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What feels hot in March feels very cool at the end of August. It feels like a school day.
Many Montreal children gathered their backpacks for the first day of school under sunny skies with an expected daytime high of 22 C.
The UV index for Thursday is 6, or high (sunscreen, kids!). At night, expect a low of 13 C.
Less demure
The Northern Tornadoes Project, based at Western University, has confirmed that a number of waterspouts — also known as tornadoes over water — occurred in recent days in Quebec and Nova Scotia.
Both Iles-de-la-Madeleine and Inverness, N.S., reported the weather phenomenon on Aug. 23, while another formed over the Lake of Two Mountains near Vaudreuil two days later. There have also been a number in Ontario in August, most in the Great Lakes area.
David Sills, executive director of The Northern Tornadoes Project, said a waterspout is simply a tornado that forms over water instead of land.
You can read more about Quebec’s waterspouts here.
The Canadian Press contributed to this report.
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