The specatacular full lunar eclipse yesterday was visible around most of the world, but not here in North America. (Photo: National Geographic.com)The heat is on to close the week with a couple of 30C days expected. Montreal is in the midst of traffic chaos as several elevated structures and the Mercier Bridge appear to be crumbling and have been closed or lanes reduced by Transport Quebec. Yesterday the 30C weather combined with the closed roads to produce a long, warm "rush hour". Throw into that a few stalls and a major accident on the Trans Canada west of Montreal, and well it was a long drive home for many.
The warm weather and sunshine will continue well into the weekend with just a slight risk of showers and thunderstorms late Friday and again on Saturday. The risk seems low currently, so most of the time it will be dry.
Lunar Eclipse: North America missed out on a spectacular full lunar eclipse yesterday that was visible across a good portion of the globe. The eclipse was one of the longest recorded, nearly 100 minutes in totality. The full strawberry moon was orange to blood red at times. It began in the middle of the afternoon Montreal time and ended before it was dark here, so we missed out.
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