Loving this image!

I thought you'd enjoy this image taken from our CHEX TV "Tower Cam" this afternoon. This is a shot looking almost due south around 1:45pm. The front is moving in from the west and you can still see blue sky to the east. It's a great example of how abruptly the weather can change as a cold front approaches. A cold front literally "wedges" itself under warm air already in place often creating a line of powerful storms. When you see cloud development like this it usually means thunderstorm activity is imminent and seeking shelter is a good idea. A big thanks to our technical director Dave Dundas for this awesome shot.

A wet weekend? Not entirely.

This morning we woke up to a big change in the weekend forecast. What looked to be another sunny summer weekend was no longer looking very sunnyat all. Our local radio morning shows were suddenly talking about a wet weekend ahead...not good. Well it's not all bad. Yesterday on Newswatch I mentioned the possiblility of some rain on Sunday...well, looking at the latest forecast models, that now looks to be a probability. (Keep in mind it is only Wednesday and things could change for the better). So Sunday looks to be a bit wet. Rainy Sundays can be very relaxing. As for Saturday, I'm not convinced it'll be a wash out. Your favourite morning radio show probably includes a weather report issued by Environment Canada and they are calling for cloudy and wet weather for both Saturday and Sunday. I'm going to stray from our National Weather Service a little bit as I'm more optimistic about Saturday. Looking at the latest American and North American forecast models, Saturday doesn't look all that bad. The image above is from the latest GFS run and it puts that low arriving late Saturday into Sunday. There's a good chance we may see no rain at all on Saturday. Wednesday is usually the day that I start to feel confident about the weekend forecast, but there is still plenty of time for these models to change. Hopefully they change for the better.

It was worth it!

In the immortal words of April Wine "ooooh what a night!" Talk about an active wrap to the weekend. With all of that heat and humidity in place it was no surprise at all that an approaching cold front would spell trouble. That trouble came in the form of heavy showers, hail, thunder and lightning. At one point our region was under a tornado warning which, luckily, did not come to fruition. In the end though...it was worth it. That cold front pushed all of that muggy, humid air out of the region and has set us up for some very favourable weather for the little while. We may see a few cloudy periods tomorrow but relatively sunny conditions can be expected with seasonal temperatures and lower humidity levels for the next few days. Enjoy!