Weekend Update

Beautiful Lake Champlain from Burlington, Vermont, with the Adirondack Mountains as the background. The pup below had the right idea yesterday, taking a dip in Lake Champlain. The warm summer has left water temperatures in the 70's. ValleyWX Pic

Hey folks, sorry for the quiet week. I have been on vacation, quietly enjoying some R & R. It has been quiet on the weather front as well, at least in southern Quebec. A cold front on Tuesday produced very little in the way of action in Montreal, but there were some storms east of the city. With the exception of some early morning fog patches it has been a sunny, seasonable and dry week in Montreal. This will hold into the weekend with temperatures near 27C and no rain in the forecast. The next threat for rain will come from a cold front late Sunday and into Monday. Temperatures will remain mild for August.

No matter how hard I try to hold onto summer, you can feel it slipping away. The nights are getting longer and cooler, with fog forming, and we have yet to hit 30C in Montreal this month. I spent the last two days in northern Vermont and believe it or not, some trees are beginning to change their colours.

The tropics remain tame to this point in the 2010 season. TD 5 moved onshore yesterday along the Louisiana coast with heavy rain and gusty winds. There has been plenty of sheer so far this season tearing apart the storms before they have a chance to develop. While several tropical waves are moving around the Atlantic basin, no development is expected at this time.