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www.insideHALTON.com | OAKVILLE BEAVER | Friday, June 5, 2015 | 10 Don't count on hot and humid this summer: TWN by Bob Mitchell Oakville Beaver Staff Halton residents with swimming pools might want to put a few extra dollars aside this summer for electricity costs. Nights will be cooler because sweltering hot days will be few and far between, according to meteorologist Dayna Vettes. "You might want to crank up the heater if you have one for your pool," said Vettes, one of more than 40 meteorologists working at The Weather Network (TWN), which is headquartered in Oakville and owned by Pelmorex Media Inc."It's going to be a bit cooler once the sun sets." Halton residents will feel the effects of a Pacific weather pattern dubbed "The Blob," but they won't encounter any "dust-storm Haboobs." Overall, the outlook is pretty good. And if you liked last summer, you're going to be happy. It will be comfortable and pleasant, not sweltering. "This summer is going to be a little bit of a déjà vu. We're going to experience a similar summer to last summer," Vettes said. "For some people that might be a little too cool for them because we're forecasting temperatures to be at or a little bit below normal for the summer." By normal, Vettes means daytime temperatures in the mid-20s dropping to the midteens overnight. "Halton won't be getting a lot of those really hot days with sweltering temperatures in the mid-to-high 30s and humidity in the 40s," Vettes said. "If we do, these temperatures won't last very long." There also won't be a lot of rain, Vettes said. "What rain we do get will come in thunderstorms," she said. Vettes said it's difficult to predict whether Halton will experience flash floods like Burlington did last summer during a violent thunderstorm Dayna Vettes, meteorologist with Oakville-based The Weather Network says the summer will be pleasant, but not brimming with hot and humid days. | photo by Nikki Wesley ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog or facebook.com/HaltonPhotog) that flooded basements, streets and parks and caused part of the QEW to be shutdown. "It's difficult to see them coming weeks ahead," Vettes said. "But the morning of, or the day before, we know there will be a thunderstorm and if we see them hanging over an area we know there is a possibility of flooding." Severe weather, if it occurs, usually peaks in July and August, Vettes said. Residents also shouldn't have to worry about the cool temperatures of May continuing into June. "We should start feeling like it's summer over the next couple of weeks as school starts to wind down and the kids are out of class," Vettes said. Residents living near Lake Ontario should also experience cooler temperatures than those living inland because of the harsh winter. "The lake is still relatively cold compared to other years," Vettes said. "So the overnight temperatures will be noticeably cooler. You'll also feel cooler in the day, especially if there is a breeze coming off of the lake." This doesn't necessarily mean we are looking at another harsh winter. It will all depend on what happens with the El Nino in the Pacific as well as a weather pattern dubbed "The Blob," Vettes said. "The Blob refers to an area of warm water in the Pacific that is responsible for creating this large ridge of high pressure that has been bringing warm and dry weather to British Columbia and causing the droughts in California," Vettes said. "It's been in place for the last couple of years along with a weak to moderate El Nino that has been causing the warm dry weather in the west and unsettling cooler weather in central and eastern Canada. "The Blob isn't coming here, but what happens in the west dictates what happens in the east." Halton also won't experience any Haboobs, which are essentially dust storms. "They're like being in a blizzard, only it's dust," Vettes said. "I've experienced them in Texas." Although it's going to be a relatively mild summer, the good news is that it should last all summer and into the fall, Vettes said. "It should be good golfing weather. "It doesn't look like summer will suddenly end on Aug. 31. Without a lot of rain, it also means we likely won't have to deal with a lot of mosquitoes. They also don't like cool nights." For related story, see When on p.12 I've heard that some pain medications cause ulcers. Could I be at risk if I only use these medications for occasional headaches? 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