Hi Stu, I'd be very suspicious of that, like you I can find no confirmation elsewhere and I'm pretty sure I would have read/heard about it at the time. Possibly it is a reference to heat index values as there were record-breaking dewpoints over the MidWest last month, but I'm pretty sure there were no >120f air temps in North Dakota in July.

Meantime, all-time record highs were set yesterday in both Little Rock, Ark. (114 degrees) and Forth Smith, Ark. (115 degrees). Dallas continues its run of 100f days with 33, now 9 short of the longest such run in the city, set in 1980.

Also have to keep an eye on Emily which may threaten Florida as a tropical storm over the weekend (with an outside chance of making hurricane status). At the moment Hispaniola is taking the brunt of the storm: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/53328/emily-inundating-hispaniola-cu.asp 

Up in Canada, things are rather quiet - not a single watch or warning out at the time of writing. After a rather wet and cool day yesterday it should be lovely in T.O. today, with a high near 29c. It's decidedly chilly out in Atlantic Canada though, especially Newfoundland where highs in St Johns will be stuck in the low teens celsius over the coming weekend.

Hello folks, in the middle of a good old Ontarian Thunderstorm right now as i type pretty awesome sight and this one is fairly localized as the King City radar shows : http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WKR. It's been another very busy week of work and to be honest there hasn't been alot going on worth of note anyhow.

As Graeme posted on Thursday, a soggy, pretty cool day (22c max for Hamilton) on Wednesday and a good amount of rain also which further helped ease the drought conditions particularly for local farmers around here. Wednesday evening was also the first day in a good couple months where a jumper was required for the walk around the block with the dog! - well <<<< maybe not cold - but almost!

Humidity has fallen since the start of the week where temps of 30c were reached on Mon-Tue along with humidex of 38. It's been mostly cloudy since the rain on Wednesday, a change from the endless fantastic days of sunshine most of the GTA experienced during July. This afternoon TS has been set off in part by slightly higher humidex values today blowing up from SW Ontario where a Humidex advisory was out for Windsor-Sarnia.

Outlook for the coming days is for more showers overnight and into tomorrow before settling down for Monday. Warm but not hot the theme as temps stay between 24c-27c.

Elsewhere, i see the incredible heat still being had down the dustbowl that is SW of the States. Good point raised by Stu N about Oklahoma City's temps. What a swing in anyone's book that temp contrast is, maybe on-par with Calgary if not slightly lower high temp mark for Peter's locale.

Once TS Emily faded after it encountered the high ground and mountains of Haita and Hispanola. But, we are now just starting what is traditionally the busiest couple of Hurricane and Tropical activity months and all the experts claim that this year a big one will develop and threaten the US Mainland after what has been a very quiet few years especially for FL and the Eastern Seaboard of the U.S.

Whatever your upto, make it a brilliant weekend! I'm off Monday and Tuesday so will try and update more regularly next week!

Take Care

Weekend greetings from a very soggy NE Fife.

Dallas,TX now on 36 consecutive >100f days. If the current heatwave holds by next Saturday we could be looking at a new record (current is 42 from 1980). At the moment there's not any immediate sign of a big pattern change, or any showers and thunderstorms that would help suppress temps.

Emily has now reformed as a tropical depression off the east coast of Florida. However it will almost certainly head off NEwards, meaning little or no impact on the US.

Up in Canada I'm taking Yellowknife, NWT as the place to be this week: abundant sunshine and temps in the low to mid 20s celsius. On the flip side Atlantic Canada continues to have unsummery weather. St Johns, NF had a high of just 10c yesterday with 33.6mm of rainfall - even worse conditions than here! Looks much the same in the coming week, unsettled with highs struggling to reach the mid-teens.

Stewart, continuing the exciting year for the Jays (in terms of development, rather than results) you'll have seen Brett Lawrie has been called up - expecting a fair bit of hype once they get back to Canada this week!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

Hello, continuing more unsettled conditions around Southern Ontario now after a month of stunning hot weather. Some rain and Thunderstorms moved into Western Ontario last evening bringing some surprising images for the folks of the Kitchener-Waterloo region as funnel clouds decended briefly from the threatening skies as reported here : http://www.thespec.com/news/local/article/575584--weak-funnel-clouds-spotted-across-region. In Ayr of all places!!! Not the Ayrshire version of course, so much different between the two towns, always makes me smile though.

