Hurricane Earl Update

1PM Update: Montreal has just tied the temperature record for the date at 32.1C and we did it before 1pm. I really did not think we had a chance. Now thunderstorms are firing up in the tropical air over Ontario and moving east towards Quebec. They could become severe this afternoon into the evening. Meanwhile Earl continues to move away from the Outer Banks and is now setting his sights on Cape Cod and Nova Scotia. Peak wind gusts in North Carolina were 82mph at Oregon Inlet Marina, and 73mph on Ocracoke.
Here is the latest information I have on Hurricane Earl. As day breaks across the Outer Banks, winds have been the strongest they have been all night. In the last several hours gusts have been over 70mph on Hatteras Island with sustained winds in the 60mph range. Highway 12 has suffered ocean over wash and is closed near Mirlo Beach north of Rodanthe, and also in the Village of Frisco. Soundside flooding is now becoming a problem especially south of Avon with reports of 3 feet of water in Hatteras Village. Dare County officials will be getting out shortly to view any physical damage to homes and businesses, especially along the beachfront.

I am still trying to get information on Ocarcoke Island and Hyde County. The web cams are down on Silver Lake and my thoughts are that power may be out on the Island.

Montreal Weather: I have neglected our local weather of late. We continue very hot and humid for September with a tropical air mass well established here. The forecast is for hazy sun today with temperatures close to 32C (90F). The record is 32.2C set in 1953, we may come close to that. The tropical air will move east this weekend as northeast winds from the combination of low pressure over central Quebec and Earl begin to draw cooler air into the valley. You will notice on the satellite image above that the northern cirrus clouds of Hurricane Earl are approaching the Canadian border south of Montreal. If you look up in the sky to the south today you will see high cirrus from Earl. Combined with the tropical dew points and heat, and it almost feels like we are in the tropics and not southern Quebec.