Autumn settles in

Katia should stay over the Atlantic this week and miss the east coast.

While I am certain we have some warm days ahead of us, the first work day after Labor Day is always a reality check for me. I simply love summer, I can't imagine we are on the slippery slope to winter now. Ok lets back up, lots of weather to go before then, but this morning I noticed some trees showing color and frost warnings were out this weekend for portions of the Prairies and northwest Ontario. Add to that the fact that is is only 12C this morning in Ottawa and Toronto and 13C here in Montreal and well you see what I mean.

We should clear out today after Lee produced about 40mm of rain across the region southeast of Montreal to the US border. More rain fell in Vermont with flooding reported including in Burlington. Temperatures will be a little cooler this week but still quite pleasant, with showers likely on Wednesday but otherwise fair.

The remains of tropical storm Lee continue to soak the southeast with heavy rain. Up to 15 inches fell in Louisiana over the weekend with 4 to 8 inch amounts across the southeast and into the Appalachians. We have some good news concerning Hurricane Katia this morning. She remains a powerful category 3 storm about 400 miles south of Bermuda with 125mph winds. However itt appears at this time only rough surf will affect the east coast as Katia re-curves out to sea.