Wednesday Morning News – July 1

Weather:

• Today – Becoming a mix of sun and cloud this morning. 30% chance of showers late this afternoon. Risk of thunderstorms late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Wind becoming southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 late this morning. High 27. Humidex 31. UV index 9 or very high.
• Tonight – Cloudy. 30% chance of showers this evening with risk of thunderstorms. Fog patches developing this evening. Wind southwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low 13.

News Tidbits:

• Happy Canada Day!
• From spaceweather.com – “Coronagraph images show a full halo CME heading almost-directly toward Earth. NASA and NOAA models differ slightly on its time of arrival. NASA favors late on July 2nd, NOAA favors early on July 2nd. Either way, a geomagnetic storm is possible before the end of the week, probably category G2/G3.”
• It’s just crazy – the July Thunder Bay 50/50 Grand Prize has already soared over $1.3 million! Draw date is July 31st, and the prize is already sitting at $1,415,005!