http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html

Disgusting one, see the forecast for Wed at 23C but rain showers instead of full sunshine.  Here cannot reach 23C if cloudy with rain showers, it would be 13C more likely in normal April shower days here before.

Absolutely freezing here today, around 5C with a wind from the lake making it feel much colder . Everyone is complaining about it "Where's Spring?", "This is March weather" etc. etc. I would say we are at least 3 weeks behind where we were last year, no real leaves on the trees yet either. The other notable thing is the amount of rain and lack of sunshine - you quickly get used to the generally drier and sunnier conditions here, and when you get days of pretty murky weather it's a bit of a shock.

Tomorrow should see a reasonable warm up and we could hit 17C but with rain and possibly the odd bit of thunder overnight as the warmer air moves in. But even going into May there is no sign of a real warm up (23C for Wed looks optimistic to me, but we'll see). This being Canada though spring could be about 48 hours long and we could be in summer mode in 4 weeks time.

Hello folks, Spring still largely on hold around here with buckets being required not for the beach but to drain flood waters instead! Yesterday was the pits, literally. We reached 10c but it rained all afternoon and evening ending up with 19mm for the day total. Still more rain this morning and temps surpressed below average but as the 11am crack of Thunder eluded too, there is signs of a change but it ain't sunbathing weather  Here is the EC Statement for this afternoon and tomorrow :

Special weather statement
Updated by Environment Canada
At 12:25 PM EDT Tuesday 26 April 2011.

Special weather statement issued for..
City of Toronto
Windsor - Essex - Chatham-Kent
Sarnia - Lambton
Elgin
London - Middlesex
Simcoe - Delhi - Norfolk
Dunnville - Caledonia - Haldimand
Oxford - Brant
Niagara
City of Hamilton
Halton - Peel
York - Durham
Huron - Perth
Waterloo - Wellington
Dufferin - Innisfil
Grey - Bruce
Barrie - Orillia - Midland
Belleville - Quinte - Northumberland
Kingston - Prince Edward
Peterborough - Kawartha Lakes
Stirling - Tweed - South Frontenac
Bancroft - Bon Echo Park
Brockville - Leeds and Grenville
City of Ottawa
Gatineau
Prescott and Russell
Cornwall - Morrisburg
Smiths Falls - Lanark - Sharbot Lake
Parry Sound - Muskoka
Haliburton
Renfrew - Pembroke - Barry's Bay
Algonquin
Burk's Falls - Bayfield Inlet.

..Occasional showers and thunderstorms today and Wednesday..

---------------------------------------------------------------------
==discussion==
A low pressure system currently located over Southwestern Wisconsin
will track slowly towards the Great Lakes today.  A warm front
associated with this low is crossing Southwestern Ontario into
Niagara this afternoon. Near and north of this warm front occasional
showers and the odd thunderstorm may be expected across most
Regions.

A weak cold front will move into the southwest later this afternoon
and areas farther east tonight. For areas from Southwestern Ontario
towards Western Lake Ontario, some of the thunderstorms may be quite
strong and it is possible that severe thunderstorm watches may be
required.

On Wednesday, yet another area of rain and possible thunderstorms is
expected to move into Southern Ontario, bringing total rainfall
amounts of 20 to 30 millimetres across Southern Ontario. Embedded
thunderstorms could give locally higher amounts. There is also a
threat of severe thunderstorms with this next round of wet weather.

Environment Canada will continue to monitor the intensity and track
of the system and warnings may be issued as the situation warrants.

So basically as discussed over the earlier part of the weekend with Jiries and Paul, there will be a brief spike in temps overnight and into tomorrow. EC going for 21c/70f for Hamilton currently, maybe higher up north in T.O. With this comes unstable air and the risk of a Thunderstorm, not just a couple of cracks and then lightning but maybe enough to warrent Severe status as in Large Hail, Straight-line wind damage and even the isolated risk of a Tornado. This would, if it happened be our first STW since last Summer. It isn't great weather sunwise but it is a sign that Spring might be trying at least to ditch Winter for good.

After Wednesday, it does cool again but not as much so with temps between 12-18c thru the weekend. Unfortunately, still more rain or showers which is a concern due to the high rainfall amounts that some areas have experienced and are scheduled to experience over the next few days.

