Barrie, Ontario will see unsettled weather through this evening with a chance of showers and the risk of a thunderstorm, according to Environment Canada.
The forecast for Tuesday, July 28 calls for cloudy skies, a 40 percent chance of showers late this afternoon, and the risk of a thunderstorm. North winds could gust up to 40 km/h tonight. The high will reach 24°C with a humidex of 31, while the overnight low drops to 16°C.
By midday Tuesday, the temperature at the Lake Simcoe Regional Airport was 20.8°C with 85 percent humidity and light north-northwest winds. No weather alerts were in effect.
Conditions are expected to improve starting Wednesday, which will be mainly sunny with north winds at 30 km/h and a high of 24°C. Sunny skies continue Thursday and Friday with highs of 26°C and 27°C.
Anyone planning time on Kempenfelt Bay should keep an eye on the sky through this evening. Environment Canada reminds residents that if you can hear thunder, you are within striking distance of lightning. The agency says lightning kills two to three Canadians and injures close to 180 each year, with more people struck before and after a thunderstorm than during one. Their core safety message is simple: “When thunder roars, go indoors.”
