snowstormcanuck Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 1.6" here in the last hour. 2.6" total thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 What a beaut: http://www.wunderground.com/radar/radblast.asp?zoommode=pan&prevzoom=zoom&num=6&frame=0&delay=15&scale=0.240&noclutter=0&ID=BUF&type=N0R&showstorms=0&lat=0&lon=0&label=you&map.x=400&map.y=240&scale=0.240¢erx=579¢ery=565&showlabels=1&rainsnow=0&lightning=0&lerror=20&num_stns_min=2&num_stns_max=9999&avg_off=9999&smooth=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Better snowfall rates than you will see in almost any storm, albeit for a relatively brief time Just found out this whitout caused a 44 car pileup on I75 at eureka in Taylor. Second massive pileup in a month. No injuries or fatalities luckily Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Heavy snow currently falling in the downtown Toronto core. Main roads are starting to get snow covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Just found out this whitout caused a 44 car pileup on I75 at eureka in Taylor. Second massive pileup in a month. No injuries or fatalities luckily Beautiful pics. These pileups seem like they're occurring too often down your way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Brutal downtown Toronto suddenly. Winds really picking up, temps dropped a full degree in 15 minutes, +SN. 1.5" on the ground Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Brutal downtown Toronto suddenly. Winds really picking up, temps dropped a full degree in 15 minutes, +SN. 1.5" on the ground Seems like you guys are making up for lost time. Since that mega band moved through between 5:45 and 6:45, the snow's been much lighter here. Probably at or a touch above 3" now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 About 11.8cm from this event, and still snowing lightly but i dont expect anything more than maybe 0.5cm. May finish up with 12cm on the dot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 +SN again. Another spoke rotating around the snowicane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Beautiful pics. These pileups seem like they're occurring too often down your way. 2nd one this winter. The problem is the general public hears a forecast of "occasional snow showers" they don't know that a wall of white is about to hit with zero warning. Far far more dangerous than your typical warning criteria snowstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Moderate snow continues to fall although the overall health of the mesolow has been declining per the latest BUF and KC loop. Has been snowing at a rate of about 3/4" per hour for the last two hours. 4.2" storm total thus far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Moderate snow continues to fall although the overall health of the mesolow has been declining per the latest BUF and KC loop. Has been snowing at a rate of about 3/4" per hour for the last two hours. 4.2" storm total thus far. SNOW! Seriously, you need to move to Barrie, London, Stratford, or even KW or Guelph. You neeeed these les events bad. These 1-4", sometimes 6"+ lake effect events(in KW at least) really help our snowpack and make solid winter. You belong in the snow belt. Especially the les outbreak prone areas. This could be just another Tuesday for you... lol. If it were not for the LES, we'd probably be at 25-30" or less right now. A multiple time weekly dosage of even 1-2" here really piles up our totals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 In downtown Detroit at casino. There is easily 4" today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 SNOW! Seriously, you need to move to Barrie, London, Stratford, or even KW or Guelph. You neeeed these les events bad. These 1-4", sometimes 6"+ lake effect events(in KW at least) really help our snowpack and make solid winter. You belong in the snow belt. Especially the les outbreak prone areas. This could be just another Tuesday for you... lol. If it were not for the LES, we'd probably be at 25-30" or less right now. A multiple time weekly dosage of even 1-2" here really piles up our totals. Yeah, that's the long term plan. Although absence makes the heart grow fonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Because of the absolute lack of wind, this fluff snow has accumulated on the fences and vegetation much like a wet snow would. