update: the end of this ‘oppressive’ heat wave is in sight, meteorologists say
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montreal gazette
the hot weather in montreal will continue to be “oppressive” on friday, environment and climate change canada meteorologist simon legault says, but temperatures are expected to ease slightly by saturday morning, with a forecast high of 28 c and the humidex dropping to 30.“we are going to have warm days and summer days to come, but with less humidity. so that’s going to be more enjoyable to be outside,” legault said in an interview. “the humidity being pushed away – that will give us some relief” as temperatures slowly fade, he added.eccc has issued a moderate heat warning for montreal, with temperatures forecast to reach a high of 32 c on friday. the weather agency is anticipating a humidex of 39 and a “very high” uv index of 9, warning there is risk of thunderstorms late friday afternoon.urgences-santé spokesperson valérie guertin said they received five emergency calls directly related to this week's heat wave. but she noted the number of heat-related health issues was probably much higher, adding thursday was a “huge day” for the emergency medical service.“for example, we might get calls about breathing difficulties. it might seem like a breathing problem, but it’s actually someone who is in such a hot environment that’s causing them to have trouble breathing,” guertin said in an interview, noting the volume of calls was much higher than normal.around 38,500 hydro-québec clients were without power friday after the thunderstorms that accompanied scorching temperatures throughout the province the day before. fewer than 1,000 of the outages were on montreal island friday morning. at the height of the outages thursday evening, up to 20,000 montreal clients were without power.hydro spokesperson audrey st-pierre said the outages were mainly caused by the “wind and lightning” of thursday night’s storm, with tree branches falling on power lines.
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