sort of rode all the way home behind this


Severe thunderstorm watch issued for Toronto

Environment Canada issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Toronto briefly Sunday afternoon.

"One particular thunderstorm cluster is now moving, at this moment, southeast at 100 kilometres per hour and producing also very strong gusts, close to 90 km/h," said meteorologist Sarah Wong during the storm.

That cluster was right over Toronto, with torrential rain drenching the city. Twenty to 40 millimetres rain fell in no more than 15 minutes, Wong said.

The warning was downgraded to a watch shortly after 3:20 p.m.

Much of southern Ontario continues to be under a severe thunderstorm watch, Wong said.

The alert warns of conditions that could lead to severe storms Sunday afternoon and evening.

Wind gusts of up to 90 km/h, hail of up to 2 centimetres in diameter, and heavy downpours are likely in severe thunderstorms, the agency says. Tornadoes are also possible.

Blew through Guelph while I was at Planet Bean - then the sun came out - wet roads but lovely air for a lazy ride home on the back roads.

Was sure dark ahead of me tho....

Saw a largish group of riders at the Ice House - many at the Shed today
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down to 20

We've reached our high of 29°, but a large wet system about 75 km west of us will cool that down real soon.

very refreshing 18 after the nasty blew through earlier. Gonna be a nice night to sleep with the windows open. Very sweet air.

http://www.airqualityontario.com/meters/8.jpg

Still hanging in here at 28° at nearly 8:00 p.m. May have to sleep in the RV tonight as it is stifling in the house.

Lovely crisp air and clear sky and down to 15 already
Those further north have a look over the next while



RETURN OF THE ARCTIC AURORA: Around the Arctic Circle, the night sky has been missing for months. "The midnight sun is a sore trial for amateur astronomers in the high North," says Fredrik Broms of Kvaløya, Norway. "But now, after a long summer without stars (save one), darkness is falling again. Last night when I was watching the beautiful conjunction of Jupiter and the Moon, the first auroras of the season suddenly appeared!" He recorded the scene with a 1-second exposure on his Nikon digital camera:

http://spaceweather.com/swpod2011/21aug11/Fredrik-Broms1_strip.jpg
"I am looking forward to a great season with lots of activity on the sun!" says Broms.

Even brighter Northern Lights could appear in the nights ahead. A solar wind stream is heading for Earth, due to arrive on August 23-24. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for auroras. Aurora alerts: text, voice.

18C as we approach 9AM here in St.John's. Beautiful sunshine, not a cloud in the sky and just a slight ocean breeze bringing us "very sweet air" as well.

12° this morning on the way to another warm day at 27°.

Very sunny and a warm 21C this afternoon.

Very foggy and 15C this morning, but I was out on my back deck at 6AM with a hot cup of coffee as I watched my dogs wander about my backyard. Could not see my neighbor's house due to the thickness of the fog, which made it a quiet and peaceful early morning experience.

14° this morning and raining. A high of 22° expected today.

21 lovely post storm front day.....
Some pretty severe weather came through on Sunday. :yikes:
anyone in the GTA looking for a wonderful sailplane demo ride - today and tomorrow are superb - SOSA or York Soaring will both be active and 6,000' thermals.

The thick fog from this morning has burned away, leaving sunny skies and 19C temps with just a slight ocean breeze. A fine afternoon.

A cloudy 16C this morning, but it is to get up to 20C with sunshine by noon. A quiet day here in St.John's.

22 and pleasantly wet

17C and "pleasantly" getting sunnier and warmer. :)

11° this morning with another warm day at 27°.

Very sunny and 20C with an AC of 1 and no humidity to speak of, with a nice ocean breeze. A grand day is shaping up.

Yesterday's high winds have lessened to tolerable today at 16°, still 11° off our forecast high.

Wet and 21 and clearing soon I hope according to the radar.

Tornado watch for all of Ontario again. :(

Tornado watch for all of Ontario again. :(

:eek: and MD had me almost convinced that we were the only spot on earth with the occasional wicked cold front moving through town.

