Montreal weather: True colours are shining through

Wind gusts will help create a crunchy carpet of leaves.

The sunshine is forecast to give way by evening to clouds and a few showers.

Expect wind gusts to help create a blanket of leaves to crunch through by Wednesday morning, when the sun returns.

Expect a high of 23 C during the day, with a UV index of 3, or moderate. At night, a low of 8 C.

Hurricane updates

Hurricane Kristy strengthened into a Category 2 storm in the Pacific Ocean Wednesday and was expected to remain away from land as it quickly grows more powerful, forecasters said.

The storm was 960 kilometres southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico, and was moving west at 31 km/h. It had maximum sustained winds of 155 km/h, according to the Miami-based National Hurricane Center.

Kristy became a tropical storm Monday off of Mexico’s southern Pacific coast before strengthening Tuesday into a Category 1 hurricane. It was expected to rapidly intensify into a Category 3 storm Wednesday, forecasters said.

The storm was expected to continue moving over open waters without threatening land. There were no coastal watches or warnings in effect.

In the Atlantic Ocean, Oscar disintegrated into tropical remnants Tuesday after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 1 hurricane on Sunday. The island is recovering from flooding and power outages.

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