Hello folks, back from Australia a week ago or so but been soo busy catching up with work, yes that word again! Weather has been ok here nothing special, until yesterday afternoon! By now, most folk will have seen (certainly if your on Facebook or Twitter) about the historic Thunderstorm Toronto took this time yesterday.
The Toronto star sums up what the situation was like late last night after the downpour - http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/07/08/storms_stall_ttc_go_as_roads_tracks_and_stations_flood.html. It was absolute chaos from Brampton thru Pearson and to the NW regions of the city, but downtown didn't escape. Serious flooding hit Lakeshore boulevard in the section that runs beneath the Gardiner expressway. As the star reports, at one stage ALL of Toronto Transit Comissions train service was off while the streetcar and bus service was significantly disrupted.
The sureal sight of people out in canoes in some downtown districts! 128mm of rain fell in 2hrs at Pearson, Toronto's highest ever total for a single day since records began.
Today, GO Transit services are getting back to normal. Services on the Lakeshore line were disrupted since last evening due to tracks flooding between Port Credit & Long Branch. A Toronto-Richmond Hill service last night got caught in rising flood waters off the Don river and passengers were eventually evacuated as water came into the trains carriages after 4hrs or so.
TTC have most of their service running again with the Yonge-University-Spadina line on full service. Only local roads main effected by sinkholes that the storm created are still shut at this hour.
Pretty amazing......amazing as well as here in the Hamilton area we got a passing shower - 1.8mm of rain and you wouldn't know anything different, the locality of Thunderstorms sometimes!
I've read on here from Jiries and on the Star itself that it's been a wet summer so far, must say can't really say it's been much different here in Hamilton, the stats might show differently, maybe there has been more showers and Thunderstorms compared to normal, but temp wise and humidity wise it feels July.
Pleased to see your coming over Norseman, weather set for temps between 27c-30c next five days and showers gradually clearing. At some point this month the weather often hits 35c (in a normal summer) which unlike last years heat is so far being a normal summer. As for the Jays, they are under 500 at 43-45, still inconsistant but have proved they have a good run in them so who knows.
Also pleased to see that the UK (even Scotland, hopefully you Graeme in Fife?) are having a heatwave. Hopefully it lasts, as i'm Scotland bound for 2wks starting this Sunday!
Take Care