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

酷似广场舞。

8 D! B* ^) Y) T# G7 zEnvironment Canada showed the temperature reached 28 C in mid-afternoon, surpassing the record 26.3 recorded on May 5, 2013.
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It 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.

Anaheim was 21 C under partly cloudy skies on Friday afternoon.

In Edmonton, people were quick to take advantage of the summer-like weather, after a long, wet and unseasonably cold spring.
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; b8 y# W" X, I/ X1 Z/ IHappy second winter: Snowfall warnings in effect for Edmonton area


# ~2 l5 T4 F' \) D* I0 z. `So 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.
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8 `  |5 m! R2 X1 ]" E  `9 B; t9 }8 RKyle Makokis
: G7 S- g9 z2 Z$ [& Z. ]8 cKyle Makokis says the Native Delights food truck ran out of food Friday in 45 minutes. (Nola Keeler)
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) q0 c- E5 P8 T/ @% G% `Usually the supplies would last until the end of the afternoon, manager Kyle Makokis said.
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9 |' F* A. \, j" V4 V& F: \8 s; {"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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% }4 w' v* \  U5 p9 |, C5 k"The weather definitely makes a big difference. You know, when it's gloomy and stuff, people aren't really into waiting outside for food."

1 |! X2 j& m; a6 X; }& YAt the Second Cup in City Centre mall, people were putting the hot drinks on ice.

7 {" f) ^5 }4 I' U"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.

, O9 r. X! ~/ B+ J- y  T1 aShe estimated she sold four times as many cold drinks Friday as she did hot drinks.
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$ u$ n8 P- W: [; QSun-Mi Turner makes ice coffee to help her customers keep their cool. (Nola Keeler)
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1 r! x9 N4 \. x+ }2 t2 Q, h: t- @Chou could find herself blending up a lot of ice this summer, according to CBC meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe.

. ~9 X# K+ _3 X"An El Nino is building and typically that means hot, dry summers for Alberta," Wagstaffe said.
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* _, J4 u% M: }9 N8 L% A: [Even 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.

: L  D' B' B  {, q"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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