Trevor Bayne became the youngest driver to win the Daytona 500 yesterday.Two weather dependant sporting events dominated my Sunday this past weekend. Anybody who knows me is aware I love NASCAR just a little less than the weather. The Daytona 500 was run yesterday with an historic win by 20 year old Trevor Bayne giving the Wood Brothers their 4th Dayton 500 win and Ford Racing their 600th win in NASCAR. The weather was near perfect with sunshine, light winds and temperatures near 80F (27C). Meanwhile far, far away in Calgary, the Heritage Classic, or should I say non classic (as far as Habs fans go) was taking place in much colder weather. Sunshine was the rule in Alberta as well, but the mercury was at -10C with wind chills close to -18C (0F). Calgary beat a disinterested Montreal team 4-0. Given the choice of events, and I love both sports equally, I would take south Florida over Alberta in February!
On Sunday a winter storm moved across the Midwest and remained south of the Great Lakes. A narrow band of heavy snow affected southwest Ontario with 28cm in Windsor and 17cm in London. Meanwhile a weak front produced a dry, fluffy 1-2cm in Montreal overnight. Skies have since cleared and it is breezy and cold. It will be sunny today through Wednesday, but cold with temperatures at -10C today and -18C tonight and between -3 and -6C during the rest of the week. The next chance for precipitation will come in the form of snow or a wintry mix by late Thursday.
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