September Weather 2017

Sept. 28th – a shock a drop in temperatures

Sept. 27 – Major Heat Spike for Great Lakes

During early September each of the Great Lakes were cooler than normal, but as of September 26th each of the lakes had caught up to or even surpassed where they were this time last year when lakes were exceptionally warm after a hot summer.

Sept. 26 – heat and drought

Sept. 18th

Very little to report here, except August-like temperatures! However, there is another hurricane, and this is a tragedy.

Major Hurricane #Maria using aggregate wind gusts to highlight projected storm path. https://t.co/HweaEBzlyRhttps://t.co/arA9mtYTI8 pic.twitter.com/5r46RNbGMw

— wxcharts (@wxcharts) September 18, 2017

Sept. 17th

Sept. 10th – looks like a nice week!

I'm sure Hurricane Irma, now a tropical storm, will send some rain next week. Then, Hurricane Jose is still figuring out a plan.

Sept. 9th – crazy people watching for Hurricane Irma on live camera!

Sept. 7th

With #Jose strengthening to a Category 3 #hurricane, we now have 2 major hurricanes in the #Atlantic Ocean. pic.twitter.com/r6cKHjcRGA

— CNN Weather Center (@CNNweather) September 7, 2017

Sept. 6th – Hurricane Irma is followed by Jose, and Katia.

There are now three hurricanes simultaneously in the Atlantic: #Katia, #Irma and #Jose @NASA #climatechange pic.twitter.com/4sDsf1iaZQ

— UN Climate Action (@UNFCCC) September 6, 2017

Joker says Trump won't allow Jose into the US. They'll be OK.

#HurricaneIrma's position. Keep in mind 295km/hr are the max SUSTAINED winds. Following this on @weathernetwork TV pic.twitter.com/NVSDESOy2d

— Michelle Mackey (@michellemackey) September 6, 2017

Sept. 5th – Hurricane Irma

BREAKING: #Irma becomes a Category 5 #hurricane with 175 mph maximum sustained winds. — The Weather Channel (@weatherchannel) September 5, 2017

Sept. 4th – on its way, 1 mm only!

September 3rd – Hurricane Harvey's remnant's move north: 17.8 mm

September 1 – no rain, but chilly temperatures!

Hurricane Harvey is now a storm, headed this way. Perhaps by Sunday. I will have to get that wood stacked!

September weather

Sept. 29

Sept. 28

Sept. 19th

Sept. 12/13

We had 17 mm, and a really cold couple of days. Overnight low of 6 C.!

We baked some chicken, in lieu of putting on the furnace.

Sept. 9

The Muskoka Region was hard-hit
with power outages.

We had little rain < 1mm!

Sept. 6

None of these brought us any rain!

Ahhhhh....September: back to school

The shoulder season in Muskoka is my favourite. Here we sit by the lake. No boaters. No screaming kids on tubes. Lazy cat languishes by the shore. The ducks happily patrol the waters seeking food for travel. They pause on our rock, rest, stretch, preen and go back to work munching on greens. Bobbing quietly, and with more of a sense of security than when they were tiny, since the fishers seem to have lost interest. One remains on guard as the others reach for the bottom of the lake and the succulent weeds. These large ducks, formerly the downy ducklings we photographed eagerly, are much wiser and can escape the quick death that took their long lost siblings.

There is a peace and beauty in the song of our wind chimes. The wind makes the leaves dance in a chorus celebrating the new season. Many leaves have changed colour and have fallen in the dry spell that was August. Water washes up on the shoreline, adding a layer of rhythm to the dance. the lake has receeded so much that the beach is greater than ever. The changing seasons bring us a sense of security in knowing that the planet continues to move through its orbit. The light levels have changed. I look out and see that my garden no longer gets the high noon sun as it did. I hope my vegetable ripen in time. The spaghetti squash is doing its best to complete the time old process.

I look forward to the changing of the leaves and the new beginning. Life unfolds as it should. This is the first year in 25 that I do not have to prepare for the school year and begin to build a classroom community. It is bittersweet. There is an excitement to the first days of school. All on their best behaviour until the honeymoon is over. New challenges help us to grow. I look forward to what the new season may bring.l