Hope it turns out to be a false alarm.:)

It won't - just like AGW isn't fooling - this one just occurs a bit faster....and it's weather...
more extremes???? get used to it.

CTV Ottawa- Toronto, GTA now included in tornado watch - CTV News (http://ottawa.ctv.ca/servlet/an/local/CTVNews/20110824/tornado-watch-southern-ontario-110824/20110824/?hub=OttawaHome)

27 Very blustery out and some fast moving violent cells moving this way.

Weather Toronto Ontario Radar Weather - Toronto ON NEXRAD Radar (http://www.findlocalweather.com/radar_nexrad/toronto_on_ca.html)

careful out there...

19C clear skies and a light breeze here at 830PM.

Take care and good luck to all the folks in the GTA.

Now THAT qualifies as a "line" of Tstorms

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/ScreenShot2011-08-24atAug242011100353PM.jpg

pretty good banging and thumping and lots of pretty fireworks.
25 and storming but it's pretty much past now.

Physics of weather.....

Fast moving cold front hit's summer warmed lake.....

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/ScreenShot2011-08-24atAug242011104924PM.jpg

violence ensues.....

21 and still banging out there.

sky has been lighting up for a while with thunder quickly following, wind is working hard on the trees out front.

14° with a pleasant high today of 22°, the norm for this time of year.

Lovely 20 degrees and clear after the drama last night. Windy and will get more so.

Sunny and 19C this morning, with a nice ocean breeze keeping our AC at 1.

25 and mixed - nice air tho for late in the week.

http://www.airqualityontario.com/meters/8.jpg

some light show last night
fantastic pics
Weather360 (http://thestar.blogs.com/weather360/2011/08/photos-storm-sparks-amazing-light-show-in-toronto.html)

23C at just past 6PM. Still some sunshine and a nice breeze to make this the end of a fine sunny day.

A breezy morning with lots of blue sky and sunshine and 18C temps.

MTL already has wind & rainfall warnings for tomorrow - wind gusts up to 90 km/h with 50 to 70 millimetres of rain (heavy at times).

Further to the east of Quebec (Eastern Townships, Quebec City) the predictions are more serious; 80+ millimetres of with gusts topping 100 km/h.

Where I live north of MTL we don't have any warnings at the moment; gusts up to 80 km/h with 30 to 40 millimetres of rain are predicted but things can change of course. The next 36 hours certainly will be interesting but not in a good way. Fingers crossed.

In any case it's a nice fresh morning, 15 degrees right now with lots of sun. Chance of showers this afternoon and evening.

17 and cccccccrisp - lovely late summer weekend ahead with just a nip in the air at night. Good for sleeping- nice to be outdoors during the day. :clap:

Strong warm breezes out of the southwest bring balmy conditions to us here in St.John's. It is already 20C with full sunshine.

11° this morning with lots of sunshine. A high of 24° with afternoon T-storms.

A hot 22C with full sunshine and now no cooling breezes. Luckily, no humidity either.

A very sunny morning, with 18C temps and not a bit of wind. Sadly, others in the eastern part of North America are being pounded by Hurricane Irene. Having gone through Hurricane Igor last year, I can only hope for the best for these folks. We shall see.

13° on the way to a pleasant summer day's high of 24°.

Breezy, dull grey sky, 18 degrees. Waiting to see what effect Hurricane Irene will have on my area north of MTL - we are supposed to be on the extreme western edge of the system (starting around noon today) as it moves through to Eastern Canada. We still don't have any weather warnings in effect for my area but I'll be paying attention to weather forecasts for sure.

It's quite windy and gray on the shores of Lake Ontario, 100 km east of Toronto today. I find it interesting that the weather we're seeing is clearly due to the northwest edge of the hurricane weather system, if you look at the satellite photos, but there's nary a mention of the connection in any Canadian weather forecast for Ontario, despite gale warnings for Kingston and east.

