It’s a big weekend in terms of events (as per usual for summer in the Kawarthas) and once again many of them are relying on the weather. This Friday and Saturday the Smashed ’09 Beach Volleyball tournament is on at Boston Pizza on Lansdowne…outdoors. This Saturday the MS Society of Peterborough is holding their Putt n’ Play fundraiser (behind Pizza Hut on Lansdowne) where you can toss a water balloon (or several) at CHEX Sports guy Tyler Calver. On Saturday night our CHEX news anchor extraordinaire Jaye Makinson hosts the Festival of Lights and running all weekend in Harwood Randy Bird will hold is Equine Clinic where I will race Team Tanner in a charity carriage race in support of Easter Seals on Saturday. Visit his website for details. Unfortunately it looks like a good chance of rain through out the weekend but, as the model above shows, there is a chance we could steal a few decent hours of weather on Saturday. Let’s cross our fingers that this forecast model holds true.
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Wet Weekend?
It’s a big weekend in terms of events (as per usual for summer in the Kawarthas) and once again many of them are relying on the weather. This Friday and Saturday the Smashed ’09 Beach Volleyball tournament is on at Boston Pizza on Lansdowne…outdoors. This Saturday the MS Society of Peterborough is holding their Putt n’ Play fundraiser (behind Pizza Hut on Lansdowne) where you can toss a water balloon (or several) at CHEX Sports guy Tyler Calver. On Saturday night our CHEX news anchor extraordinaire Jaye Makinson hosts the Festival of Lights and running all weekend in Harwood Randy Bird will hold is Equine Clinic where I will race Team Tanner in a charity carriage race in support of Easter Seals on Saturday. Visit his website for details. Unfortunately it looks like a good chance of rain through out the weekend but, as the model above shows, there is a chance we could steal a few decent hours of weather on Saturday. Let’s cross our fingers that this forecast model holds true.
Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Saying Hello to the High!
Well it finally felt like summer today...for a while...sort of. Okay, the daytime was still slightly off the seasonal average (27) but 26 was not bad and with the Humidex it felt closer to 29. So what's with the warm-up? Well on Friday we were talking about the lack of a Bermuda High on the weather map contributing to a cooler than normal summer and we're finally seeing that high develop. A Bermuda High is a semi-permanent feature that pushes warm, moist air into the region contributing to our normally hot and humid summers. This feature's clockwise rotation kicks in warm tropical air (mTw) during the summer months. In contrast, its west coast cousin (the Pacific High) does the opposite for the Pacific coast. (The high's clockwise rotation in this case pulls in cool air from the north [mPk] keeping west coast summers cooler and less humid). So does the "better late than never" appearence of the Bermuda High mean we'll finally see a warmer summer? Well...maybe. It is only a contributing factor but it's appearance isn't going to hurt.
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