mississaugasnow Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 haha ya I don't even know if Toronto has multiple posters? Anyways I'm being told that Lauriers campus is a skating rink. I'm heading out in a bit as well so I'll soon find out how bad it actually is out there. I still find it funny there is another member in Waterloo! There is a large valley forest where Columbia turns into Lexington... might make it out that way to listen for creaks and such. Might sound cool with the echo off the cliffs. Happy ice storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toronto blizzard Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I haven't seen any snow here in waterloo. Though the trees are starting to get coated in enough ice that when the wind blows you can hear it. I live on the 9th floor so I haven't seen how the ground conditions are Whereabouts are you in mississauga? I'm from there too despite my username lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 haha ya I don't even know if Toronto has multiple posters? Anyways I'm being told that Lauriers campus is a skating rink. I'm heading out in a bit as well so I'll soon find out how bad it actually is out there. There are 3 or 4 that I know of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 haha ya I don't even know if Toronto has multiple posters? Anyways I'm being told that Lauriers campus is a skating rink. I'm heading out in a bit as well so I'll soon find out how bad it actually is out there. I'm standing at hillside park the pavement jhas several patches forming and the players field is looking a cool blue color with ixe on the grass Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I haven't seen any snow here in waterloo. Though the trees are starting to get coated in enough ice that when the wind blows you can hear it. I live on the 9th floor so I haven't seen how the ground conditions are sum light freezing rain/rain here in my area in Vaughan. my thermometer reads -0.4C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Concludes my first on foot freezing rain chase. Walked about a km it's awesome out there. Small icicles forming off branches and dead plants are being weighed down. Slick patches all over, going to go back out in a bit... why I don't know -- this is fun! Rain is coming down moderate to heavy at times, the U of W wx station stopped recording at 0.4mm maybe the rain gauge is iced over? Haven't heard about Laurier yet but I'd believe it. Martin over at the weather network just tweeted multiple cars in the ditch on highway 6 between Fergus and Arthur. Also, looks like the first report of freezing rain came from Kitchener 2 hours ago, now it's spread to Peterborough County and Prince Edward County according to the tweet trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 From the TWN fb page... yikes! Northern portions of Wellington County are just 10 minutes north of here. "Northern Wellington County, Ontario: SEVERE freezing rain; vehicles flipped over; emergency vehicles everywhere. PLEASE drive safe everyone!!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 just a bit of ice and it can be chaos. enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Just plain rain in downtown Toronto. Currently sitting at 33 degrees at the University of Toronto (downtown campus) weather station. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kab2791 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 -SN in Hillsdale and Adrian, MI at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 You have competition now with your stats. Not sure if you know but Deedler is now a member here. yeah I know. A great addition to the board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpartyOn Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 -SN in Hillsdale and Adrian, MI at the moment. You can add Owosso to the list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
an uncanny otter Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 It started pouring rain here at about 2 pm and hasn't let up since. It's starting to lighten up now, but my rain gauge reads 2.5". Yet another overperforming day on the precipitation front... one of dozens we've had in 2011. This puts November's rainfall at around 5.5". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I haven't seen any snow here in waterloo. Though the trees are starting to get coated in enough ice that when the wind blows you can hear it. I live on the 9th floor so I haven't seen how the ground conditions are fair amount of ice accumulation on tree branches in northeast Toronto Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 You can add Owosso to the list. Those automated sites I would be skeptical of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Those automated sites I would be skeptical of. Yeah, the RoW airport here reported freezing rain at 1056pm, rain at 1059pm, and snow at 1102pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Just walked back from a friends place, safe to say any elevated surface is completely ice covered. The grass has a crunch sound to it when you walk on it. Sidewalk is hit or miss. This is actually the best "ice storm" I can say i remember. I find it hard to get solid freezing rain events like this down in the southern lakes. Yeah, the RoW airport here reported freezing rain at 1056pm, rain at 1059pm, and snow at 1102pm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 I live in south Mississauga in the Clarkson area by the lake, however, I go to school in Waterloo during the main winter months (aside from December). I'm already dreading going back to such a different climate. Mostly being screwed over by the lake in the early winter and early spring. Whereabouts are you in mississauga? I'm from there too despite my username lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Finished with 0.11" of ice cold rain from this system. Another month later this would have been about 2" of high ratio snowfall on the extreme western edge of the deformation band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organizing Low Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Just walked back from a friends place, safe to say any elevated surface is completely ice covered. The grass has a crunch sound to it when you walk on it. Sidewalk is hit or miss. This