More dry weather

This a great story HERE : Ralph the pelican was released this morning in North Carolina after being found on a roof of a Halifax, Nova Scotia business after Hurricane Earl last September. She has been returned home to her native North Carolina, very close to the Outer Banks.

July is drawing to a close today much the same way it started, sunny and warm and very dry. We had about 50 percent of our normal rainfall in Montreal with 56.2mm at the airport. But most of that was in thunderstorms, fell in a very short time and did not affect other parts of the city. For example here on Ile Perrot I had about 20mm of rain, less than one inch. Most of my flowers including the roses are dead, the lawn is hay and the trees are dropping their leaves. We have a strictly enforced water ban in the municipality as do many other regions in the southern part of the province and into Ontario. Today we are looking at temperatures close to 30C with sunshine. Tonight a weak front may produce a shower or two before sunshine and warm temperatures return into mid week.

Tropical Storm Emily?

An Army Reserve Hurricane Hunter aircraft is on route to an area of disturbed weather about 650 miles east of the Lesser Antilles that is expected to become Tropical Storm Emily late today (100% likelihood according to the NHC). The storm is forecast to head towards the islands and affect them this week before moving towards the Bahamas and possibly the east coast. Stay tuned as this will be a big weather story this week.