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The Weather

Special weather statement
Issued by Environment Canada Ontario region. 7:24 AM EDT Friday
28 August 2009.

Special weather statement issued for..
City of Toronto
Elgin
London - Middlesex
Simcoe - Delhi - Norfolk
Dunnville - Caledonia - Haldimand
Oxford - Brant
City of Hamilton
Halton - Peel
York - Durham
Huron - Perth
Waterloo - Wellington
Dufferin - Innisfil
Peterborough - Kawartha Lakes
Bancroft - Bon Echo Park
Haliburton
Renfrew - Pembroke - Barry's Bay
Algonquin.

Significant rainfall beginning this evening.

A couple of low pressure systems to the west and Southwest of the
Great Lakes will begin to merge over lower Michigan this evening.
This combined system will generate rain over much of Southern
Ontario. Current indications are that a band of heavier rain will
develop in a swath from London to Kitchener to Toronto to
Peterborough to Petawawa. There is the potential for 30 to 50
millimetres of rain to fall over this area during the tonight and
Saturday period.

Currently forecast rainfall amounts are below rainfall warning
criteria of 50 millimetres in 12 hours. Environment Canada continues
to monitor this situation and will issue additional messages as
required.
 
It's astonishing how rarely I've had to water the garden this summer. A second crop of raspberries is coming out, on gangly new-growth canes seven feet tall or more which I staked back this morning, and the rain will do wonders for them.
 
lordmandeep said:
Also before blasting immigrants for bigotry, I would imagine most Canadian parents would "prefer" their child marry someone of their own culture and the fact is most still do and really so what! Its normal, people tend to prefer to marry to someone they relate and having the same language, culture or religion is a major plus!
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It might be what some (I dread to think most) people would want.

But it is without question completely and blatantly racist and bigoted.

That it would even cross ones mind to limit ones partner based on ethnicity and race is shocking in this day and age. I can certainly see that it's natural that if one hangs in cultural circles, that such things would happen naturally.

And I say this as an immigrant.

Clearly society has a long way to go when people dare admit this openly!

We're majorily off-topic though ... perhaps a moderator should strip all this out, and drop it in a non-weather topic!
 
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Weather summary for all of Southern Ontario and
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 12:08 PM EDT Thursday 3
September 2009.

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==weather event discussion==

..Updated tornado summary to name two separate tornadoes in Vaughan
On August 20th..

A series of powerful storms moved across Southern Ontario on August
20th. The following list includes the most recent information on the
tornadoes that were associated with these storms.

A detailed analysis by Environment Canada has lead to the
confirmation that the Vaughan tornado was in fact two separate
Tornadoes..One in Woodbridge and the other in Maple. This is based
primarily on two damage tracks which do not line up and are
sufficiently offset to support two separate tracks.

Also..The Arnstein tornado has been rated f1 on the Fujita scale
corresponding to wind strength of 120 to 170 km/h. There was little
Damage found away from the Arnstein area..Although there were
numerous waterspout sightings on lake Nipissing presumably from the
same thunderstorm.

Also..The probable tornado near Bancroft has also been rated f1.

The total number of tornadoes for August 20th is now 12 with 10
confirmed and two probable tornadoes. Four of these tornadoes
Were rated f2. With the addition of these 12 confirmed/probable
tornadoes the total number of tornadoes for the season so far stands
at 21. In an average year Ontario has 11 tornadoes. The last time we
had more than 2 tornadoes on one day that were f2 or higher was May
31, 1985. On that day, there were 12 f2 tornadoes or higher. The
greatest number of tornado events in one year is 29 in 2006. The
summer severe weather season normally begins in late April and
continues until early October.

In addition..New information over the past few days has lead to the
awareness of another damage path near rice lake in otonabee - south
monaghan township. An Environment Canada damage investigation team
Is conducting an aerial and ground survey today. An update of this
statement will be issued later today once more information is known.

