WHO IS HURRICANE HUMBERTO?

The name Humberto has been used for three tropical cyclones in the Atlantic Ocean. The name replaced Hugo, which was retired after the 1989 season.

1995's Hurricane Humberto - reached Category 2 but remained in open sea.

2001's Hurricane Humberto - passed near Bermuda but caused no damage.

2007's Hurricane Humberto - rapidly forming storm which struck Texas as a strong Category 1 hurricane.

Now, here's the injection:

The remnants of Hurricane Humberto could enhance rainfall in Eastern Ontario and Southern Quebec late tomorrow and Saturday. The Category 1 storm quickly ramped up before making landfall near the Louisiana Texas border. Humberto's remnants have been dropping oodles of rain in Louisiana. some areas have seen as much as 250 mm of water. That's about 3 month's worth in the GTA. Some of that moisture could get pulled north along a cold front that is going to move across Ontario on Friday. I don't think we'll see any Humberto enhancement in Toronto but areas east of Kingston could get a little Gulf of Mexico rain mixed in with the rain coming out of the prairies. Instead of the 2 to 4 mm of rain expected in the GTA areas in eastern Ontario could get 10 plus mm.

Behind the cold front the air will dip about 10C. Look for sun and highs in the teens on the weekend. Next week will steadily warm reaching highs in the mid-twenties by Wednesday.

The weekend forecast is available at http://www.citynews.ca/weather/weather.aspx . It looks good.