Southern Ontario - Almost September, and most students, like me, know what that means. Back to school time, and back to blogging time for me. I apologize for not "forewarning" my readers that I would be taking a break during the summer.

The 2008 Atlantic Hurricane Season was a major concern to all North Americans, as usual, during the summer. We have already gone through seven storms. More recent ones including Tropical Storm Fay (at peak intensity), and the newly-formed Hurricane Gustav.

Tropical Storm Fay, in particular, remained stationery in Florida for several days, dumping several feet of rainfall to the locale. This storm has now moved inland, along the Appalachian, and will be reaching Southern Ontario tomorrow afternoon. Currently, showing in the Radar Maps, it's centre is in the Carolinas, and steadily moving up north-east wards. Thicker clouds from Fay, and the trough  have already moved into Southern Ontario, and moderate rainfall have already reach as north as Pelee Island, Ontario. To quite a contrast of the forecasting models, I think the Greater Toronto Area will see the first showers from the remnants of Fay early tomorrow morning, while in mid-afternoon for Eastern Ontario, and even later for the Ottawa-Gatineau Area. One point notable to mention, Fay had threatened parts of Southern US with Torando watches and Tornado warnings. However, I think that is unlikely to happen within the borders of Canada, as the system had weakened significantly as it progressed inlands. The winds have diminished, and the pressure has risen quite a bit.

The system will make its way inland towards parts of Quebec and the Maritimes.

I will be posting information about Hurricane Gustav (now a Tropical Storm, due to the mountains in Haiti), and about Invest 95L (which might become Tropical Storm Hanna tomorrow, as the system becomes more organized. The system only needs to gain 9 more mph of wind speed to qualify as a tropical storm). Stay tuned!

 

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