Hot, hot heat: Edmontonians dancing for joy 广场舞到爱城

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Edmonton's record-breaking hot weather on Friday had Edmontonians out sunning themselves and believing that winter is finally over.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ed ... g-for-joy-1.4102173
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酷似广场舞。
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8 N( c: a' d6 Z6 P) O! @+ ?Environment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.

" A/ |( S. f! E/ o' CIt was even warmer in Edmonton than it was in Anaheim, Calif. where the Oilers are getting ready to face off against the Ducks in Game 5 of their second-round playoff series.
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/ O0 X- Y8 [: v0 h4 X( M! c2 gAnaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.

/ @9 ~; a! ^5 X! p2 @( SIn Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.
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+ f( @7 r( Y- e$ m& n0 r2 lHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area
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3 J& n  A: R% |, S) d; fSo many people showed up at the Native Delights food truck in Churchill Square that the popular mobile eatery ran out of food within 45 minutes.

Kyle Makokis
( ?! H" h; F! N  bKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)

2 M/ C1 S, ?# [$ _5 IUsually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.

"When it's hot there's a lot of people just hanging out on the square here so that just brings in business all on its own," Makokis said.
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& K; z! F  o1 z"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."
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At the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.
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"Usually we get a lot of coffees and lattes but today we get a lot of, like, cold ice coffees and blended cold drinks," said barista Joanna Chou.

5 H$ \- l7 T3 ]! d2 \She estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.

Sun-Mi Turner
Sun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)

+ M9 C3 ]& a3 \' d, ]8 W7 aChou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.
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"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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; y' _- o* T, C3 h8 t3 [2 d; BEven though she's optimistic for the summer, the meteorologist said anyone who hasn't taken off their winter tires yet may want to wait a few more weeks.
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% S$ M1 v* Q# z! x; ?" C9 k"The long range forecast is very spring-like but on average even May could see a couple centimetres of snow. It's not out of the question."

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