We had some pretty heavy rain during the morning rush-hour including some Thunder mixed in. Traffic chaos in Hamilton not immune in a normal weather day, worsened by the rain this morning. Even worse traffic problems and flooding reported in the Vaughan area of Toronto, this region also not immune to flooding.

Temperatures have dropped to 22c today, we reached 26c yesterday and a humidex of 35. After more showers later with the odd Thundery one also and more expected tomorrow, more settled conditions and the sun returns for the end of the week with temps rising again towards 27c. One notable is the cooler night-time temps generally between 16-20c, as August continues and the nights get ever so slightly longer.

Brett Lawrie Graeme, impressive! Here's TSN report of his expected home debut this evening - http://www.tsn.ca/mlb/story/?id=373489. The Jays showing some promising or very promising young talent even as you say results aren't getting them any traction this campaign. Good to watch some buzz and excitement around the ball town about this young kid and it's going to be interesting to see if the team can galvanise themselves into a final run of results as the post season approaches.

Take Care

Hamilton topped the wet weather board for Southern Ontario yesterday by the looks of things from EC :

An area of rain with a few thunderstorms moved across Southern
Ontario Tuesday morning into the evening hours.  There was
significant rainfall and locally high amounts reported by
Environment Canada weather stations and volunteer climate observeres.

Following are some of the reports of total rainfall received by
Environment Canada as of 8 PM Tuesday.

-------------------------------------------------------------
Location          rainfall amounts (millimetres)

Hamilton             47.4
London               44.9
Dorchester           41.5
New Glasgow          38.0
Windsor              34.8
St. Thomas           33.3
Toronto east         32.8
Oshawa               32.2
Grimsby Mnt.         29.8
Brockville           29.1

I hadn't realised that there had been that much rain during the morning hours, maybe very localised to the spotters location. The Toronto figure is more what Dundas saw yesterday, at just over an inch.

Today, 22c at 12noon possible Thunderstorms this afternoon following one which rolled thru the area after Midnight giving a lightshow! Now looks like 27c for Friday before more rain and cooler temps for the weekend, egh!

Take Care

Looks like you're sharing in our wet weather at the moment, Stewart. But here's something to get you thinking ahead. If Henry M is correct (!) then looks like you, Paul and even Peter over in Calgary will need to keep the snow shovels handy this winter: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/meteomadness/story/53551/snow-forecast-for-the-winter-of-20112012.asp 

Back to the now and the gruesome Texas heatwave continues with Dallas now at 39 consecutive days over 100f and Witchita Falls on 50. There's a chance some cloud and nearby thunderstorms keep the temperature below 100f in Dallas either Friday or Saturday, keeping the streak just shy of the record 42 days recorded in 1980. For Witchita Falls that record (also 42 days) has been well surpassed...

Thanks for the link Stewart - I plan on watching the Jays game versus the A's tomorrow - get to see what the hype is about!

Well the run of consecutive 100f days in Dallas was somewhat unexpectedly stopped at 40 yesterday - falling just short of the 42 recorded in 1980. http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/dallas-100s-streak-ends_2011-08-11 

Witchita Falls streak is still alive at 51 days. One of those arbitrary but fun stats the weather throws up. Looks like the respite may be for one day only as the forecast for Dallas today looks for a high of 101f!

Meantime with tropical development ramping up there are tentative signs of the first hurricane of the season in the Atlantic, and it could, just maybe, set its sights on Atlantic Canada. Very early days but one to watch: http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/53648/tropical-concerns-for-leewards.asp 

Nope, I confess I avoided it!  Too many crowds.

Not sure I've really got much to offer against the extreme weather affecting other parts of NA.  I think I'm pretty glad to avoid the humidity of the East and have a month of temps in the low to mid 20's!  We've had rain from time to time, probably more than we usually get over the summer, but not enough to make it particularly soggy.

I guess the only thing of interest is that we have not hit the 30 mark this year, maxing out so far at 29.4 on 31st July. Usually we get a few days where we hit that, but not this time round, at least not yet.  Still some opportunitiy, but the nights are starting to draw in a little now.

Enough of that, because it's vacation and camping next week, time to get up into the Rockies.  Forecast is looking pretty good - sunny for the most part, tho Tue could be a bit wet.

