May I briefly participate in the topic "hi-jacking"?
Hopefully, the weather will cooperate
It should. A pair of cold frontal waves will be influencing Ontario and Quebec through the day Friday. As these fronts advance into this persistent buoyant hot/sizzling and humid airmass, heavy convective showers and thunderstorms (some t-storms may prove to be quite severe) will develop out ahead and along the fronts for both Ontario and Quebec. Even though both fronts are not quite as powerful as previous ones, it is to my belief that they are strong enough to produce heavy to severe thunderstorms late Friday in Ontario and Quebec given the atmospheric dynamics. As such, with the timing of the fronts considered, this is more of a late afternoon-overnight event on Friday than it is for the day Saturday in its entirety - in which case, Saturday should gradually improve through the day. What Paul stated above is therefore, in a nutshell, generally to be expected in terms of convective activity and timing. Wind speed (not like last week) and direction are something that I'm placing some emphasis on for Saturday evening more than anything else, but I'll continue to keep an eye on tendency as I acquire newer model outputs.
I'll have some additional details later this evening, although, by the looks of it, I believe that I more and less said it all here.
Paul,
I can't believe the weather could be so radically different in two locations that are so close together.
This actually tends to happen more often than you think! In most cases, the drastic weather differences that can occur between two major cities within a small overall distance can be principally attributed to the movement of low pressure systems, blocking areas of high pressure (which can result in persistence of unsettled conditions or fair weather in some areas whereas other nearby localities see opposing conditions) or simply the timing of a frontal wave, which is the scenario for both Ottawa and Montreal for tomorrow and early Saturday. Other physically contributing forces that can govern localized weather are geographical/topographical characteristics endemic to a particular location, which can either attenuate or conversely strengthen systems over a relatively small distance depending on the region of focus.
On topic, the soundtrack selection for the display appears that it was carefully considered, namely for good transitional points. I just wish they included the "Power of Love", particularly for the finale, but it certainly sounds like an interesting display with its accompanying overall design nonetheless (considering that it's indeed off-competition).
Trav.
