Torchageddon

As expected Sat was blue skies and sunny! Just seeing how cold it was going to be was the tip off, whereas WUN had overcast and never caved, even in real time Not many winter solstices are like this. Very cold high of -10C/8F?

Speaking of, that very thing occurred this morning . First of winter. I don't exactly know if blue skies were forecast from various offices but I doubt it had any better than partly sunny or mostly cloudy. It got far colder as well closer to -20C - not the windchill! At least -3C colder. First in maybe a month since there were no clouds:

Taking the whether it would've been better to have a torch or not this Dec, I think its obvious what I prefer. Snow cover brightens things up from the dismal Nov darkness, but also creates a colder BG state and I really hate cold. Last few days its been frigid; when I'm out there its misery. Doesn't matter what you do but very cold overnights bring sunnier early daytimes (at times) with less wind which I can hack . On top of that I'm deteriorating steadily in general. Worse for wear as they say. It was already -10C/14F by 6pm this evening going to get my first -20C/-4F windchill overnight blah.

Crazy, and your back in the thick of it now. That band was really stable until 30 mins ago.

I saw Manitoba's temps and was shook to see the -40 windchills, I spot a -50 in Saskatchewan. The LES bands are all north of me, they are getting smoked all over right into Central ON.

Last night really busted, got no snow when it was forecast 8cm, then I didn't get much overnight maybe 1cm. Even the sun filtered was out at 830am when my blizz was suppose to be raging. It wasn't until 10am that the hammer came down and the wall of snow squalls started here with the lowest visibility yet this winter - 70m by 11am. As expected, at no point did I have blizzard criteria; heavy squalls for sure. It was cool how the LES started like a curl over Huron that pushed through like a derecho then the fire hoses were unleashed! Strangely Owen Sound or just south which was tap for highest totals hasn't seen muc,h its been south of Kincardine! Heavy snow on and off since. There is an inland band north of Ottawa:

Blizzard Warning issued here: I'm surprised. My gut says it won't verify here but along the shoreline more likely. This would be the 5th blizzard warning since I started tracking wx (more common in recent years). I could get 30cm/11.8" in the next 36 hours. There is mod-heavy snow this aft not sticking on roads yet. Snowglobe here again. https://www.theweathernetwork.com/en/news/weather/forecasts/snow-squalls-take-aim-at-ontarios-already-hard-hit-areas-risk-of-50-cm

I saw the crush on radar, but you mean 20-30cm instead of inches? TWN had reported the former. I got more heavy snow mid-day 15cm. In the last 7 days I've maybe gotten 105cm+ now. Its a snow bonanza here.

Got smoked by heavy snow on and off this morning and even some sun came out in-between, ideal! Got 2+" yesterday and more overnight suppose to get 15-20 cm on Friday. Its either a snowglobe or filtered sunshine every other day. Felt bitterly cold on Weds the next level of winter.

Got another 20cm/7.9" since last night which is above what wun (wunderground) had for me, close to TWN. We got the heaviest snow rates of the season at 11 with the big band that was well forecast to dip south giving everyone at least 10cm within hours. Looked great with the roof drifts and heavy snow - not to mention the dark skies to the north just before we were hit as the sun came out the opposite side. We got a little sun in the aft again. I'm happy with the sun coming out more than expected. I need a sunny winter. I suppose I'm now at 80cm/31.5" since Fri morning. I see people around my neighborhood cleaning some off their roofs. There is so much its been many years since anything that heavy as been plopped on us. I'm getting concerned.

I got roughly 40cm from that storm, it was a solid winter storm; distinct for its long duration and plastering. It was hyped up to be a historic blizzard that hasn't been seen in a generation or more - there was no point during that event that "impressed" me aside from those aforementioned traits. The wind wasn't that bad.

We got buried here with an epic snowfall around 60cm total (in 36 hours) by dawn this morning! This was insanity, it was also wet so shoveling was a feat for the strong. This is probably the most impressive snowfall I've seen since living here to go from nothing at 3pm Thurs to deep winter during a high-snow winter just throws one for a loop! I saw things I haven't seen previous like plows down my street halting mid-stride, getting stuck on a corner for 8 seconds wheels spinning in place, and taking far longer with more maneuvers. The band moved south then a new one came down then migrated up north giving us some sun by 11am and partly sunny though filtered in the aft. Roads are wet not snow covered - its a rather unique event as the highways weren't covered during daytime. Nothing was cancelled! TWN's silly prediction of another 35-45cm was a huge bust, I thought closer to 10-15 but after 8am I doubt we got even 3cm. If we did get another dump it would've been bad, like Lucan ON thump on Dec 4-8 2010 bad (177 cm of snow fell during a 102-hour period for them). First time Hanover is on a short list, finally.

TWN upped my Sat snow amounts even further to a wild 35-45 cm! That would only be 5cm less than the historic forecast of 50 for the Xmas Flizzard of 2022 that may have been for 1 day. I'm in ground zero within this region for LES the map shows me in the highest contour: Thick bands for north Huron and Lake Ontario.

Last Night to kick things off: A metre of snow is at the high-end of TWN forecast for Gravenhurst! TWN giving me 25-30 cm on Sat alone.

Woke up to 10 inches, everything covered! Very little wind. Now 12". LES band so far is straight w-e right on top which is less common here but not solid as of yet. Getting pounded currently.