Emily Update

It finally rained in Montreal yesterday, but too much too fast in some areas of the city with 26.3mm falling at the airport in a brief period of time in the late afternoon. The rain was already half of what fell in the entire month of July. It produced flooding in Verdun and the downtown core with several underpasses closed. In my little corner of the metro region we missed the first storms but some late last night and overnight brought about 6mm of rain, not much but I will take it. We managed a warm high of 31C yesterday before the storms, and we should reach about 27C today. We still have a slight risk of some showers early today, but the radar is clear except close to the US border and I expect it will stay that way.

Tropical Storm Emily : has developed in the Atlantic and is about 265 miles southeast of San Jaun this morning and moving west at 14mph. The storm is poorly organized but could still be a rain producer for Haiti, the Dominican and parts of the Leeward Islands. Winds are around 40mph with some slow strengthening possible. The storm could threaten the Florida east coast by the weekend.