Saturday, July 09, 2011

Weekend Update

Dark clouds begin to form behind fans at the U2 concert
last night in Montreal (Montreal Gazette)

A gusty line of thunderstorms greeted U2 fans last night as an unexpected downpour occurred around 11pm to coincide with the end of the concert. I was watching the radar last night and was impressed with the storms that developed rapidly after sunset well north of Ottawa and raced across the St. Lawrence Valley. The storms brought strong winds, over 60km/h at the airport, that toppled trees onto power lines. Montreal firefighters were kept busy answering numerous calls for trees on wires and debris blowing around. The downpour put about 10-15mm of rain down quickly drenching the 80,000 fans trying to return home. It cleared rapidly after midnight. Today and Sunday will be sunny and warm with highs around 27C (81F). The second U2 concert goes tonight and the weather will be perfect this time with no rain expected.

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