Wednesday, June 1, 2022, 20:13 – The cold front that caused severe storms in parts of Ontario will leave behind a more pleasant start.
Wednesday was a fairly long day in southern Ontario when severe storms erupted along a cold front that crashed into the summer-like vaporous air mass stationed over the region. The storms left many downed trees and power lines behind. Conditions will become much cooler and cooler behind the front. More on what to expect as we work towards the first weekend in June, below.
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Conditions have been so hot and humid in southern Ontario that it didn’t need much spark to cause severe storms across the region.
A cold front moving across the province sparked a nasty round of severe to severe storms Wednesday afternoon, bringing bad weather from Windsor to the Niagara region.
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Wednesday’s storms, as well as those on Monday and Tuesday, left more than 20,000 people without electricity across Ontario in the afternoon.
Fortunately, the conditions behind the cold front are much more refreshing than the steam conditions we suffered before the limit, so the wait for the lights to come back on shouldn’t be too unbearable.
We look forward to a pleasant Thursday in southern Ontario, with high temperatures during the day around seasonal and cold early morning temperatures that could drop to high digits away from urban areas.
Beyond that, this weekend seems pretty fair and pretty cool for much of the region. Beware of the risk of a passing shower, especially in the countryside of cottages.
A cooler pattern will dominate the first fortnight of June with temperatures close to or cooler than seasonal ones. Forecasters are also looking at the potential to develop a more active pattern next week with a couple of tracking systems across the region.
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