Further afield in the U.S. and the Severe Weather season just gets more extreme and dangerous. Last weekend, the strongest Tornado of the season so far struck the St.Louis, MO area including the main internation airport causing widespread damage to the airport and destroying homes in a nearby subdivision. The EF4 had winds est. between 165-200mph. Fortunately, nobody killed in this outbreak. MO is now dealing with days of rain from the same storm system and flooding which is leading to evacuations of some properties in the state this lunchtime.

Other states to be affected by the heavy rain and still ongoing threat of Severe weather include TX, AR, OH, KT, TN, AL and even up as far as NY. Very disturbed spell of weather for N America this spring season.

Take Care

Here we go, current air temp 24c/75f having risen from 9c/48f just 5hrs ago. Humidex is up to 28 and now the projected Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been upgraded to a Severe Thunderstorm Warning :

2:33 PM EDT Wednesday 27 April 2011
Severe thunderstorm warning for
City of Hamilton continued


Widely scattered thunderstorms are occurring across Southern Ontario ahead of a low pressure system over Michigan. New thunderstorms are developing in a general swath from Southern Georgian Bay to Central Lake Erie and will intensify as they quickly track northeastwards reaching Eastern Ontario late in the day. Isolated storms are also developing in Eastern Ontario ahead of the main band. The main concerns are large hail up to 3 centimetres and damaging wind gusts to 110 km/h. There will also be an increasing threat during the afternoon for an isolated tornado. This watch may be upgraded to a tornado watch as the storms develop, if their evolution dictate a higher tornado risk. Frequent intense lightning and torrential downpours may also be expected.

And here is the storm front moving in quite fast from the West approaching Dundas and Hamilton now, skies darken ever more as i type. Exeter radar here :

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WSO.

Noteworthy as it's the first of the season for us and also a major change albeit briefly from the cool/wet weather of the past few weeks. It does turn much cooler later in the evening possibly down to 4c overnight, weird Calgarylike swings.

Time to batten down the hatches!!!

Afternoon all, quick update on the storm that brought quite abit of damage to the City of Hamilton area this time yesterday afternoon and in it's wake has left strong, gusty winds which at just 7c right now makes a total change in 24hrs i can tell you. Baltic again! Seriously, some major problems with this event including a school group of rowers capsizing in Hamilton harbour and being rescued thankfully. The Skyway bridge over the harbour still closed due to high winds and causing major disruption on the QEW and the numerous power outages that many locales suffered since the initial storm front motored thru here yesterday. Here is the Spec.com latest on the situation : http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/523440--5-000-hamilton-homes-without-power.

At home in Dundas, we lost power for a couple hours which is no big deal compared to back home when it is such a rare event. However, for over 9,000 homes according to Hydro One in Hamilton alone without power at the height is noteworthy. As you can see from the spec, some incredible pictures of trees felled and roofs without slates or in some cases destroyed beyond repair so there was definately Dericho or straight-line wind damage from this frontal burst. Some local reports are calling the event, a microburst, which is almost Tornado-like......these reports unconfirmed as of now. Elsewhere in Southern Ontario, damage reports have indicated the presence of potential Tornado development as Environment Canada report below :

==weather event discussion==
A line of severe thunderstorms raced across southern and Eastern
Ontario Wednesday afternoon in association with a low pressure
Centre moving into Central Ontario. There were numerous reports of
strong wind gusts, power outages and sporadic damage across a fairly
lengthy swath from east of London to the Kitchener-Waterloo region
into the greater Toronto area and then east.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Location (time)                 event description

London (2:32 PM)                76 km/h gust

Blandford-Blenheim (sw of       Ontario prov. Police reports possible
Kitchener) (3:05 PM)            tornado with Debris and trees down

Ayr (S of Kitchener) (3:10 PM)  possible tornado (no confirmed
                                           Damage)

Waterloo-Wellington airport     107 km/h gust
(3:18 PM)

Breslau (3:20 PM)               100 km/h gust

Fergus (3:30 PM)                probable tornado - some minor damage
                                         To local buildings

East garafraxa (sw of           severely damaged barn (roof and some
Orangeville) (3:45 PM)          walls blown 60 metres) and tree down

Environment Canada is looking into some of the damage reports along
with eye-witness accounts and photos to determine whether any
tornadoes may be confirmed or probable. A damage survey team will be
sent out to the fegus area today for further investigation.

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

Compared to what has taken place down south in AL in particular, then this is a very small event. I know TWO has another post on the terrible events in the U.S. over the past two days with still more storm spawning this afternoon for NC and the Atlantic Seaboard. Over 200 killed in the worst outbreak since the super Tornado outbreak of 1974 and the Tornado that ripped, actually obliterated parts of Tuscalosa, AL sent chills down my spine this morning when i saw it on TV. True power of mother nature and sometimes the weather can have a very nasty side to it. This spring season for the U.S. has certainly shown that.