Environment Canada has issued marine weather warnings for all of the Great Lakes today, warning of 1.5M high waves and winds up to 30 knots for Lake Ontario. Again, not a mention of what's causing this.

16*C in Brisbane Australia.. sitting by the beach.. breezy.. with a sweater on.. but still nice.

A very warm 23C as we approach noon here in St.John's. No wind and no clouds makes sitting out in the sun a very hot undertaking, which is rare for us at this time in August.

Just had some crazy rain for about 30mins. Seems to have died down now.

Still waiting for the brunt of Irene.

Crazy humid and gross.

Just had some crazy rain for about 30mins. Seems to have died down now.

Still waiting for the brunt of Irene.

Crazy humid and gross.

Hopefully, it shall vere west of us here in St.John's. Sunny, 24C and blue skies with not a bit of wind. Bonnne chance, mon ami.

25C with a 30C humidex reading is making things really hot here in St.John's. This is very rare for this time of the year, and we have to go back to 1951 to see similar temps for this late in August.

Dense light rain all day, no heavy downpours - the wind made it seem worse than it really was but I think our total accumulation will be between 40 and 60 millimeters. Not over yet of course but in my area north of MTL it was just a bad blustery day. Should start letting up in a few hours.

My friends in MTL said they had frequent heavy rain, terrible wind, and their power has been out since this afternoon. According to the news about 180k homes in MTL & surroundings have no hydro. I heard that a building in the downtown core had a couple of windows pop out & crash to the street below.

It will be interesting to hear how areas to the east of the province will fare; they are supposed to get a huge amount of rain tonight before this is over - something like 90 more millimetres tonight & overnight. Wind warnings are being lifted but the rainfall warnings remain. I'm sure there will be reports of flooding on the news tomorrow.

Good luck, Doug. Hopefully, no injuries and little property damage will be the end result of Irene. We shall see.

A warm 21C with clear skies at just past 10PM.

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Well, Irene essentially bypassed us for the most part.

But... 32 degrees with humidity right now at 10:30pm. Fun. Haha.

Where am I, Toronto or Montreal? This never happens in Halifax!

As of 6AM Moncton is 20º C Humidity is 73% no humidex temperature offered but the wind feels very warm at 45 Km/h with gusts 76 Km/h. The lights are on here but for many in New Brunswick the lights are not.

Sounds like North-western NB and Quebec took the big hit from this Irene.

14° here this morning on the way to another warm one at 27° today.

As of 6AM Moncton is 20º C Humidity is 73% no humidex temperature offered but the wind feels very warm at 45 Km/h with gusts 76 Km/h. The lights are on here but for many in New Brunswick the lights are not.

Sounds like North-western NB and Quebec took the big hit from this Irene.

Good to hear that you are OK, BigDL. It was amazing here yesterday when we hit 30C with the humidex and not a bit of wind last night. Had to bring out the fan once again for the puppies.

20C with a 26C humidex reading at just 830AM here in St.John's.

13 degrees, fresh and breezy, and not a cloud in the sky over downtown MTL this morning.

Loads of twigs, leaves, and small branches all over at home and in the city this morning. Saw a couple of fallen trees along the train route into town. Rivers & ponds look... replenished.

According to the news there are 215,398 households without power in Quebec this morning, and it will be a day or two before storm damage is fully known.

13 degrees, fresh and breezy, and not a cloud in the sky over downtown MTL this morning.

Loads of twigs, leaves, and small branches all over at home and in the city this morning. Saw a couple of fallen trees along the train route into town. Rivers & ponds look... replenished.

According to the news there are 215,398 households without power in Quebec this morning, and it will be a day or two before storm damage is fully known.

Good luck, Doug. When Hurricane Igor slammed into NL, we were without power for four days here in St.John's.

25C with a 31C humidex reading and only a slight breeze out of the southwest makes this a hot day here in St.John's.

