More rain than usual expected this Fall: report
Posted August 21, 2013 6:40 pm.
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TORONTO – A new report shows the GTA is in for significantly more rain than usual this Fall.
The Toronto Star reports Accuweather’s forecast shows the GTA may be hit with 25 percent more rainfall between late September and October.
According to Environment Canada Meteorologist Geoff Coulson, the official fall forecast won’t be released until Sept. 1, but did share Environment Canada’s prediction for early fall.
“At this point, the overall trend to round out the month of August to start us off in the month of September, is calling for overall temperatures to be a little bit warmer than normal,” Coulson told 680News.
“With respect to precipitation, no real strong signal at this point, most models saying probably around normal levels of rain fall over the next few weeks.”
The report illustrates that severe thunderstorms are unlikely because the sun is a lot weaker, and unable to provide enough heat energy to produce storms.
Finally, the frost freeze will arrive about a week later than expected, which is usually around October 6th for Toronto.