For us in Ontario though, the first major storm system of the season has gone and after today's high winds have calmed we're looking forward to hopefully a very pleasant and dry spring day for the final day of April on Saturday as temps look likely to reach 17-20c locally. The best day by a mile recently, possibly!

I'm sure all our thoughts on the N American forum are with the people of AL and the five other states affected by the horrific weather conditions they've experienced there in the last few days.

Take Care

Quite Stewart: another one of those events that makes posting about the weather seem almost voyeuristic. But that's what we do, come great events or small. There is a dedicated thread, so I'll just put up the lastest from CNN here: http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/04/29/severe.weather/index.html The devastation is difficult to comprehend.

One of the main drivers of this situation has been the fact that Spring has been so slow to come north, meaning a sharp temperature gradient over the central and southern States...the spwaning ground for the severe storms and tornadoes.

And it's staying cold over the Midwest and Prairies: out in Alberta, Calgary is expecting 5-10cm - though as we know late April and May snowfalls are commonplace. The pocket of cold air will then shift east meaning highs in Winnipeg will be close to 2c come Sunday when they should be nearer to 16c. By then there will be the risk of more severe storms into Texas and the deep south but (hopefully) nothing like what we have just seen.

Crazy...still snowing in Calgary....interesting read below:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/story/2011/04/28/calgary-snow-warning-canmore.html

Here is the webcam from Canmore.

http://www.canmorealberta.com/bowvalleytrail

Edit. Doesn't open the webcam for some reason but you can open the links to photos and videos inside. Snow staying on the ground up there, not just melting as it lands.

Hello all

Haven't been on line much recently, apologies, too many other things happening.

There's a strange yellow object in the sky today . Finally we have a nice sunny day. The "spring" here really hasn't been good - lots of gloomy days, cold and rainy. Even now, a good number of the trees are still bare, which feels very odd if you are used to a UK Spring. The good news is that everything should green up nicely soon given the above normal precipitation.

Anyhow, the forecast is finally looking a bit better for the next week, at least in terms of sun. There is no sign of a huge warm up, we are looking at temps about seasonal (which I think is around 17C at this time of year). Apart from one day last week there has been no real trace of humidity and the air conditioning remains in hibernation, which is good for the electricity bill at least.

Looking forward to the summer. The Star goes for a warmer and drier one than average http://thestar.blogs.com/weather360/2011/05/warmer-drier-summer-forecast-for-toronto.html . We'll see, I'm planning to open the pool in about 3 weeks time, bring on the heat!

Hello folks, great to see all the Hamiltorians & Burlingtorians (if there is such a species?) come out of hibernation today! Amazing what a bit of sunshine does Paul Like yourself, a/c has remained in the off position - heating was actually on most of last night!!! Shocking for May really. Pool, we're having a mini argument about last night given the possible upturn in the forecast, i might try and see if we can open it on Saturday and clear away winter's mess from the surrounding area. A barbie on Sat night right now looks like a good call - another rare species so far in '11!

Currently 15c/59f in Downtown Hamilton, expecting a mighty 16c as a high. Still that nagging breeze out there but fairly warm feel in the sun. As Paul reported, temps near average is the outlook which is better than the 11-14c range we've seen all week. Tentative signs of warmer air ahead although short-term still dealing with a shower risk on all day except Saturday.

Was thinking back and this spring reminds me of Spring 2005 where it was almost cold in May with a high on one day of just 8c. 3wks later, it was 31c and we entered the warmest June in many a year around here, which was nice considering i was on my first visit. Amazing how 6yrs pass....

It's a Mr Sub day i think and maybe just a sit in Jackson Square for lunch to enjoy the weather for once in this spring!

Take Care

 I was still in Toronto at that point and remember it well, especially because we had visitors over just when the weather turned cool after some nice warm weather in April - then of course it turned nice again after they went home! Like you, I can't believe that was 6 years ago.

I've been looking at the Toronto figures for March and April and what surprised me most was that temperature-wise things were just about spot on the average, despite some notably cool spells. However there was much more rain than normal, as Stewart and Paul have reported on, and no doubt sunshine has been below normal too.

The good news from a southern Ontario perspective is that the up coming week looks quite promising with some sunshine on offer and temps near the average with maxes in the 15-20c range.

