Weekend Update

Montreal's protesting students resorted to terrorism yesterday as they set of smoke bombs in the metro. The smoke forced closure of the entire system during rushour driving commuters out into the chilly rain. (Montreal Gazette photo)

It seems quiet this morning in our Metro system after Thursdays smoke bombs. The devices managed to shut down the entire subway system on a chilly and showery day. Out came the umbrellas as thousands of commuters huddled at bus stops in the rain.

Skies are beginning to break up a little in Montreal this morning as a front associated with strong low pressure in Atlantic Canada, slides east of the city. Look for a sprinkle or two this morning followed by clearing skies. The warm May sun will rapidly warm temperature to 17C or 18C today. Clear skies tonight will allow for some frost well away from the metro region across the Townships and into Vermont. Saturday will be a glorious day with warm sunshine pushing temperatures into the 20's. That trend will continue into Sunday with just a hint of a front moving across the St. Lawrence Valley overnight Saturday. Again perhaps a cloud or sprinkle but skies will clear rapidly and it will be a sunny Mother's Day. Temperatures will be a little cooler Sunday, around 17C. Good news to start next week, temperatures look warm and the forecast looks dry. We will have to watch low pressure over Texas that is producing major flooding to an area that was in a severe drought, go figure. Anyway that system will move northeast towards the middle Atlantic and could play a role in our weather during the middle part of next week.