Cool - wet Monday

Workers attempt to clear over 30mm of rain from Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in Montreal yesterday afternoon.

This is tough weather to return to after enjoying two solid weeks of heat and sunshine in the Carolina's, but hey reality bites at times. Another chilly, windy and wet day is upon as as an upper level low spins over the southern half of the province. Expect clouds, showers and cool northeast winds to 40km/h with air temperatures no better than 16C. It will drop to 11C tonight before a warming trend to 23C on Tuesday under partly sunny skies. Yesterday nearly 32mm of rain drenched the city in sporadic and at times severe thunderstorms and showers. In between the rain drops we managed to get in the Canadian Grand Prix with Jenson Button from England winning on an exciting final lap pass. Weather created a two hour rain delay and added to the excitement of the race with lots of tire strategy and mishaps on the track due to the excessive water.

All that behind us today, where is the summer weather? It is not far to our south and after this low clears the region by late Tuesday, high pressure will build in with clearing skies and warming temperatures to between 26C and 30C right into next weekend.
Lost in all the race news this weekend was the fact that nearly 2000 volunteers showed up in the soggy Richelieu Valley to help residents clean up from the worst flooding in 150 years. Water levels are still above flood stage but continue to drop a few centimetres each day. With the dry and warm weather forecast later this week, the clean up should continue.