Stormy start to the weekend in Ontario turns to sunny, seasonal end

The weather will look promising heading into the weekend as we will start Friday with sunshine and warm temperatures. Most of southern Ontario will be on the warm side of seasonal, but an easterly breeze off Lake Ontario will keep temperatures a few degrees cooler across parts of the Greater Toronto Area.

However, we will see increasing clouds during the afternoon and rain and thunderstorms will spread from west to east across our region during the late afternoon and evening with localized torrential downpours.

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The timing for the rain and storms could still change by a few hours, but at this point it doesn’t look like a pleasant evening for campfires or for dinner and drinks on the patio.

Showers and thunderstorms will continue into Friday night, but most of southern Ontario (except for eastern areas) should be dry after midnight. Temperatures will remain quite mild with humid conditions.

Saturday will bring a mix of sun and cloudy periods with scattered showers and possibly a thunderstorm, but most of the day will be dry and many places will get through the day without seeing more rain.

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The threat for showers is higher across cottage country, but this region will also see some sunny breaks and most of the day will be dry.

The risk for passing showers will continue into Saturday evening across cottage country. Otherwise, Saturday night will be partly cloudy with seasonal temperatures.

The weekend will finish strong. Sunday will be a pleasant summer day with a mix of sun and clouds, seasonal temperatures and comfortable humidity.

Sun, storms and seasonal next week

Next week will start off with classic summer weather. Monday will be mostly sunny, warm and more humid with high temperatures in the upper 20s to near 30C.

However, the familiar threat for showers and thunderstorms will return for Tuesday, Wednesday and possibly Thursday.

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The middle of next week should keep gardens and yards well watered with a risk for torrential downpours, but it won’t be a washout - we will still see periods of sunshine each day as well.

Temperatures will be within a couple of degrees of seasonal but very humid conditions will make it feel muggy with the humidex reaching the mid to upper 30s.

The end of next week should bring drier weather with more sunshine, lower humidity and comfortable temperatures.

At this point it looks like next weekend will bring a warming trend, followed by a stretch of more consistent warm/hot weather during mid July.

Will next weekend also bring the all too familiar threat for showers and thunderstorms? It is too early to make that call, but I can’t blame you if you are already assuming that it will. But we are more than due for a dry weekend!

*Please check back this time next week for the details on next weekend and our forecast for mid-July. *

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