is actually the best "ice storm" I can say i remember. I find it hard to get solid freezing rain events like this down in the southern lakes. its the 'ottawa blizzard effect' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Turning out to be quite the wet day here. 1.4" of rain so far with a couple more hours to go, and it looks like a heavier band is about to move in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Just walked back from a friends place, safe to say any elevated surface is completely ice covered. The grass has a crunch sound to it when you walk on it. Sidewalk is hit or miss. This is actually the best "ice storm" I can say i remember. I find it hard to get solid freezing rain events like this down in the southern lakes. This is one of the more minor events I can think of. Sketchy memory, but there was a real good one in late winter 2008 where everything was a cm or more layered in ice in the morning. Cabs were backlogged and city buses were shut down so I walked from Keats Way down University to King which took over an hour. I ended up stuck at the plaza with the pizza pizza on King & U because I slid down the hill into the parking lot and couldn't get back out in any direction for a few minutes. Some tricky maneuvers later and a few slides back down then I was free. The few cars that were out were sliding all over the road like bumper cars. That's about the best recent one I can remember. Hydro didn't go out that day which you think it would. When does the hydro ever go out around here? This city must have the best grid in the country. Just looking at Hydro One and 10,000 are without power in Prince Edward County. Looks like the entire county is in the dark. Other than that, spotty outages in Simcoe, Oxford, Essex, Lambton, and Norfolk counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Turning out to be quite the wet day here. 1.4" of rain so far with a couple more hours to go, and it looks like a heavier band is about to move in. Would have been 6-14 inches across SEMI today/Tonight if was just 4-6 degrees cooler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Aside from you having a bad time, it sounds like a good event. I was still living in Mississauga at that time, so I wasn't able to witness it. I've been told the winter of 2007-2008 around here was something to remember. This is one of the more minor events I can think of. Sketchy memory, but there was a real good one in late winter 2008 where everything was a cm or more layered in ice in the morning. Cabs were backlogged and city buses were shut down so I walked from Keats Way down University to King which took over an hour. I ended up stuck at the plaza with the pizza pizza on King & U because I slid down the hill into the parking lot and couldn't get back out in any direction for a few minutes. Some tricky maneuvers later and a few slides back down then I was free. The few cars that were out were sliding all over the road like bumper cars. That's about the best recent one I can remember. Hydro didn't go out that day which you think it would. When does the hydro ever go out around here? This city must have the best grid in the country. Just looking at Hydro One and 10,000 are without power in Prince Edward County. Looks like the entire county is in the dark. Other than that, spotty outages in Simcoe, Oxford, Essex, Lambton, and Norfolk counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AppsRunner Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Finished the day with 1.37" of rain here, with a temp just dropping below 40 a few minutes ago. Looking like great weather for Thanksgiving! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Aside from you having a bad time, it sounds like a good event. I was still living in Mississauga at that time, so I wasn't able to witness it. I've been told the winter of 2007-2008 around here was something to remember. It definitely was. Record snowfall of 97". For a solid what must be five years before 07/08, most of our snowstorms involved a forecast of 20-30cm, only to receive about 5-10cm. That winter was pure gold, never failed to produce something amazing and cripple the city. The streets looked like a rocky mountain homage with all the snow piles. Snow removal was millions over budget for the twin cities. Has nothing on London last December, though. 6 feet in a week. The train ride through the city looked like some post-apocalyptic disaster with snow up to the eaves on houses. Would love to live in the traditional snowbelt to experience something like that, but like winter 07/08, those events are few and far between around here. Well, in recent history they appear to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersnow12 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Finished with 0.11" of ice cold rain from this system. Another month later this would have been about 2" of high ratio snowfall on the extreme western edge of the deformation band. We would of been buried over here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 We would of been buried over here! Yeah you and the Michigan/northern Indiana boys would have been out celebrating and taking pics tonight lol. Always hate to see a good deformation band go to waste this late into the fall, but it is only November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago Storm Posted November 23, 2011 Share Posted November 23, 2011 Tuesday, November 22nd: Hi: 43F Lo: 38F Overall Sky Conditions: Cloudy Max Wind Gust: 22MPH Rainfall: 0.17" Snowfall: 0.0" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted November 23, 2011 Author Share Posted November 23, 2011 Aside from you having a bad time, it sounds like a good event. I was still living in Mississauga at that time, so I wasn't able to witness it. I've been told the winter of 2007-2008 around here was something to remember. The winter of 2007-08 was something to remember everywhere. Wat-Wel airport picked up 251.4cm (98.9"). Discounting Pearson's lowballing, the Toronto area picked up ~210-230cm (~85-90") depending on the location. It wasn't that much more spectacular over there. Sometimes you give the impression that Mississauga's climate is akin to that of southern Virginia's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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