Peter

July 2011 - June 2012 Stats
Elevation: 1084m
Latitude: 51° 6' N
Warmest Temperature: 29.4c 31/07/11
Coldest Temperature: 5.9c 23/07/11
Days with thunderstorms: 2
Days with rain falling: 12
Days with snow falling: 0
Days with snow lying: 0
Maximum snow depth: 0" (0cm)
Current snow depth 0" (0cm)

Hello all, hopefully Peter is enjoying the Rockies and the weather is fully co-operating for him. Another mega busy week for me and this is the first chance to post but again not a great deal of weather happening in Southern Ontario over the past 7 days. Fairly average summer stuff, temps slightly cooler than they were in the bake bowl of Mid-July between 22-27c, we did see 29c yesterday but even the humidity has dropped so all in all pretty pleasant conditions.

The a/c still getting used but not 24/7 now, night temps between 15-18c so it is still required to aid the ability to get a good sleep. We've seen rain only once since last Wednesday deluge and that was on Sunday afternoon tea-time, which wasn't ideal as the barbie was being prepared. However, resourceful as ever we just cooked outdoors and moved indoors!

Outlook today is for sunny conditions and a high of 23c. Tomorrow a chance of a Thunderstorm and warmer at 28c before the weekend sees temps cool slightly but again becoming predominantly dry. As for the winter and Henry lrf Graeme, i've no time to study his findings yet but i'm sure it's a wild read as always. Normally as many of you know, the jetstream delivers snow to either Peter or Paul & I in the winter but not usually at the same time - the seasaw effect i guess or Chinnock v Lake-Effect!!! Mouthwatering prospects and hard to imagine snow and cold right now, but it isn't that far off, Mid-October and the first snows in Northern Ontario and the first frosts here is only 8wks away.

I'm hoping for a quieter end to this week work-wise and then i'm off all of next. Planning perhaps to go visit friends in Boston, MA but i will try and post more frequently in the next 7days than the last. I think work is over-rated anyway??? lol!

Take Care

A long weekend for me so time for a Friday post! With the schools back, the nights drawing in, and the weather already in late September mode here, my thoughts are turning to Autumn...talking of which some cool air over the Prairies this morning with temps in the mid single digits celsius in the likes of Regina and Saskatoon. Won't be long until we see the first frosts of the season out there.

The Prairies will warm up quickly over the weekend and by early next week those same cities could be looking at highs around 32c. At the same time cool air (for August) will dip into Ontario - Brett Anderson is calling it 'Septemberlike' http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/53958/a-look-into-next-week.asp In my opinion September is the best month weatherwise in Southern Ontario...lots of warm sunshine but not as hot and humid as mid-summer.

Meanwhile all eyes on the tropics as you would expect in mid-August, with the potential of the first Atlantic hurricane of the season to form in the next few days. Might this threaten the east coast of the States? One to watch: http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/tropics-watch-hurricane-season-2011_2011-07-06 

After three days below 100f around a week ago, Dallas, TX is back in a run of 100f weather. 108f the predicted high for today. This summer must feel never-ending to residents of the southern Plains.

Have a good weekend everyone (Stewart, those Jays have been playing some really good baseball of late with new exciting, young players (Lawrie, Rasmus etc))!)

Just got back from camping - thought you might enjoy the following picture posted in the Calgary Herald of a storm that passed through last night (missed it, but saw the results when I got home)

More here: http://www.calgaryherald.com/Hidden+Valley+home+lightning+fire+thunderstorm+rolls+across+parts+Calgary/5277834/story.html

Great image Peter, hope the camping trip was fun.  And I see your forecast is looking pretty decent this week: http://weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/pages/ab-52_metric_e.html What I'd give for a forecast like that!

Hello all, some very interesting weather approaching Toronto at this hour as a band of heavy rain with enbedded Thunderstorms comes in from the NW as the EC radar shows here - http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WSO. Toronto Pearson showed a 9c drop in temp from 2pm (24c) to at 2:37pm (just 15c!) in a Thunderstorm. 

In Dundas, it's cloudy at 23c with the risk that some of this storm activity will affect us as the afternoon goes on although EC have no watches or warnings out for this area. Since i posted on Wednesday, we seen an afternoon Thunderstorm on Thursday as forecast and a storm last evening around 9pm which interupted some people's pieceful Saturday evening!