Environment Canada continues to receive reports concerning the
Events of August 20th. Future storm summaries will be issued as
required over the course of the coming days.
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Date
Tornado location/path damage overview

Tornado 1 14 km sw of Durham to Markdale f2 tornado damage
(confirmed) (roughly 36 km) (significant house
+ trailer damage,
Trees down)

Tornado 2 from south of Thornbury to the f2 tornado damage
(confirmed) southeast of Thornbury (many trees snapped,
(intermittent damage path of Georgian peaks sustained
Of 9 km) damage, roofs removed,
Homes damaged)

Tornado 3 Woodbridge (southwestern f2 tornado damage
(confirmed) Vaughan) (dozens of homes
(3.5 km long & 100 metres wide) significantly damaged,
Trees down, cars flipped)

Tornado 4 Maple (Northeastern Vaughan) f2 tornado damage
(confirmed) (2.7 km long & 100 metres wide) (dozens of homes
Significantly damaged,
Trees down)

Tornado 5 Newmarket area f1 tornado damage
(confirmed) (hockey arena almost
Demolished, royal
Canadian riding academy
Sustained damage)

Tornado 6 Gravenhurst area f0 tornado damage
(confirmed) (path about 10 km long (shallow rooted
And up to 1 km wide) trees down)

Tornado 7 Milton f1 tornado damage
(confirmed) (light standards down,
Roof damage of medical
Centre and nearby hotel,
Trees and fences down,
Minor home damage)

Tornado 8 Haliburton forest and wildlife f1 tornado damage (very
(confirmed) centre(northwest of Haliburton) large swath of trees
Damaged)

Tornado 9 redstone lake f0 tornado damage
(confirmed) (minor roof damage)

Tornado 10 new Lowell to edenvale f1 tornado damage
(confirmed) (west of Barrie) (two roofs partially
(path 12.6 km long) removed, farm shed
Collapsed, 1000 pound
Trailer moved 300 Ft)

Tornado 11 Arnstein area f1 tornado damage
(probable) waterspout/tornado
Sightings (large swath
Of tree damage, shed
Moved, minor house
Damage)

Tornado 12 Bancroft/Carlow Mayo area f1 tornado damage
(probable) (se of Bancroft) funnel cloud sighting
(large areas of tree
Damage)
 
August 20th Tornado Summary...

Khris: Good info about the tornado outbreak in Southern Ontario on August 20th. Environment Canada did their homework on this one...

I remember May 31,1985 because there were some significant tornadoes on that date in the Northeast US and the cold front triggered a nasty T-storm that night on LI - one of the strongest ones that year I recall.

Storms like this usually occur in a transitional time-like mid May and June-as
compared to mid-late August with the supercell T-storms that Southern Ontario had.

Here on LI it seems that Summer peaked out for about a 3-week period in August after an abnormally cool July. With the good weather we have had for the past few days continuing thru Labor Day weekend on into next week perhaps Summer could be indeed over...but remembering September 1983 in which the hottest days of the year were on or around September 9th I am hesitant
to say so.

Could the entire region be in for an early Fall? Only time will tell...
LI MIKE
 
Long Island Mike said:
Here on LI it seems that Summer peaked out for about a 3-week period in August after an abnormally cool July. With the good weather we have had for the past few days continuing thru Labor Day weekend on into next week perhaps Summer could be indeed over...but remembering September 1983 in which the hottest days of the year were on or around September 9th I am hesitant
to say so.

Could the entire region be in for an early Fall? Only time will tell...
LI MIKE
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It sounds like you had the same summer as we did in Toronto. Summer arrived towards the end of the first week of August.

Let's hope for a pleasant September and October!
 
for me summer arrived in April... I was in Hawaii mid April and when I returned the weather quickly warmed up and Ive never lost my tan since then. Maybe I am biased though because since I dont work I can take advantage of good weather whenever it pops up rather than be stuck with just what the weekends have to offer.

These last two summers are the first I can remember that everything has stayed green all summer long which I enjoy (though not so much having to cut the grass every 3-4 days). Of course the trade off is more mosquitoes and other assorted bugs.
 
26 days is the record for most consecutive days without rain, and we are currently at 17 with out precip. We're gonna come close to the record I bet...
 
Kitsune said:
26 days is the record for most consecutive days without rain, and we are currently at 17 with out precip. We're gonna come close to the record I bet...
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I saw Michael Kuss talk about it being "day 15" of no precipitation on Monday night's CityTV news. The previous record for 2009 was a ten day period in April. Crazy!
 
And if we get a stretch of autumn rain, people will be begging for it to end.

If the current long-range forecast holds, we're in for a cool stretch of weather next week.
 
To be clear, I'm thrilled that we're going into day 18 of continuously sunny weather with temps. slightly above the norm for this time of year. A cool down was inevitable.
 
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