Mylene,
Although I did not attend the display, I'm under the suspicion that the weather did prevail to some extent for this show. I monitored the conditions at 8:00 p.m. and saturation (relative humidity of 100%) was taking place at and near the surface, and hence the patches of fog that we were and are currently seeing. Moreover, the winds were rather tranquil - they were clocked at about 4-6 km/h as opposed to the 12-19 km/h that was proposed. The wind direction was also coming out from the East, not South, although just recently they have shifted appropriately to the South and are now lightly breezy at 15 km/h. Finally, there were periods of light misty rain falling, so that didn't help too much, I don't think. This combination may have been conducive to extensive smoke accumulations, depending on your vantage point. Despite the fact, I hope many viewers were able to adequately see the fireworks! Icy/slippery conditions in and around the city also made things treacherous, so I hope those who attended this display watched their steps!
Very nice pictures, by the way, Jerome.

Hope to see the ones you've taken from this edition of the Fire on Ice!
Other than that, I hope everyone enjoyed the displays, and I'm really happy that I myself managed to catch at least one of them this time around for the first time - it really was worth it! I hope some viewers recorded the display by BEM and soon post it on Youtube, assuming of course that the weather did not ruin most of the show.
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***And again, the winds are expected to be quite gusty tomorrow afternoon (the 28th) as a result of a sharp advancing cold front, much in the same way as what was seen on Christmas Eve night: sustained winds of 26-28 knots, or 48 km/h+, are expected during the evening, while gusts could attain velocities between 80-90 km/h, likely leading to a wind warning from EC tomorrow. The strongest of the winds are expected in the West Island, the South Shore and the Western half of Laval. The winds are predominantly S/SW. Just a heads up.
Trav.
