Brief storms

A frontal boundary moving across southern Quebec produced clouds and thunderstorms for most of the afternoon today keeping the temperatures down from yesterday's 30C (86F). We reached 24C (76F) prior to the storms around the lunch hour and then temperatures tumbled down to 16C (61F) before rebounding back to 24C (76F) under sunny skies to end the day. Just a few minutes ago I snapped the picture above near my home on L'Ile Perrot off the western tip of Montreal Island. We had a very brief shower go through with a rumble of thunder and then this beautiful double rainbow.

The storms that affected Montreal earlier today pushed into northern New York and Vermont between 3 and 5pm this afternoon. They were strong enough in Clinton County to produce 1-3 inches of rain in a very short period of time. Some flooding was reported. Skies should clear everywhere this evening with pleasant lows around 16C (61F). It will be sunny and warm for the next several days with temperatures from 27C (81F) tomorrow up to a hot and humid 33C (92F) by Sunday.