Meanwhile Brett's latest take on the ECM long range offers up a bit of a mixed bag for much of Canada. http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/49285/update-on-long-range-forecast-into-june.asp 

Hot weather is building into the southern Plains this weekend with most of Texas comfortably into the 90s fahrenheit. At least for the time being the threat for severe weather has receded, although this may only be temporary.

Jays playing the Tigers this weekend Stewart - I plan on watching Sunday's game online. A decent 5-5 roadtrip against tough teams. May's schedule is kinder for the Jays so we will probably be better placed to assess how good a team they are at the end of this month.

Back here after a very dry April we had some heavy rain last night with more on the cards later today and tomorrow. We even had some thunder last night! And as I'm sure you have seen it was a pretty momentous day in Scottish politics!

Have a great weekend everyone.

Found this on Flickr, taken 1st of May in Winnipeg.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5678470912_67de226481_b.jpg

or try the page
http://www.flickr.com/photos/42446710@N02/5678470912/in/pool-1037187@N24/

I am going to Chicago from 12th June to 2nd July so I will be posting more often on this thread.  Looking at the temps in 2008-2010 summers are juicy, it goes high as 33-34C in June and 23-25C at nights.   I hope to witness real storms as well.

Hello, quick post between assignments this afternoon. Confirmed 1st Tornado of the 2011 Season by EC hit Fergus, ON during those big storms we had on the afternoon of Wed 27 Apr. EF0 as documented here :

==weather event discussion==

First tornado of the season confirmed from April 27 storms.

A series of powerful thunderstorms raced across southern and Eastern
Ontario on the afternoon of Wednesday, April 27. Environment Canada
received a number of reports of damage from these storms and sent
personnel out to investigate some of these locations. These
investigations have led to the confirmation of the first tornado in
Ontario for this season. The tornado occurred in the Fergus area and
was rated as a Fujita scale zero tornado with winds up to 110
kilometres per hour. The Fujita wind damage scale goes from zero
(weakest) to 5 (strongest). Ontario normally gets around 12 tornadoes
each season. The summer severe weather season runs from late April
until early October.

This statement will be updated if new information becomes available.

Currently 17c under blue skies, the improvement is coming and a dry week ahead! Didn't get the pool open on saturday afterall, wasn't quite as nice as it was originally forecast however by Thursday/Friday the option looks definately on as we could see temps well into the mid-70sF. 25c/77f being progged for Friday at the minute. Can't wait tbh.

As for the Jays, 15-19 record so far Graeme....not as good as i'd and some had hoped for. As you say, May is kinder fixture wise from now on, so judgement reserved for a few weeks yet. Still early days in this marathon.

Summer is approaching Ontario this week, it's time to prepare for it's landing!!!

Take Care

Winter doesn't seem want to get a grip to go away so it decided to return during middle of May for Toronto with 7C max on Monday after it reached a nice 26.1C yesterday. 

Disgusting forecast too with daily rain/rain showers all next week which Moomin thought we getting it this month here.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html

Hello folks, it seems very quiet on here, i hope everyone is doing ok and like me are probably very busy and no time to talk weather! Once again this has been the case over the past week or so, as well as the fact we were away over in Sarnia on the weekend visiting friends. All in all, very hectic!

Weather as Jiries posted did perk up late last week, well Friday to be precise. Top temp of 26.3c/78f at Hamilton Munro and it did for the first time this year feel like summer. Alas, this was brief...we saw downpours move in and i can report that it rained, rained some more and then felt like raining even more just for good measure over the weekend. It was a soggy trip out west but none-the-less enjoyable...Molsten Canadian can have the soothing effect on you!

Temps dropped to the previously reported 7c or 45f on Monday. Summer to winter in 72hrs, marvelous.

And so it goes on, an extremely wet evening yesterday brought over an inch of rain onto the City of Hamilton area and with temps at just 8c in rain, it felt cold enough for snow. This latest deluge has been noteworthy however as it made Hamilton pass an all-time record for the wettest spring in history as the Spec.com reports and explains here : http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/534417--the-wettest-spring-ever. It hasn't just been our imagination afterall!

When i posted last week, i had optimistically stated that Summer was coming and unfortunately that may have been slightly premature. However, indications are once again showing that the weather is going to get warmer although maybe not quite wall to wall sunshine nor drier. Today it's 15c currently and the forecast is for one or two non-severe T-Storms to break out this evening and overnight into tomorrow across the GTA. After that, we get proper warmth on Saturday with temps progged at 23c/74f and dry (potential barbecue day). Pool opening may be delayed further though as Sunday into next week brings back the threat of showers but it should remain warmer than now with temps near 20c. Small steps to Summer?