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 SNOW! Seriously, you need to move to Barrie, London, Stratford, or even KW or Guelph. You neeeed these les events bad. These 1-4", sometimes 6"+ lake effect events(in KW at least) really help our snowpack and make solid winter. You belong in the snow belt. Especially the les outbreak prone areas. This could be just another Tuesday for you... lol. If it were not for the LES, we'd probably be at 25-30" or less right now. A multiple time weekly dosage of even 1-2" here really piles up our totals. Yeah, we get 1-2 Lake effect events per week on average all winter. Albeit most are small-medium events 1-3, 2-4 but the continuous snowfall makes our yearly snowfall 110-120 inches per year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trent Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Great rates right now: KCLE 170251Z COR 32008KT 1/2SM SN FZFG VV005 M06/M07 A3001 RMK AO2 SLP172 SNINCR 2/4 P0006 60009 T10611072 55000 $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 SNOW! Seriously, you need to move to Barrie, London, Stratford, or even KW or Guelph. You neeeed these les events bad. These 1-4", sometimes 6"+ lake effect events(in KW at least) really help our snowpack and make solid winter. You belong in the snow belt. Especially the les outbreak prone areas. This could be just another Tuesday for you... lol. If it were not for the LES, we'd probably be at 25-30" or less right now. A multiple time weekly dosage of even 1-2" here really piles up our totals. Honestly, these lake effect events as well as our 14" storm have gone some way towards redeeming this winter for Toronto. February has been a solid month thus far. Second half of January was good too, particularly the 31st. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 In downtown Detroit at casino. There is easily 4" today. I think downtown may have been hardest hit area. It REALLY varied from place to place. I was everywhere from Romulus to Detroit yesterday and saw as little as barely an inch to as much as 3". I cant even say mile to mile, it seemed to vary block to block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Love fluff snow. It's the prettiest when falling and it's such an efficient accumulator, but man does it lack staying power. Even though it's only 11F, with full sunshine that 4.3" the fell yesterday has shrunk to about 2" on all dark surfaces. Only compacted to about 3" on the existing snow pack, but still, if you want your snow cover reenforced, cement snow is the better bet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hm8 Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Was yesterday really LE for anywhere in SEMI outside the thumb? Certainly didn't look like LE on radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 17, 2013 Share Posted February 17, 2013 Yeah, that's the long term plan. Although absence makes the heart grow fonder. It's easy to picture you buying a winter vacation home in Huron County or Bruce County. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 The numbers are in from Environment Canada for Saturday's surprise Lake Ontario thermal low snowstorm over the GTA. Pearson Airport/YYZ: 5.1" (13.0 cm) on 0.28" liquid Downtown Toronto: 2.4" (6.0 cm) East York: 2.7" (6.8 cm) North York: 2.8" (7.0 cm) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 The numbers are in from Environment Canada for Saturday's surprise Lake Ontario thermal low snowstorm over the GTA. Pearson Airport/YYZ: 5.1" (13.0 cm) on 0.28" liquid Downtown Toronto: 2.4" (6.0 cm) East York: 2.7" (6.8 cm) North York: 2.8" (7.0 cm) lol, luckily there was very little wind otherwise no way nipher-boy Pearson would have had double everyone else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 lol, luckily there was very little wind otherwise no way nipher-boy Pearson would have had double everyone else. Yeah, wind is the biggest factor in determining Pearson's snowfall accuracy, or lack thereof. Pearson also tends to measure high on events with snow fallling and melting on contact. Since Pearson is considered to be Toronto's official weather station by the media and general public, I added their seasonal snowfall to my sig. It will be interesting to see if YYZ can close the gap with downtown Toronto by the end of this winter season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Yeah, wind is the biggest factor in determining Pearson's snowfall accuracy, or lack thereof. Pearson also tends to measure high on events with snow fallling and melting on contact. Since Pearson is considered to be Toronto's official weather station by the media and general public, I added their seasonal snowfall to my sig. It will be interesting to see if YYZ can close the gap with downtown Toronto by the end of this winter season. 0.2% chance. And I'm being generous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 0.2% chance. And I'm being generous. I agree. Very little chance. Hopefully the gap between the two stations will be respectable in the end (around 15-20 cm/6-8"). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 I agree. Very little chance. Hopefully the gap between the two stations will be respectable in the end (around 15-20 cm/6-8"). Official or not, now that I know why Pearson lowballs, I've basically discounted them. They can record a trace from here on out as far I care. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 Official or not, now that I know why Pearson lowballs, I've basically discounted them. They can record a trace from here on out as far I care. YKF is spot on -- but it's a bit puzzling how they only recorded 19.8cm on the 8th with other spotters and/or other observation methods reporting 28cm-40cm... which is a maximum difference of 20.2cm within 10 km. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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