Looking Good!

I just pulled the image above from the latest North American Model and added the surface features for tomorrow morning and...it's looking good! The weather that is (not my artwork). That area of high pressure is settling in nicely and that cold front that pushed through the region yesterday has blown out all of that sticky, humid air that was in place. Even though that front brought us some active weather yesterday afternoon, it was well worth it. Today we enjoyed cooler temperatures, lower dewpoints and a lot less humidity. I expect a similar day tomorrow (sunny with a few cloudy periods and cool) and the long weekend also looks promising. Now I am a little concerned about Sunday evening as one of the forecast models is showing a chance of showers late Sunday into Monday, but I'm still confident that the weekend will offer great weather. I'll keep you updated if the next forecast model run shows any potential for rain later tonight on Newswatch.

Rain tomorrow? Yep.

The last couple of days have been great! Warm and sunny during the day followed by clear and cool nights. What a great combination! You may have noticed that it felt a little warmer stepping outside today compared to yesterday. It really wasn't much warmer but it was more humid. A southerly flow of wind delivered that added moisture and we'll continue to see the humidity rise into tomorrow ahead of a cold front...now that's a bad combination. You can see that cold front on the latest North American model run above. Whenever you have a cold front moving into a warm and humid area you have the potential for active weather. Does this mean we'll see a thunderstorm tomorrow? There's a chance...but no guarantee. I'm always concerned about approaching cold fronts after a sunny stretch but the models don't show anything too severe for our region. I expect a partly cloudy start to the day followed by showers starting early in the afternoon with 10-15mm of rain possible (likely only 5-10mm). As for a thunderstorm...the best chance for any activity would be mid-afternoon. We'll likely see things clear up by 9pm (hopefully earlier for Little Lake Music Fest) and the rest of the week looks great. Even though the there's no guarantee for active weather, be aware this same system did lead to a few tornado watches being issued in Northwestern Ontario. I'll keep you updated on CHEX and on Twitter tomorrow if Mother Nature decides to throw any "curve balls."