Away from the weather and the Blue Jays haven't helped lift the gloom, currently sitting with a dead-level 21-21 record in the MLB AL East. Good promise is being dampened by costly defeats when in good positions and no real forward momentum so far. June is approaching and i'm sure Graeme will agree the time for decisions on this team for this season is also fast approaching.

As for me, i'm going back home to Scotland earlier this year than normal as i'm not going to take in the Scottish Open Golf or the British Open in July as in previous years. Returning to Glasgow on June 10 and staying for two weeks coming back to Canada on June 25. I've seen your weather over there, not great....so fingers x that it picks up there also over the next couple of weeks.

Take Care folks and whatever your upto, enjoy the weekend.

I am off from work from June 5th to 12th and staying at West Ewell so hopefully to see some nice warm weather as 00z runs show.  From 12th to 2nd July I amgoing to Chicago with 5 days over Los Angeles from 21st June to 26th June.   Seeing the horror output for Chicago's ensembles, it will be 9 days before the 12th date line appear.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/MT8_Chicago_USA_ens.png

No let up on Toronto's poor Spring.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/MT8_Toronto_Kanada_ens.png

Returning to average for Los Angeles after a unseasonable cool weather where Death Valley had been seeing mid 20's maxes instead of high 30's and low to mid 40's for this time the year.

http://www.wetterzentrale.de/pics/MT8_Los_Angeles_USA_ens.png

Weekend greetings,

Yes it's been another busy period, apologies for the lack of posts on my favourite thread. Just think yourself lucky you're not back home just now Stewart - we're battening down the hatches for severe gales tomorrow, just what you want in late May!

George, look forward to your Stateside reports next month.

I watched the Blue Jays game online last night - a perfect day for baseball, with clear blue sunny skies and temps up to 25c. Even better the Jays stormed back to win the game with two home runs from Jose Bautista, leading all MLB in that category. I'd be a bit more upbeat than you Stewart in assessing the Jays season thus far: considering the injuries sustained, a 23-22 record is not bad going, only a game and a half out in the AL East. Don't think we're quite ready yet in terms of competing for the play-offs but I'm happy with the way things are heading!

Looks like another showery week on the cards for Southern Ontario, with temps at or below the average for the time of year, It's certainly not been a great Spring. Brett Anderson issues his Summer forcast next week but his latest take on the Euro models for June show a mixed bag: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/49895/forecast-clues-through-mid-june.asp Looks pretty good for Newfoundland though, which I'm sure will be welcome - high just 4c in St John's today!

That said, at least things haven't been as bad as further south where the mid-Mississippi and Ohio Valleys continue to be threatened by flooding. With more rains in the forecast the situation just won't relent: rainfall is over 200% of normal  for some of this area this year so far.

Further south still there's summer-like heat from Texas across to Florida and now north into Georgia with the 90s prevailing and some record daily highs likely.

Enjoy the rest of the weekend, I'm off to make sure everything is tied down for tomorrow's storm!

Hi all, quick update. A couple of good days of weather temp wise well into the 70sF over the weekend but mixed again with showers also. This week has been warmer until today as it is only 14c/57f as i write this. Yesterday was actually at 20c, the best day in terms of sunshine we've seen all Spring - very nice.

Outlook is for very warm and muggy conditions to develop overnight tonight with 25c predicted for tomorrow but in Thunderstorms, settling down by the weekend and more sunshine forecast for early next week, showing tentitive signs of summer at last!

We were at the Dundas Firework display last night to round off a good day of weather. Spectacular event which could be enjoyed by paying to get into the Driving park where it was held or watch it from on-top of Sydenham road (200ft elevation change). Here's a link to the pics posted on the spec.com/online - http://www.thespec.com/photozone/536089. And a pic a friend of ours took from on high -

I'm sure you'll agree spectacular picture and it definately was a great night for the local community looking forward to summer!

Take Care

Toronto's total rainfall are now 135.5mm after yesterday daily rain fall was 17.2mm.  The wettest record for May was 152.8mm in 2003 so it may beat that record as there more rain/showers/thunderstorms for the rest of this month. 

