Weekend Update

After the clouds, showers and hail of this past week, we have a spectacular Friday and Saturday on tap for southern Quebec and eastern Ontario. Sunshine today will allow temperatures to rebound nicely from near the freezing point this morning up towards 16C (61F) by this afternoon. Nothing but sunshine today with fairly light westerly winds. Winds will increase overnight and Saturday as a frontal system approaches from the southwest. Overnight lows will be milder than this morning, remaining around 5C (41F). On Saturday look for a breezy day with partial sunshine and highs near 16C once again. That frontal boundary will move into the region on Sunday with a few showers and perhaps a thunderstorm. Winds will be gusty up to 40km/h and highs will be near 17C (63F). On Monday a warm front will lift north of the region putting most of Ontario, New England and extreme southern Quebec in some very warm and even humid air. Highs will soar to around 23C (73F) in Montreal but as warm as 26C (79F) in parts of the St. Lawrence Valley. A cold front late in the day may trigger some showers and perhaps a rumble of thunder.

Sunday, April 15 in the wee hours of the morning, we mark a somber event, the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Titanic. The ship went down in under three hours after striking an iceberg. Nearly 1500 souls were lost that terrible night. Tomorrow's blog entry will feature a brief look at the weather that night not only at the crash site but also for comparison along the coast and here in Montreal.