snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 What's your best guess for % of season snowfall that is LES for downtown Toronto? Just curious. Also, if I recall correctly, didn't like 50% of your snowfall in Dec 2010 come via LES? lol, how the fudge do you remember that? Yeah, it was at least 50% as that month was a synoptic desert. I've always estimated downtown Toronto gets 25-33% of its annual snowfall from LES. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Great! What are you up to on the ground? Here at work, just a dusting. But based on what radar/highway cams have looked like, I'm thinking 1-2" at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chicago WX Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 lol, how the fudge do you remember that? Yeah, it was at least 50% as that month was a synoptic desert. I've always estimated downtown Toronto gets 25-33% of its annual snowfall from LES. I got a good memory. And thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Nothing all day in Hamilton. Hoping to at least get some flurries tonight, better than nothing. Pretty much nothing out here in Scarborough. Looks like I miss out on this one. In fact, the sun is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Snow squall warning issued here. It's coming down about 2cm/hr with the airport reporting +SN about half an hour ago with 1/4 mile visibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Pretty much nothing out here in Scarborough. Looks like I miss out on this one. In fact, the sun is out. Hmm its funny, i got like 2.6" here, lmao. Not bad at all. Unexpected for sure, caught alot of drivers off guard LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Hmm its funny, i got like 2.6" here, lmao. Not bad at all. Unexpected for sure, caught alot of drivers off guard LOL. Not really that funny. The band just brushed north Scarborough. And EC with another horrific job at forecasting. It was not modeled all that well, but once it became obvious that the band was becoming quasi-stationary, they should have moved to up pops/add accums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Not really that funny. The band just brushed north Scarborough. And EC with another horrific job at forecasting. It was not modeled all that well, but once it became obvious that the band was becoming quasi-stationary, they should have moved to up pops/add accums. yeah it was quite localized. I wasnt following the models, its been a fairly boring weather pattern so i've just been riding with EC's forecast over the past 1-2 weeks, lol. Yeah, EC is quite slow and conservative with their forecasts, aint nothing new. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Someone is going to get buried if that mid-Lake Ontario snow band makes landfall. Intense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoosier Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 LOT and IWX regarding lake effect chances off southern Lake Michigan on Thursday: LOT WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY...COLD AIR WILL SWEEP DOWN THE LAKE WED NIGHT AS A SURFACE LOW REFLECTION BETTER ORGANIZES IN THE CENTRAL GREAT LAKES. THE ORIENTATION OF THE ADVECTION IS MORE NORTH TO SOUTH THAN SEEN WITH THE RECENT COLD FRONTS...AND NUMEROUS GUIDANCE INDICATES A WELL-DEFINED CONVERGENCE AXIS VEERING TOWARD NORTHWEST IN LATE WED NIGHT AND POTENTIALLY TOWARD COOK COUNTY THU MORNING. HAVE GONE AHEAD AND INCREASED POPS QUITE A BIT OVER PORTER AND LAKE COUNTIES. MODERATE EQUILIBRIUM LEVEL HEIGHTS AND LARGE DELTA TS OFFER POTENTIAL FOR SEVERAL INCHES OF QUICK SNOW ACCUMULATION DURING WED NIGHT/THU MORNING. IWX IN THE WAKE OF THE WAVE...FLOW RAPIDLY VEERS NORTH WITH LAKE EFFECT KICKING BACK IN...THIS TIME IN ONE OR 2 DOMINANT BANDS THAT FOCUS MAINLY ACROSS LAPORTE/W BERRIEN AND POSSIBLY STARKE COUNTIES ESPECIALLY AROUND OR AFTER 6Z THU. SIGNALS LOOK GOOD FOR DEVELOPMENT OF THIS BAND. HOWEVER AS NOTED...COMBINATION OF SHORT TIME OVER WESTERN CWA BEFORE TRANSITION WEST AFTER 12Z AND LOW DGZ/EQ LEVELS WILL PROBABLY BE LOOKING AT AROUND AN INCH OR SO ACCUM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Someone is going to get buried if that mid-Lake Ontario snow band makes landfall. Intense. Totals over 3 feet already just south of the Tug. 25 inches 20 miles south of my location. 7.5 inches here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Totals over 3 feet already just south of the Tug. 25 inches 20 miles south of my location. 