It is a very busy evening in the weather world tonight. In Montreal a windy and rainy Great Lakes storm is providing us with early October weather when it is still summer. It is a chilly 10C with steady rain and a cold northeast wind. Further south heavy thunderstorms rattled across Metro New York City and New Jersey. High winds of 60mph toppled power lines and numerous trees, killing one person and destroying several cars. The National Weather Service will be investigating the damage on Friday to see if it was a tornado or straight line winds.
Across the west frost warnings are in effect for large portions of Saskatchewan and Alberta as the coldest air of the season moves south. Some flurries are possible over the upcoming weekend. Speaking of snow, Mt. Washington in New Hampshire recorded its first snowfall of the season yesterday with 0.4" of the white stuff. Just a dusting but surely a sign of things to come. So after a very hot summer across the east, this is quite a rapid and shocking turn around.
Karl was upgraded to a hurricane today in the Bay of Campeche between the Yucatan and the central Mexican state of Veracruz. Hurricane warnings are in effect for the coast from Veracruz to Cabo Rojo as the system moves slowly west with increasing winds and seas expected. Karl has 80 mph winds and indications are the storm may continue to intensify and approach major hurricane status of category 3 by landfall on Friday.
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