When Jean-Charles Beaubois attends Osheaga, he observes the music festival from a unique vantage point.

He’s not among the throng of fans who congregate annually on Parc Jean-Drapeau, and he’s also not one of the countless people rushing behind the scenes to make it all happen.

Beaubois carries a lot of responsibility nevertheless: as the festival’s go-to meteorologist, he watches all the action solo from inside his air-conditioned truck a stone’s throw away from the main stage where The Killers, Tyler, the Creator and Olivia Rodrigo will be performing this weekend.

“With the weather forecast we’re expecting, I think I’ll be able to go out and see the site this time,” he said. “That doesn’t always happen.”

Although he sounds enthusiastic about venturing outside his mobile station for a

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