Was 13 here as well over ngith - there is a lovely high pressure zone in behind the Irene circulation ....it was weird yesterday as we were sitting right on the edge - could see the outer bands of Irene off to the east and it was damp like crazy....then as Irene veered away this lovely high pressure swept in behind. :clap: 23 now and lovely - decent aq too.

27C with a 35C humidex reading. Luckily, the AQ is still at 1 and there is a nice warm breeze.

A bit of overnight rain broke our humidity. It is now 20C with a nice ocean breeze and sunny blue skies. A fine day.

13° on the way to a cool 18° today with showers.

23C with lots of sunshine and sunny blue skies and a nice ocean breeze. A fine day.

Just 3° this morning on the way to a cool 17° and scattered showers.

16C with the overnight rain giving way to just cloudy skies. A quiet day.

8°C here in SW AB. On the way to a magnificent but misty high of 9.

19C with the sun trying to break through the cloud cover.

Only 3° again this morning on the way to a high of 19° today.

Sun just popped through the cloud cover for perhaps an entire minute. Who knows we may break into the double digit realm if that happens a few more times.

Otherwise a pleasant day.

Cloudy and 16C here in St.John's. A quiet day.

About 24 degrees here in Toronto and just had a light sun shower!

Sunny and 16° with a light breeze here this afternoon.

Sunshine and blue skies replaced the clouds this afternoon, making this a fine evening.

Overcast and 17° with the threat of overnight rain continuing all day tomorrow.

Pouring rain this morning and forecast to continue all day long. Currently 9° with a high of only 13°.

Beautiful sunny blue skies here with 19C temps going up a bit more to 22C with no humidity and a MacDoc approved AQ of 1.

High of 33 today, but with the humidity will feel like 40...oh I will be in the lake all day!:D

Looks like a cool wet day again here in SW AB.

Currently 6°C.:eek:

Still sunny and 21C on a beautiful early September day.

One thing about living in a mountain desert... it almost never rains. But when it does, man, it comes hard. We went out for groceries yesterday around 6pm.... cloudy and threatening, but we were hopeful. As we arrived at the bank, the first sprinkles began.

In the lineup at the ATM, an explosion and a flash of light - I called my wife to make sure the Beetle hadn't exploded (don't ask). All fine - it was the first lightning strike of the storm.... and then the rain began.

We moved on to the supermarket with the VW's wipers barely keeping up (they have two speeds: on and off). I grabbed the umbrella and sheltered my wife & baby, leaving me with my 2nd shower of the day.

Inside the supermarket, the rain fell so heavily on the laminate roof that we had to shout to hear one another. Max had a rather concerned look for a few minutes, but eventually it acted like white noise and he was out like a light.

Approaching the exit, the rain hadn't let up. I went ahead with the cart and groceries to fill the car, and my wife came with the baby & umbrella a few minutes later. Finally we're all inside, not getting any wetter, Max is in his car seat, and we're ready to go.

But the Beetle wasn't.

Turn the key - lots of juice, but the start didn't crank. Got out, popped the engine cover and discovered... I had parked in precisely the right position so that the structure that on 99% of the days is a sun shade, on this day converted into a giant funnel, channeling more rain than one could think possible directly into the air vents on the engine cover in this lovely rear-engined black formerly-Metallica-fied Beetle. Electrical system totally soaked. I grabbed a plastic shopping bag and covered the engine compartment, hoping that it would eventually dry out - leaving the car in an open, isolated parking lot overnight is just inviting robbery... Several more turns of the key over the next half-hour didn't leave me with confidence that we'd be moving anytime soon.

So - we called a cab and waited. And waited. Desert-dwellers don't like rainstorms, and they tend to occupy every taxi in existence until the sun returns. Finally found one and bundled up the mrs. and the critter and sent them home.... oops... without house keys. D'oh! Good thing we have helpful neighbours.

Much to my surprise, a few minutes after sending the family on ahead, the Beetle fired up. Didn't flinch once on the drive home. Popped into the neighours to collect the mrs and the little fella, which turned into a nice little social visit complete with the last dregs of my final bottle of Glen Breton whisky.

