Storms today - warm week ahead

Storm damage from Detroit's east side last night.

Hot and humid weather was the focus for heavy thunderstorms last night across southwest Ontario and into Michigan. The hardest hit areas were from Detroit to Hamilton where strong winds toppled trees onto cars and homes and power was out to thousands. The storms have since dissipated.

Early this morning a line of storms passed well south and east of Montreal and they too have weakened. We have partial sunshine at the moment with high humidity and temperatures already approaching 25C. Look for another round of showers and storms later today but they are not likely to be severe. Nevertheless some heavy rain may occur. Temperatures may rise a degree or two before the frontal passage, up to 27C. Tonight skies will clear out and it will cool off to 14C. The rest of the week looks warm and increasingly humid as more of that hot air from the US moves into the Valley. Yesterday Montreal reached 30C and we only dipped to 21C overnight.