nfitz
Superstar
Well looks like we dodged the late frost. Even out at Pearson it didn't drop below freezing the last 2 nights. So all that early city gardening paid off! Last frost of 2010 was April 10th!
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khris
Senior Member
eather summary for all of Southern Ontario and
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 7:50 PM EDT Sunday 6 June
2010.
Southern Ontario thoroughly soaked
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==weather event discussion==
An unseasonably strong low pressure system tracking across the lower
Great Lakes prompted several warnings to be issued for the Windsor
and Chatham areas including tornado and rainfall warnings.
Significant rainfall amounts were recorded throughout much of
Southern Ontario last night with amounts ranging from about 20 to
50 mm. The rain is expected to taper off this morning in
Southwestern Ontario and late this afternoon in Eastern Ontario.
Severe thunderstorms in the Windsor area left their mark on the area
with damage reports relayed from the OPP covering a swath from near
kingsville to Leamington. Environment Canada has sent out a damage
survey team to asses the impacts of last nights storms in the
Windsor to Leamington area. Intial results from the survey, point
toward a probable f1 tornado west of Leamington along the Lake Erie
shore. More work remains to determine the extent of the damage
Track. Environment Canada will continue its investigation into
tomorrow morning.
A list of rainfall amounts as of 8 AM appears below.
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Date
Location rainfall amount (mm)
Windsor 52 mm
Harrow 40 mm
Ridgetown 51 mm
London 30 mm
Sarnia 23 mm
Goderich 31 mm
Delhi 35 mm
Welland 39 mm
Vineland 30 mm
Hamilton airport 38 mm
Hamilton (rbg) 26 mm
Toronto Pearson 21 mm
Toronto Island 20 mm
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 7:50 PM EDT Sunday 6 June
2010.
Southern Ontario thoroughly soaked
-------------------------------------------------------------
==weather event discussion==
An unseasonably strong low pressure system tracking across the lower
Great Lakes prompted several warnings to be issued for the Windsor
and Chatham areas including tornado and rainfall warnings.
Significant rainfall amounts were recorded throughout much of
Southern Ontario last night with amounts ranging from about 20 to
50 mm. The rain is expected to taper off this morning in
Southwestern Ontario and late this afternoon in Eastern Ontario.
Severe thunderstorms in the Windsor area left their mark on the area
with damage reports relayed from the OPP covering a swath from near
kingsville to Leamington. Environment Canada has sent out a damage
survey team to asses the impacts of last nights storms in the
Windsor to Leamington area. Intial results from the survey, point
toward a probable f1 tornado west of Leamington along the Lake Erie
shore. More work remains to determine the extent of the damage
Track. Environment Canada will continue its investigation into
tomorrow morning.
A list of rainfall amounts as of 8 AM appears below.
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Date
Location rainfall amount (mm)
Windsor 52 mm
Harrow 40 mm
Ridgetown 51 mm
London 30 mm
Sarnia 23 mm
Goderich 31 mm
Delhi 35 mm
Welland 39 mm
Vineland 30 mm
Hamilton airport 38 mm
Hamilton (rbg) 26 mm
Toronto Pearson 21 mm
Toronto Island 20 mm
khris
Senior Member
Weather summary for all of Southern Ontario and
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 6:29 AM EDT Tuesday 8 June
2010.
Southern Ontario records the first two tornadoes of the year
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==weather event discussion==
Tornadoes Eastern Ontario Saturday and Southwestern Ontario early
Sunday.
Severe storms tracked eastward near the villages of dalkeith and
ste-anne-de-Prescott on Saturday afternoon at 5PM. Environment Canada
Investigators documented extensive damage to barns..Grain bins..Corn
Silos..Houses and mobile homes as well as countless broken and
uprooted trees. Broken power poles resulted in loss of power for some
locations. The damage path was measured to be just over 8 km long and
ranged from 20 to 30 meters wide before appearing to dissipate at the
Ontario Québec border. Investigators confirmed that the damage is a
result of an f1 tornado with estimated wind speeds of 117 to 180
km/h.
It is possible that this tornado did strengthen again over Québec as
subsequent reports of damage at saint mart which is along the same
damage path and located a few km east of ste-anne-de-Prescott have
been received by Environment Canada.