So - that's how the weather was here, last night...

Wow, that was quite the experience, CM. Luckily, no one in your family was hurt .............. and the VW started up just in time for you. Good luck, mi amigo.

Still 21C and still sunny. A fine afternoon all in all.

Yikes - good adventure CM :clap:

Made me grin on a migraine inducing day in the GTA. 28 and XX) http://www.airqualityontario.com/meters/39.jpg

MacDoc, come to St.John's. Just under 20C with clear skies, a gentle ocean breeze and an AQ of 1.

Only 3° this morning, but a pleasant sunny day with a high of 21° awaits.

22 degrees and overcast at 6:40 a.m., very humid. Yech. Possibility of thunderstorms pretty well all day; predicted high of 29. Might turn on the A/C for the first time in a couple of weeks.

18C at just past 10AM, with sunny blue skies and just a touch of an ocean breeze. Going to be a fine day to work outside in the garden.

Here in SW AB it's -3°C this AM.:eek:

Looks like a nice clear day but those 20°+ temps are becoming rather elusive.

-3º?

I awoke to oppressive heat and humidity in downtown TO. Amazing we live in the same country.

Heat alert issued for TO today. Looks like summer's last gasp (and I do mean...). Temps appear to be moderating after that and that is fine by me.

A beautiful 22C with no wind, no clouds and a strong sun ........... so it's best to be in the shade today.

15° over the noon hour and sunny, but with a cool breeze.

22 and dim angling to wet - lot of Tstorms in the works.

Sunny and 8° this morning on the way to a warm 25° today.

Still crazy humid but not as crazy humid.

Autumn is coming up the walk.

Spent most of the day sailing under sunny skies and 24C temps. Currently, it is clear and 18C. A fine day from start to finish.

A lovely evening at 24° under sunny skies as we prepare to attack some beef short ribs on the back courtyard.

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a VERY damp ride home after a nice afternoon on the backroads S of Barrie.

Damn did it come down. Rain gear mostly worked and I did beat the Tstorm part of it home by 10 minutes.

20 right now, light rain.

Was warm and very humid all day. There was a sudden wango-tango thunderstorm at 10:00 a.m. today, very close and quite something. A severe thunderstorm watch was in effect all day; it changed to a warning late in the afternoon (all over now thank goodness). Huge downpour right when I sat down to dinner - I think the worst of the storm hit to the northeast of us.

18 or 20 tomorrow with light rain or drizzle.

A beautiful sunrise with no wind or fog. So, sunny blue skies and 17C temps this morning. All is still on a Labor Day morning.

10° this morning on the way to a warm 26° this afternoon.

19 degrees north of MTL, close to the predicted high of 20. Everything outside is sopping wet out there and light rain or drizzle is expected for the rest of the day and overnight.

The Eastern Townships and many areas in southeastern & eastern Québec are under a rainfall warning due to moisture associated with the Lee system that's slowly making its way northward.

22C in sunshine with a light breeze. A fine Labor Day is shaping up.

Crisp 15 at 11 am - not going to much higher - lovely air -

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'Crisper' this evening. The hound is happy. I was happy I wore a jacket.

What a difference a day makes.

Still 20C as we approach 10PM, which is far warmer than most of the 35 Labor Day evenings I have experienced here in St.John's. No one is complaining, only hoping that it keeps up into October. We shall see.

10° on the way to 26° and a glorious week ahead.

19C and a very quiet morning. School starts tomorrow for the children, so things will become more active then.

A chilly 11 .....lovely

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Very crisp 2°C this AM, still better than the -3°C we had a few days ago. See the predicted 30°C has disappeared from the forecast but we are looking at high 20s for at least a few days.

10ºC. It's a chilly day for teachers and kids going back to school. Where did the beautiful, hot summer go?

A warm 24C this afternoon as the various hurricanes push warm air up our way.

20°as we approach the noon hour and a revised high now of 27°.