The remnants of Arlene, the first low pressure system, should be here by tonight and stay throughout tomorrow and maybe persisting into some of Wednesday. Tempreatures will cool off somewhat, but it will still be fairly humid. We will get some descent amounts of rain with some thunderstorm activity, possibly.
However, the second low pressure system will be what changes everything. By the time the first exits, it wouldn't be too long before #2 gets in. This should bring us additional rain till Friday and continue to drop temperatures to the low to mid 20s, as I very well predicted 2 days ago. So far, it appears that Saturday will be spared the onslaught, for now, which is good news. Assuming this low pressure system takes more time to move, it should be gone by the end of Friday, or even Thursday, and thus leaving Saturday with mainly cloudy conditions, and maybe some isolated showers, with a 30% probability of precipitation.
All that said, it will be nowhere near as hot as we've experienced since June started, sorry to say. The expected temperature is 22 Celsius, which is far better than the exagerated temperature predicted before. I knew that couldn't be right. Now, the only thing we need to keep an eye on is on how long this low will stick around. Most likely we should be okay, but remember that this is a slow moving low, so persistency can be a problem. Lets wait and see what happens.
As for today, just remember that today is the last hot, humid and sticky day, so enjoy. What I really hate is when the meteorologists say that the low pressure systems will provide "relief" for southern Ontario and southern Quebec bringing fresh and cooler air. I hate that! That's not relief. This heat IS relief to me. I know many people suffer from smog and have asthma with other related problems, like heat stroke and fast dehydration because of high dewpoints, but considering what we went through in May and prior to that, we need these conditions as a reward. Also, the meteorologists fail to realize that it usually takes time before we can ever see such hot weather again, even during the summer. Sometimes we have to wait 1-2 weeks before something can happen and then a typical cold front would come through and ruin everything. Losing a month like May means that every other day needs to count. We're already almost half way through June, but this has been excellent, so far.
Despite that, Saturday is looking reasonable until further notice. The rest of the work week seems mostly wet. Enjoy the heat today, because sadly, it's coming to an end.
Regards,
Trav.
