Saturday, December 25, 2010

Merry Christmas

Happy December 25th everybody. Thank you so much for reading all year long. I appreciate it more than I could ever express on this blog. I have been talking about the weather since I was 5, and it is nice to have an audience now!

It is a chilly Christmas in Montreal, we dropped to -14C at the airport but much colder off island as low as -19C. We have very high cirrus clouds today with hazy sunshine and even a flurrie or two around the region. High pressure will remain in control for the next 24 hours before the weather get interesting, at least east and south of Montreal. Strong low pressure is forecast to develop along the southeastern US coast and move north towards New England. Winter Storm Watches have already been hoisted in the region, but there is great discrepancy in the forecast models and so confidence is rather low with the current forecast track. Apparently a recon flight is going to investigate the the weather off the coast later today and with the new information forecasters may be able to nail down a specific path. At this time it appears steadier snow will fall from central Vermont south and east towards the coast as well as Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec. Any effects here in Montreal and points west into Ontario would only be in the cloud cover late Sunday. I will watch later forecasts and discussions to see if it will affect our weather at all. At this time if you are travelling towards Albany, NYC or Boston expect poor weather on Sunday and Monday.

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