Temps have been higher at just below the 30c threshold and humidex levels despite initial forecasts of them lowering actually went higher also, yesterday for example reaching 37 in the mid-afternoon. The slightly humid airmass is one of the reasons why these Sunday Thunderstorms are popping up across the GTA.

Outlook for next week is fairly mixed. Chance of a shower or Thunderstorm tonight and on Thursday, drier Mon-Wed, perhaps even 'cold' by night on Tuesday as i think Brett Anderson eluded too a couple days back. EC going for 10c on Tue Night, will interesting to see how low it goes. By day, temps remaining between 24-27c generally.

Tropical storm Irene now making inroads towards the Dominican Republic as it continues it's track on a direct course to make landfall in the United States either FL or SC as a Hurricane. Here's Henry Marguisty's latest take on the track and extent of the problems Irene could bring - http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/meteomadness/story/54055/special-sunday-video-about-irene.asp. It's going to be a very interesting week of weather stateside one feels!

For me, a week off and finally a break from work. Was going to go to Boston to see friends but they are now meeting us almost half way down in Niagara-on-the-lake for a couple days this week, going to be good.

P.S. Awesome picture Peter of that Storm in Calgary

Take Care

Just saw this on the Baltimore webcam. Is that a tornado?

Damn, didn't get the freeze frame version. I've saved it to my hard drive and will try to download later.

Bridlewood - South Calgary has hit the 30C mark today, I am sure Peter must have cracked it if not then VERY close to +30C. - Take a look:

http://www.wunderground.com/weatherstation/WXDailyHistory.asp?ID=IABCALGA35

Hello all, beautiful afternoon here in Dundas with temps at 27c but omnious forecast and watch just been issued by EC for most of the Golden Horseshoe including the Hamilton area for this evening :

TORNADO WATCH

CITY OF HAMILTON
An line of thunderstorms is expected to develop over Lake Huron then track rapidly eastward across Southern Ontario late this afternoon and this evening. The threat for storms will begin in areas near Lake Huron between 4:00 PM and 5:00 PM then move eastward to reach a line from Eastern Lake Erie through the Golden Horseshoe to the upper Ottawa Valley by 8:00 PM.

Some of these storms will have the potential to be severe with large hail, damaging winds, and torrential downpours. There will also be the potential for isolated tornadoes.

This is an alert to the potential development of severe thunderstorms capable of producing tornadoes..Monitor weather conditions and listen for updated bulletins.

A line of thunderstorms is expected to develop over Michigan this afternoon then track rapidly eastward into Southern Ontario.

The threat for severe weather is expected to reach areas near Lake Huron near mid afternoon and the remainder of the regions in the late afternoon or early evening.

Looking at the radar, there's very little sign of these storms at this hour, a clump of weather north of Huron is moving East but looks likely to track well to the North of the GTA. However, our weather is expected to come in Michigan. EC, perhaps airing on the side of caution with the Tornado Watch instead of the usual Severe Thunderstorm Watch as it's one of the first times i can remember this being issued before a storm system even approached the City area.

I'd better tie down all the garden furniture then! This after yesterday's Earthquake across the eastern seaboard measuring 5.8 on the richter scale. Apparently felt up here as well, but i was driving along the QEW at the time and felt nothing (incidentally, it's always a shaky experience on the QEW - but that's another story!). The Earthquake coverage on TV and on the net was amazing considering the few injuries and damage caused. Delays to flights at New York Port Authority airports and in Philly/D.C - not sure why? More obvious was the speed restrictions imposed by Amtrack on their NorthEast Corridor express service between Baltimore & Philedelphia as track was checked for subsidence or cracks. I did wonder what L.A. & West Coast folk made of it all yesterday!

And another major story is Irene, now Hurricane Irene and a Cat 3 storm which is approaching Nassau in the Bahamas and is expected to now make a Northerly turn by Friday to potentially make a landfall in the U.S. either on the outer banks of NC or Long Island, NY. Still being watched constantly as any change in the track, which has moved eastward since the weekend could have major implications for the big NE cities. I know someone who's travelling to NYC at the weekend and i don't think she'll have ever experienced a hurricane in Irvine, Ayrshire (at least not of the weather variety).

Interesting times. Will try and post tomorrow about the storms tonight whether they show or not.

