Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin tours flood ravaged homes in Rochester, Vermont on Wednesday. (Burlington Free Press Photo)

Sunshine today will give way to a few clouds and perhaps a shower or thunderstorm this afternoon in Montreal and the surrounding area. Temperatures will be warm as we begin September, 25C. Friday will be sunny and warm as well up to 27C. Skies will be mostly cloudy for the weekend with mild weather, but turning cooler by late Sunday. Skies will clear for Labor Day but it will be fall like at only 16C for a high. The weekend does not look like a wash out at all with precipitation being mostly scattered.

The tropics remain active, Katia now a hurricane, is in the open waters of the Atlantic with 75mph winds. At the moment the system is no threat to land. The hurricane is expected to increase in intensity over the next 48 hours. We could also have a weekend system in the Gulf of Mexico. A tropical depression may form and head towards the northern Gulf Coast. If the system develops into a tropical storm, it will be called Lee.