Hot summer on its way in Canada

Source: CBC News

Get out your golf clubs, swimsuits and barbecues because it's official — the country is in for a hot summer, according to Environment Canada.

The weather agency announced its three-month seasonal forecast for June, July and August on Wednesday.

"People were looking for a warm summer after a wet spring in much of the country, so it's good news," Toronto-based CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe said in an interview.

Above-normal temperatures are predicted for the next three months across the country with trends based on 40 years of historical data.

Read more: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/06/01/summer-forecast.html

Heat index today =101.
June 1. Temps in high 90's, no rain for weeks in our area, cotton crops have burned in the fields and there can be no re-planting.

...and the air conditioner isn't installed yet.

I am a beach bunny and love to ride my BF's Harley...This will be so wonderful IF this happens.

where we are sizzling with temps in the high 90s.

I am getting ready to move to the South. I am driving down with my two big great Pyrenees. Thank God for A/C

and moved to NC about 7 years ago. Now, I'm in western NC, in the mountains -- I'm not in one of the places I consider sweltering. One of the many attractions of the area was a relatively temperate climate. Unfortunately, like everyone else, we've been impacted by climate change -- we had a couple of whopper snowstorms this past winter along with some bitterly cold days and nights and we've had record-breaking heat this spring. I hate to think what this bodes for this summer!

The weather when I first moved here lived up to its reputation -- mild year round seasons. We got lovely seasonal changes but all really pretty temperate. Overall, I find the summers better than the Northeast (I lived in NYC, MA, CT) without the degree of hot, humid summers that I experienced in all 3 northern states; I also lived in WI during the summer that all of the people in Chicago died from the heat -- that was a nightmare summer! (I didn't have A/C -- one of my dogs had seizures when I was at work most likely from the heat -- I had left tons of water all over the house, the basement door open for access to the cooler basement & the cement floor & fans all over the place -- wasn't enough. I got home from work and the poor baby was covered with her own shit and could barely stand.) I later lived in Chicago and those summers were pretty miserable, too. Even with climate change, I'm definitely still better off here than I was in the Northeast during winter and summer!

if i lived up there i`d be on a motorcycle or a bicycle from sun up to sundown...

as long as the glaciers are still melting it's like having your

freezer door open --

We here in NJ are more than 25 degrees above normal already --

We've had 90 degrees in May --

And huge amounts of rain --

Good luck to us all!!

10-30 degrees below normal.

I know it's fucked up, but I can't help but love it while it lasts.

A top five winter for snow fall, lasting through April sure, it's Minnesota, but that's just cruel). May was also colder than normal. I believe I heard we finished the month as seven consecutive months with below normal temps on Minnesota Public Radio.

When I moved here it was misty/rainy from October until June. Now, the winter is less harsh (or awful with snow) and we have lots of clear days during the winter. It's getting warm in May rather than waiting until June or July.

There is change going on and I can see it. I hope it doesn't hurt the farmers, the wineries.

It's 51 now. :o

it's raining here in NorCal, in June-that ALMOST never happens, a couple of funnel clouds, a few touched down, some snow in the Sierras.......

We had a briefing about it at the office yesterday. I was not far away from a Cat 4 a number of years ago and saw a little one last summer.