Take Care

Interesting time indeed - I won't say too much about Hurricane Irene as we have a dedicated thread, but one point of interest will be its potential impact on eastern Canada: Brett Anderson takes a look at this perspective http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/anderson/story/54203/irene-update.asp 

More general coverage of Irene from a US perspective: http://www.weather.com/weather/hurricanecentral/article/tropical-depression-nine-storm-hurricane-irene_2011-08-20 

With all eyes on the Carribean I almost didn't notice how hot it got in the Canadian Prairies this week. Winnipeg reached 37.2c Tuesday, almost matching Toronto's notable high of 37.9c recorded last month.

Staying in Canada the F3 tornado that hit Goderich, ON on Sunday was the first force 3 tornado in Ontario since 1996: http://www.theweathernetwork.com/news/storm_watch_stories3&stormfile=goderich_residents_heartbro_220811?ref=ccbox_homepage_category1

Well, with all eyes on Irene I think NA weather will be making the headlines the world over this weekend!

Hello all, yeah forgot to mention in my post yesterday Graeme about the Goderich Tornado, a fairly devastating event for the local area and all of Southern Ontario is currently sending aid and help to the people of the town to help with the recovery and clean-up.

Last Evening's Thunderstorms arrived and it was a fairly significant event around here. Certainly losing power for a few hours wasn't part of the fun and hydro one crews worked tirelessly throughout the night to reconnect homes across Dundas and Ancaster as well as properties in East & South Hamilton. About 3500 customers it is estimated lost power during the storm front's passage thru the area. Here's Environment Canada's initial damage reports and fair play to them, their severity in the warnings were justified in one or two locations :

==weather event discussion==

Environment Canada confirms the sixth tornado of the season.

A line of severe thunderstorms affected much of Southern Ontario
Wednesday afternoon and Wednesday night, associated with a sharp
Cold front. Conditions were favourable for the formation of
tornadoes, and several wall clouds and funnel clouds were reported.
No injuries or fatalities have been reported.

An Environment Canada damage survey team has confirmed that a Fujita
scale one (f1) tornado with peak winds between 120 and 170 km/h
occurred Wednesday evening in an area between Cambridge and
Burlington. The track was found to begin near little's corners and
end near westover, with the greatest damage in kirkwall. The total
damage track was approximately 15 kilometres long and maximum 300
metres wide. The damage rating was based on tree damage noted along
the damage track. Other sporadic tree damage was noted in the
vicinity of this track but is believed this damage was due to
straight line winds and not a tornado.

Environment Canada will continue to investigate the numerous accounts
of severe weather from across southwestern and southcentral Ontario
that occurred Wednesday afternoon and evening. This summary will be
updated as new information becomes available in the coming days.

Following are some of the reports received by Environment Canada as
of 6:00 PM EDT Thursday.
-------------------------------------------------------------
Time(lcl)       location        event description

6:48 PM         Point Edward    toonie to ping pong ball size hail
                (near Sarnia)

6:56 PM         Lucknow         funnel cloud, tree damage
                                Possible tornado

7:22 PM         south of Durham estimated 100 km/h wind gust

7:25 PM         neustadt        tree damage

7:47 PM         Kettle Point    golf ball to tennis ball size hail
                Ipperwash
                Forest

7:50 PM         Grand Bend      100 km/h wind gust
                                Funnel cloud, hail

7:55 PM         Lucan           Nickel size hail

7:58 PM         Dundalk         90-100 km/h wind gust
                                Marble size hail

8:10 PM         Fergus          100 km/h wind gust (EST)
                                Marble size hail

8:15 PM         Parkhill/nairn  twisted tree damage
                                Possible tornado

8:31 PM         Goderich        golf ball size hail

8:33 PM         Sarnia          quarter size hail

8:35 PM         Petrolia        funnel cloud

8:35 PM         Cambridge       100 km/h wind gust, tree damage

8:38 PM         south of Petrolia   marble size hail

8:42 PM         Kettle Point    golf ball size hail
                                Uprooted trees

8:44 PM         Lucan           50 mm rain in 30 minutes

9:07 PM         galt(Southeast Cambridge)  confirmed f1 tornado

9:10 PM         Kitchener       local flooding

9:20 PM         thedford        golf ball size hail
                (south of Grand Bend)