A separate group of severe thunderstorms tracking through Essex
county left their mark on the area early Sunday morning. Many
reports of extensive damage relayed from the OPP covered a swath
From near harrow east to Leamington. An Environment Canada damage
survey team has confirmed f1 tornado 1 km in length along the Lake
Erie shoreline southwest of Leamington. In addition, in the south
End of Leamington there is a 1 km wide and 5 km long track of
straight line wind damage associated with the same storm.
Environment Canada continued its survey Monday along a 35 km long
stretch of damage and will continue its assessment of the damage
today. This bulletin will be updated as results of the assessment
become available.
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 6:29 AM EDT Tuesday 8 June
2010.
Southern Ontario records the first two tornadoes of the year
-------------------------------------------------------------
==weather event discussion==
Tornadoes Eastern Ontario Saturday and Southwestern Ontario early
Sunday.
Severe storms tracked eastward near the villages of dalkeith and
ste-anne-de-Prescott on Saturday afternoon at 5PM. Environment Canada
Investigators documented extensive damage to barns..Grain bins..Corn
Silos..Houses and mobile homes as well as countless broken and
uprooted trees. Broken power poles resulted in loss of power for some
locations. The damage path was measured to be just over 8 km long and
ranged from 20 to 30 meters wide before appearing to dissipate at the
Ontario Québec border. Investigators confirmed that the damage is a
result of an f1 tornado with estimated wind speeds of 117 to 180
km/h.
It is possible that this tornado did strengthen again over Québec as
subsequent reports of damage at saint mart which is along the same
damage path and located a few km east of ste-anne-de-Prescott have
been received by Environment Canada.
A separate group of severe thunderstorms tracking through Essex
county left their mark on the area early Sunday morning. Many
reports of extensive damage relayed from the OPP covered a swath
From near harrow east to Leamington. An Environment Canada damage
survey team has confirmed f1 tornado 1 km in length along the Lake
Erie shoreline southwest of Leamington. In addition, in the south
End of Leamington there is a 1 km wide and 5 km long track of
straight line wind damage associated with the same storm.
Environment Canada continued its survey Monday along a 35 km long
stretch of damage and will continue its assessment of the damage
today. This bulletin will be updated as results of the assessment
become available.
khris
Senior Member
Weather summary for all of Southern Ontario and
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 5:24 AM EDT Wednesday 9 June
2010.
Southern Ontario records the first two tornadoes of the year
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==weather event discussion==
..F1 tornado Eastern Ontario Saturday..
..F2 tornado Southwestern Ontario early Sunday..
A tornadic thunderstorm tracked through Essex county early Sunday
morning with extensive damage to property and at the time of this
report no serious injuries. The Environment Canada storm survey
Team recorded hundreds of properties damaged along a 40 km path from
near harrow to east of Leamington at the Lake Erie shoreline. This
thunderstorm produced a tornado which caused significant damage in
three areas along its track.
At the beginning of the track the tornado moved southeast of harrow
toppling power poles and damaging structures. At one location a two
Storey brick home was shifted on its foundation..A barn was
completely destroyed and large Debris was tossed several hundred
metres. As a result of this damage the tornado has been upgraded to
A Fujita scale rating of f2 with wind speeds ranging from 180 to 240
km/h.
In southern sections of Leamington the tornado produced extensive
Fujita scale f1 (120 to 170 km/h) damage. In addition there was a 1
km wide and 5 km long track of extensive damage where straight line
downburst winds caused structural damage due to the falling of
Mature trees.
East of Leamington the storm survey team recorded additional f1
tornado damage that continued eastward to the Lake Erie shoreline.
Severe storms tracked eastward near the villages of dalkeith and
ste-anne-de-Prescott on Saturday afternoon at 5PM. Environment Canada
Investigators documented extensive damage to barns..Grain bins..Corn
Silos..Houses and mobile homes as well as countless broken and
uprooted trees. Broken power poles resulted in loss of power for some
locations. The damage path was measured to be just over 8 km long and
ranged from 20 to 30 meters wide before appearing to dissipate at the
Ontario Québec border. Investigators confirmed that the damage was
the result of an f1 tornado with estimated wind speeds of 120 to 170
km/h.
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 5:24 AM EDT Wednesday 9 June
2010.
Southern Ontario records the first two tornadoes of the year
-------------------------------------------------------------
==weather event discussion==
..F1 tornado Eastern Ontario Saturday..
