“I wish it would rain,” a source close to The Gazette was overheard saying on a recent sunny morning. “For the plants.”

If wishes were fishes, fishes could overtake all of Montreal.

Friday starts out mainly cloudy, with an expected high of 22 C and a humidex of 26 C. There’s a 60-per-cent chance of showers during the day, dropping to 40 per cent in the evening, but within that 40 per cent hides the risk of a thunderstorm. The overnight low will be 17 C.

On Saturday, a mix of sun and cloud, 30-per-cent chance of showers and the obiquitious risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon. The high will be 25 C with a humidex of 30 C.

But Sunday! Sunshine is forecast to end the weekend, with a high of 27 C.

The long-range forecast shows July doing July things: Being in the low 30s and sunny.