Yes indeed it's been a soggy Spring and you wouldn't bet against that May record being broken. However this weekend and into early next week will also see the hottest weather of the year so far into Southern Ontario...Toronto and Hamilton should have a shot at 30c, so some midsummer type heat on offer for a day or two before some more thundery weather heralds a cooler airmass mid-week.

Interestingly Brett Anderson is going for a cooler than average summer around the Great Lakes, including the Golden Horseshoe: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/50138/summer-forecast-for-canada.asp I always respect Brett's take on things even if his LRFs are subject to the same skepticism that all are (should be!). If it's correct though there might not be too many >30c days on offer (remember 2004 - there were only 3 in Toronto!)!

I got back yesterday from a 10-day trip to Las Vegas with Mrs Stodge - our fourth trip to Sin City and our third residing at the Palazzo (very comfortable).

Weather-wise, I thought mid-May would be a good time to visit but the prolonged spring in North America meant our first few days were marred by some unusually cool and windy conditions and on Wednesday May 18th, Vegas returned a maximum of just 67F, some 21F below normal and a new record low for that date. Indeed, the day ended with a couple of showers hitting the Strip.

The unusual conditions were caused by an LP moving off the Pacific into central California and then moving ESE more or less right over the Vegas valley. The LP dumped a foot of snow in the Sierra mountains and topped up the snow cover to higher elevations in Wyoming and Montana.

The strong SW'ly wind veered NW with the passage of the LP and Wednesday night was quite chilly with frost to higher elevations.

After that, HP moved in from the SW and temperatures began to recover peaking at a more seasonal 96F last Wednesday (the 25th). Night mimima recovered too but there still seemed a way to go to reach the triple digit temperatures expected at this time of the year. It was noticeable that humidity levels were higher than I've experienced in the past.

So, been offline for a while - first in the UK for a couple of weeks in April - and caught some very nice weather, and sights of green stuff!  Then I've been kind of snowed under here, sometimes literally.  We came back to yet more snow, and plenty of brown.   Eventually Calgary got the idea that Spring was around the corner and things began to warm up.  However, the story over the last four  - five days has been rain, rain, rain.  Somehow a lot like the rest of Canada by the sounds of it!  50-70mm has fallen over the last while.

The good news is that as I type a yellow orb is emerging from the clouds, and by the look of the forecast, we should be seeing plenty more of it over the next week - good news as the garden has really been thoroughly watered now. 

Peter 

July 2010 - June 2011 Stats
Elevation: 1084m
Latitude: 51° 6' N
Warmest Temperature: 31.4c 26/08/10
Coldest Temperature: -31.2c 23/11/10
Days with thunderstorms: 8
Days with rain falling: 61
Days with snow falling: 68
Days with snow lying: 156
Maximum snow depth: 10" (25cm)
Current snow depth 0" (0cm)

Death Valley's forecast is more cooler weather on the way from 102F on Saturday to 79F on Sunday then recover to 83F.  If there another cooler spell in early June then I might see 29C 84F max for the first time because the lowest max I saw is 31C 88F.  Meanwhile some light rain for Toronto yesterday giving another 1.2mm to make May total so far 136.7mm. 

Interesting post on Vegas, Stodge and nice to see you back Peter. Although that said you might want to look away rather than check out Brett's take on the latest ECM: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/50220/long-range-says-summer-for-the-east-1.asp June shaping up to bring some welcome warmth to the east while the west and Prairies keep a cool and damp theme. Somewhat at odds with Brett's own summer forecast although of course the models only cover June at this stage.

Of course it's Memorial weekend in the States and although there will showers and thunderstorms around in the Midwest and Northeast thankfully the risk of severe weather is much lower than of late. Moreover an upper level ridge pushing into the NE means that summer-like warmth will be on tap for the latter part of the holiday weekend and into next week. So, by the holiday Monday temps in New York may be around 90f for a high with a sweltering 95f in Washington, DC.

Right now some of the hottest weather is in western Texas with the likes of Lubbock to see a high of 103f after reaching 101f yesterday. At the opposite extreme it stays cool and springlike over the Pac NW with the 50s prevailing over much of Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho.

Anyone heading up to Yellowstone for the holiday weekend had better look out: some snow on offer with 3-5" expected tomorrow - might be worth checking out the rather wintry looking webcam http://www.nps.gov/features/yell/live/oflive.htm

Blue Jays have cooled off this week too but managed a win last night against the White Sox: will be watching this afternoon's game before switching to the Champion's League final - hopefully some quality sporting entertainment on offer - enjoy the weekend!