7.5 inches here. Wow! That band is settling right over the Lake ON Parkway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Came home to 1.5" of fluff. Just enough to almost cover all the grass tips, but not quite. The diversity in driveway maintenance methods was interesting. One neighbor with the broom, the other with the blower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stebo Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Snowing here and there isn't a thing on the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Snowing here and there isn't a thing on the radar. Snow growth under radar range ftw! Had a bit of that yesterday. With such cold temperatures its tough for the radar to grasp such small dendrites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Snowing here and there isn't a thing on the radar. Same here. Have a nice coating so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Same here. Have a nice coating so far. You can faintly see some finger bands on DTX radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Holy cow. Bennetts Bridge ftw. ...OSWEGO COUNTY... BENNETTS BRIDGE 32.0 700 AM 1/22 CO-OP OBSERVER PULASKI 19.0 900 AM 1/22 TRAINED SPOTTER Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Holy cow. Bennetts Bridge ftw. ...OSWEGO COUNTY... BENNETTS BRIDGE 32.0 700 AM 1/22 CO-OP OBSERVER PULASKI 19.0 900 AM 1/22 TRAINED SPOTTER That 19.0" is probably 28" now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 That 19.0" is probably 28" now O, no doubt. Can only imagine what Bennetts Bridge is at by now. That must be in a higher area of the county... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Not the current LES event for the Tug but check this video out pretty cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TugHillMatt Posted January 22, 2013 Share Posted January 22, 2013 Muskegon is only the halfway point for me. Next move: the Tug Hill or the U.P.! Geos,you should move to a snowbelt. I can tell LES interests you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not the current LES event for the Tug but check this video out pretty cool. Not quite as bad as the Blizzard of 1977 here in Buffalo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Not quite as bad as the Blizzard of 1977 here in Buffalo. I've heard Don Paul say that less than a foot of snow fell during the blizzard of '77. Most of the accumulation was blown in off the frozen waters of Lake Erie along the extreme SW winds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Muskegon is only the halfway point for me. Next move: the Tug Hill or the U.P.! Geos,you should move to a snowbelt. I can tell LES interests you. LES is an interesting thing! The thing of it is, can I find a job in a LES belt in my field. Another thing that interests me is orographic lift (mountain snow events). Not too much of that in the GL's. If I had to pick between a LES belt and a mountainous area that got a lot of snow, I'd take the latter. I'd take a LES belt over this area any day though. Haha, I like the music in that video above! Epic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I've heard Don Paul say that less than a foot of snow fell during the blizzard of '77. Most of the accumulation was blown in off the frozen waters of Lake Erie along the extreme SW winds. Yup a foot of snow with 3-4 feet of snow on the ground and on lake Erie. 4-5 feet of snow blowing around with 70-75 mph winds. Worst storm in Buffalo's history. It made the 82 inches of snow in 4 days back in 2001 seem like chump change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Buffalo is so awesome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 Buffalo is so awesome The most intense snowfall rates you can receive east of the Rockies is Buffalo NY and the Tug Hill. I don't think anywhere comes close. We were getting 4-6 inches per hour back in 2001. We received 39 inches in 24 hours in 1995. I was only 8 at the time, but remember it like it was yesterday. I was not alive for the 1977 snowstorm but my dad said he was able to walk off the 2nd floor of his house onto hard snow. Telephone polls were buried... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 The most intense snowfall rates you can receive east of the Rockies is Buffalo NY and the Tug Hill. I don't think anywhere comes close. We were getting 4-6 inches per hour back in 2001. We received 39 inches in 24 hours in 1995. I was only 8 at the time, but remember it like it was yesterday. I was not alive for the 1977 snowstorm but my dad said he was able to walk off the 2nd floor of his house onto hard snow. Telephone polls were buried... I understand the Tughil being susceptible to intense snowfall rates because of orographic considerations. But why do you consider Buffalo a favored location compared to other snowbelt locations, like Marquette or South Bend? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertSul Posted January 23, 2013 Share Posted January 23, 2013 I understand the Tughil being susceptible to intense snowfall rates because of orographic considerations. But why do you consider Buffalo a favored location compared to other snowbelt locations, like Marquette or South Bend? There's that, and I know at least a couple nor'easters have produced 4-6 inch per hour snowfall rates. I recall one time an 8-inch an hour snowfall rate hit Massachusetts in a storm that dropped 20+ inches of snow in isolated spots within 6 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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