..F2 tornado Southwestern Ontario early Sunday..
A tornadic thunderstorm tracked through Essex county early Sunday
morning with extensive damage to property and at the time of this
report no serious injuries. The Environment Canada storm survey
Team recorded hundreds of properties damaged along a 40 km path from
near harrow to east of Leamington at the Lake Erie shoreline. This
thunderstorm produced a tornado which caused significant damage in
three areas along its track.
At the beginning of the track the tornado moved southeast of harrow
toppling power poles and damaging structures. At one location a two
Storey brick home was shifted on its foundation..A barn was
completely destroyed and large Debris was tossed several hundred
metres. As a result of this damage the tornado has been upgraded to
A Fujita scale rating of f2 with wind speeds ranging from 180 to 240
km/h.
In southern sections of Leamington the tornado produced extensive
Fujita scale f1 (120 to 170 km/h) damage. In addition there was a 1
km wide and 5 km long track of extensive damage where straight line
downburst winds caused structural damage due to the falling of
Mature trees.
East of Leamington the storm survey team recorded additional f1
tornado damage that continued eastward to the Lake Erie shoreline.
Severe storms tracked eastward near the villages of dalkeith and
ste-anne-de-Prescott on Saturday afternoon at 5PM. Environment Canada
Investigators documented extensive damage to barns..Grain bins..Corn
Silos..Houses and mobile homes as well as countless broken and
uprooted trees. Broken power poles resulted in loss of power for some
locations. The damage path was measured to be just over 8 km long and
ranged from 20 to 30 meters wide before appearing to dissipate at the
Ontario Québec border. Investigators confirmed that the damage was
the result of an f1 tornado with estimated wind speeds of 120 to 170
km/h.
urbandreamer
recession proof
I can't see no birds from my windows today. Depressing.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I was watching about four or five dozen Eagles souring around downtown near my building and southward last week, they hung around for six or seven days. I've never seen Eagles, let alone so many, downtown before.
doady
Senior Member
Were they bald eagles? Bald eagles have been extinct from Southern Ontario for many decades, but a few years ago they returned to Southern Ontario for the first time. I think it was last year that they built a nest at Royal Botanical Gardens, which is the first bald eagle nest ever on Lake Ontario in decades. So the RBG closed many of its paths to protect them. If the eagles you saw were bald eagles, they could have been the ones from the RBG.
urbandreamer
recession proof
I swear those eagles you saw were American CIA/FBI operatives scouting out downtown Toronto ahead of the G20 thing....
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
I couldn't tell if they were bald eagles or not, I had the sun facing in my eyes each day so no good description. They were definitely eagles though, I could see their massive wingspans when nearby and hear their unmistakable screams when they were flying close. I tried to get some pictures but needed something in the foreground to focus on so it was difficult
Urban Shocker
Doyenne
I was chatting to a couple at our laneway party a few weeks ago and the man said that vultures had been seen at Yonge and Bloor recently. I don't think he was referring to real estate agents. I thought this was a bit odd, but he seemed to know his wildlife, as did his wife. We talked about the nighthawks that used to hover over Riverdale in the evenings, swooping down to catch insects, but have now become scarce. And I mentioned the red tailed hawks that have apparently been declining in numbers because they feed on pigeons which have ingested poison. Then he told me more than I need to know about fisher cats killing porcupines in Quebec. Here's a link to a local blog from 2009 that mentions turkey vulture sightings:
http://oversion.wordpress.com/2009/...no-mans-land-updates-on-each-of-those-things/
http://oversion.wordpress.com/2009/...no-mans-land-updates-on-each-of-those-things/
khris
Senior Member
Today is the first day of an expected heatwave*. It's currently 34 degrees! The humidex is 45. That's the "feels like" temperature due to the humidity in the air. Insane! But I love it.
*A heatwave requires 3 days of temperatures above 32 degrees.
*A heatwave requires 3 days of temperatures above 32 degrees.
dt_toronto_geek
Superstar
Finally! It took three years to get here!
nfitz
Superstar
Mad, both of you. It's absolutely miserable. Nothing I can't stand more than being too hot to sleep.
W. K. Lis
Superstar
Don't forget that the temperatures mentioned on the radio, TV, and other media are SHADE temperatures, recorded 1 metre above the ground in an open area.
jn_12
Senior Member
it's a full 5 degrees cooler on the waterfront.