What was it?

[wxgrrl]

I never know whether to post Canadian stuff in the global or American news groups. As New Brunswick is next door to Maine, I'm posting here in the American forum.
I was in southern new Brunswick, Canada, over the weekend and my sister told me an interesting story. She couldn't remember the exact date, but it happened about two weeks ago on a Wednesday. She said it was a nice warm day temp around 32C -88F. All of a sudden the temp dropped quickly, It got dark and a wind came spinning down the driveway toward the house. It picked up the wishing well - which is very heavy & old. It is a structure which sits on top of an old well, it has a roof & bucket etc. It spun it up in the air above the front yard along with a couple of large lids from garbage cans then everything just dropped to the ground. The wishing well broke into three pieces. She said there were reports of a similar thing happening in a nearby town Salisbury. What was that???
Wxgrrl

[donsutherland1]

Wxgrrl,

I'm not aware of there having been any recent tornadoes in New Brunswick, though New Brunswick has seen some tornadoes in the past, including <b>one</b> of Canada's worst. Perhaps this was a strong dust devil. Did the winds take place in a thunderstorm?

[donsutherland1]

Wxgrrl,

It might be useful if the title of this forum were to be changed to "Canada/US Weather Watch."

[wxgrrl]

Don Sutherland,Thank you so much for your reply. My sister said that it was a bright sunny day. Then a dark cloud overhead, the temperature plummeted and she saw this wind swirling down the driveway which then picked up the wishing well etc.
I agree - this should be called the, "North American weather watch".
Cheers
Lynne

[Aslkahuna]

implies an outflow form something so it might have been a gustnado or outflow landspout.

Steve

[shaner]

Hey there wxgrrl,

Nice to see another Canuck on the board.

[stormcrow]

here are a few Canuks kicking arround here.

[donsutherland1]

Welcome aboard to S2K, Lynne.

Hopefully, at some point in time the category will be changed to "North American weather watch." After all, a large number of systems affect both the U.S. and Canada and the interplay between systems in both countries can play a major role in shaping the weather in either nation.

[george_r_1961]

Welcome aboard to S2K, Lynne.

Hopefully, at some point in time the category will be changed to "North American weather watch." After all, a large number of systems affect both the U.S. and Canada and the interplay between systems in both countries can play a major role in shaping the weather in either nation.

I agree

[wxgrrl]

Well, I never expected that my original question would result in so many replies! Thank you all for the answers you have given to me - it has been so interesting - and also nice to realize that there are other Canadians on here! I'm glad I didn't post my question on the global weather forum. It is always a dilemma wondering where my observation or question should be posted. I wonder if it would be worth approaching the "powers that be" to have the title of the forum altered to encompass all weather systems affecting North America, the suggestion of "North American Weather Watch" sounds good to me. What do you all think. I arrived at this site through Barometer Bob's site which I have been a member of for some time. He directed me to the winter weather site and from there I found this site. I have no idea who "owns" this site, does anyone have an "in" with the head honcho?

Lynne

[donsutherland1]

Lynne,

I'll be glad to e-mail the administrators. It can't hurt.

As for the number of replies, you described a very interesting weather phenomenon. Please keep us posted with Canadian weather events.

Finally, although the anniversary of this Canadian weather event is just over a week late, it is still worth mentioning. On June 9, 1913, Montreal saw a brief period of snow. The June 10, 1913 edition of <i>The New York Times</i> reported, "Montreal, Canada had snow falling for a short time. The temperature was reported as low as 35 [+2C] and it was said that the conditions there were without precedent in fifty years."

[Miss Mary]

I'm not Canadian but my family vacationed two summers in a row in Canada. We just love Canada! First year was Niagara Falls, into Barrie and Huntsville. Over thru Sudbury and into Sioux St Marie. We took the Agawa Canyon Train one day. I would love to take that train ride in the winter! Next year, we went to Bracebridge and Santa's Village (my kids were 5 and 8 then). I thought SV would be hokey but honestly, it was nice and the kids loved it. I think we went back to Hunsville and on up to Ottawa and finally Quebec City. It's been so long since we've up there. I would highly recommend a Canadian vacation.

I was doing laundry one night and a very nice Canadian couple did a double take when they saw our license plates! You see back then Ohio and Ontario's plates were white, with blue letters. They almost looked identical. They both said - Ohio? What are you doing this far north? LOL I just smiled and said we love it up here. I invited them to Cincinnati but I could tell they just thought that was way too far to drive!

Back to weather. Welcome to the boards!

Mary