Sunday looks nice.

After what can only be described as a perfect wrap to the work week today, the weekend looks to start on a wet note. The image to the left is from the latest GFS run and shows that cold front pushing right through the region tomorrow. You can also see a nasty little cell just to the west of the region which (according to this latest run) could push through the region late tomorrow afternoon or early in the evening. Our FutureCast here at CHEX shows a similar run with some active weather possible early in the afternoon and again around 7pm. You have to take these model predictions with a grain of salt but I think it's safe to say we will see some rain tomorrow and there is a good chance of some thunderstorm activity before clearing tomorrow night.

If your not happy with the forecast, feel free to pop on down to the MS Putt & Play event tomorrow at 10am at Milltown Family Fun Park on Lansdowne. You and the kids will have the chance to throw water balloons at your local weather guy (me) as Tyer and I will be hosting the event. It's all for a great cause. The weekend is not all bad as we look to be back to sunny weather to wrap up Sunday after some possible activity tomorrow. Hopefully you enjoy the weekend (rain or shine) and if you need some help putting a smile on your face just check out the video below. I had the chance to visit the kids at St. Mary's school in Grafton yesterday with our Weather Watchers program and as you can see below...these kids are just crazy about weather. Click here to nominate your son or daughter's class for next fall and teachers are more than welcome to nominate their class as well. I want to get out to as many schools as possible starting this fall.

Minor Flooding

As promised here is that video of the minor flood situation on Monaghan Road yesterday in the city's south end. The key word here is "minor" but there was enough pooling to slow traffic at one point with water touching bumpers. This video was shot right in front of our studios and most of the water had drained off the road by the time we were able to get out there. (A big thanks to Shannon for grabbing these shots for me by the way as I was busy delivering the noon forecast...she braved the rain). About 5 minutes before this video was shot, the road was almost completely covered as was the southbound sidewalk. The water was knee deep at one point.



So just how much rain fell? All in all we saw just over 18mm of rain fall throughout the day but between 8-10mm fell in one heavy downpour between 11:20am and about noon. Now this is not a huge amount of rain in terms of volume but the rate at which it fell was too much for the city's infrastucture to handle here in the south end...a problem residents here are all to aware of. Thought you'd enjoy the video...expect more sunshine tomorrow.

Back to sunshine!

We've seen a lot of change over the last 24 hours when it comes to the weather to say the least. Yesterday was sunny and 24 (near perfect if you ask me) and then today we saw showers and periods of heavy rain across the region. The heavy downpours today we're due to frontal passages with the heaviest rain occuring between 11am and 12pm as a cold front sliced through the Kawarthas. The rain was heavy enough to lead to some minor flooding in the city's south end as the storm drains could not handle the volume at the rate it was falling. I'll try to post some video of that on the blog later today. As for tomorrow...













We look to be back to sunny weather by tomorrow afternoon. The latest NAM run puts that "low" well to the east of us and shows a nice, stable area of high pressure centered just to the west by this time tomorrow. There is still a lot of instability just to the west of that "low" which could mean a few more showers in the morning but that would most likely occur while you're fast asleep. By the time most of us are heading out for work we'll see a mix of sun and cloud and clearing up nicely into the afternoon. Oh...and Friday look amazing by the way. Enjoy!