9:20 PM         Fergus/Guelph   funnel cloud

9:27 PM         Burlington      85 km/h wind gust, tree damage

9:31 PM         Hamilton        100 km/h wind gust
                                Scattered Debris

9:36 PM         London          trees down

9:37 PM         Flamborough     trees down

10:00 PM        Rodney          quarter size hail, heavy rain

10:00 PM        Port Weller     wind gust 78 km/h

10:12 PM        Central Middlesex   funnel cloud touched down and
                County              tore roof off drive shed
                                    Possible tornado

10:12 PM        ailsa craig     tree went through a tent
                (northwest of London)

10:28 PM        Niagara         dime size hail, high winds
                                Torrential downpour

11:00 PM        Kitchener       33 mm rain in 1 hour

11:35 PM        kingsville      possible funnel cloud

12:00 AM        Petawawa        64 mm of rain from 7:00 PM

02:18 AM        Long Point      wind gust 97 km/h

As you can see from the list, EC are currently investigating a possible Tornado touchdown in Burlington (Paul's home town!) associated with the same cell that eminated from Cambridge, ON. Hamilton Munro also recorded a 100kph wind gust at the storm's height which arrived in Dundas just after 9pm last evening. We had some branch damage to trees in the garden and i had tied down any furniture i couldn't place in the garage last night just in-case. As i said above, EC get critisised by me and others often and will good cause, but on this event...it appears to have been well forecasted and the warnings which were upgraded for a short time to a Tornado Warning for the City of Hamilton were accurate.

Today, we reached the lower 20c and the weather for the next few days is expected to be nothing short of beautiful. The calm after the storm? Temps between 24-26c with little humidity and good amounts of sunshine as September approaches.

As for Hurricane Irene as you posted Graeme a seperate TWO thread on this so i won't impose on what the guys are saying over there. Except to say that right now on Thursday evening, this storm has the potential to be a once in a lifetime event for people on the East Coast who don't normally do hurricanes. Tonight, it looks likely that after a landfall in NC outer-banks, Irene will pummel heavily populated areas of NJ, NY and MA including Newark, New York & Boston probably as a Cat 1 or maybe Cat 2 storm. Extremely severe weather for Manhatten but for Long Island, NY this could be a life changing weather event and one to make all the headlines during the next 4-5 days.

Take Care

I am sure I heard on some News that Hurricane Irene is now weakening to a Cat 2 storm and someone said it could then become a cat 1 then tropical storm by the time it hits land!? Or could it still gain strength?

So what are the chances of hurricane Irene weakening and becoming a tropical storm before it hits land? Everyone is/was told to evacuate and leave coastal areas from N Carolina to southern New England!?? - Will be ironic if it turned out that Irene had diminished...as they would have to drive back. So it could be a lot of hassle for nothing!?

Hello, quick post this evening and an update on the major news story across North America this weekend, Hurricane Irene. She is now a Cat 2 storm with max sustained winds of 100mph gusting much higher and at this hour approaching 8pm eastern, she's 240miles or so SW of Cape Hatteras, NC. Track still expecting Irene to make two landfalls, one in the outer-banks of NC as a Cat 2 Hurricane and another likely to be on Sunday morning as a weak Cat 1 storm in Long Island, NY.

Not going to go on and on about the typography of the storm or it's effects, as there is another TWO forecasting thread for this, but needless-to-say it is likely to be a life-changing storm at least in the short term for the folks of Coastal NC & VA followed by potentially a very serious situation particulary for Eastern Long Island come Sunday in terms of storm surge flooding. NYC, who knows? Probably alot of rain and maybe some damage from stronger gusts but they are likely going by the current GFS track to be on the 'good' side (if there is such a thing with a hurricane) of the storm.

And finally, on a lighter note you gotta hand it to the Yankees Graeme. Hopefully you caught some of this record-breaking feat the other night as the New York team became the first in Baseball history in the major league to hit three grand slams in one game. Here's the Spec report on the achievement :http://www.thespec.com/sports/article/584573--yankees-make-history-with-three-grand-slams. It still doesn't mean i like them mind, but respect is due!!!

Whatever your upto, make it a great weekend everyone.

Saw it on the news that on a boarded window, they put a word Irene and crossed over it and saying go away Irene! 

Meanwhile Toronto will have some decent late summer sunshine and mid 20's if only if we can have the same here at low 20's for late August.