snowstormcanuck Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 SN here now. Flakes are small but surprisingly wet! Roads and sidewalks downtown now covered with very slippery sleet, serving as a base for accumulations now, especially with the temperature dropping a bit. Toronto's actually lucking out a bit with an f-gen band on the far western periphery of the snowshield. Too bad temps aren't a touch colder. Otherwise this could have been a surprise 2-3". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Nice band setting up from Hamilton to Etobicoke! Good luck harrisale! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Toronto's actually lucking out a bit with an f-gen band on the far western periphery of the snowshield. Too bad temps aren't a touch colder. Otherwise this could have been a surprise 2-3". Definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Definitely. torontosnow112613.png Nice shot. Shows that pretty band and the temp problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Pretty impressive storm system for the east. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Nice band setting up from Hamilton to Etobicoke! Good luck harrisale! Getting some solid SN right now. About 1.5 cm down so far, not bad! Last bit of this band should bring us over an inch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geos Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I see winds are turning off shore for Toronto now. Hopefully downtown can get an inch as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Downtown still solid SN, 1cm on the grass. Not sticking at all to roads or sidewalks, though. Too wet. Temps are steady at about 34. If it were colder there would easily be a couple inches by now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 0C here, sticking on roads, most surfaces in fact. Still coming down lightly. HORRID picture off my phone cam, must have forgot to clean the lens. Oh well you get the idea: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Photo from Hamilton, ON. Looks like they picked up about a centimeter more than here. (not my photo cred: @southernon_wx) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Huge fat flakes downtown. Impressive snow rates with this thing but too mild to stick on the asphalt it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 4.2 inches as of 1 am here in the southern burbs of Buffalo. Definitely got quite a bit less than expected so far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 1.7" here in north york. Not bad at all for november. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Buttonville airport 1.5" YYZ 0.75" Highway 401 & Yonge street 3" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Looks very pretty outside! Very icy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Got about 2.8cm here in my area or 1.1". Not bad, I was near the edge. Just 10 minutes more East and it was around 2". Damn, getting to my campus today was a drag. Downtown is chaotic, and people were scrambling around the university -_-. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 My backyard this morning: Just over 1" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sub_Zero Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 26 cms so far east end of Ottawa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Got about 2.8cm here in my area or 1.1". Not bad, I was near the edge. Just 10 minutes more East and it was around 2". Damn, getting to my campus today was a drag. Downtown is chaotic, and people were scrambling around the university -_-. I measured 2"/5cm on my driveway. Really happy about that. Any snow in November - or before Christmas for that matter - is a bonus in Toronto! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Photo I took this morning Also, some impressive LES bands off Huron and Georgian bay at the moment... I hope we can cash down here from it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wishforsnow Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Took this out the south facing window at lunch time. /URL] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Photo I took this morning Also, some impressive LES bands off Huron and Georgian bay at the moment... I hope we can cash down here from it. Awesome picture man, looks amazing. Yeah its been snowing my area for the past 30 minutes. Didnt see nothing in downtown on my way back home from Uni though. Btw, you know what baffles me? How on earth did Vaughan (Buttonville) record 99.5cm in 2011-12, mind you, 42.7cm in February alone, whereas YYZ had 43cm for the entire season. :S I'm in Vaughan too and I personally recorded about 68cm. Just an interesting point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 I do recall the very few "snow" events in 2011-2012 were always on the cusp of rain/snow mix, so areas north like Buttonville tend to have all snow I suppose. It was seriously a god-awful season for snow. The most snow I had on the ground at any point the entire winter was 7cm which only lasted a few days at the end of December. It was my first winter here and I couldn't believe how mild it was Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 Oakville looks to be getting some LES returns! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I do recall the very few "snow" events in 2011-2012 were always on the cusp of rain/snow mix, so areas north like Buttonville tend to have all snow I suppose. It was seriously a god-awful season for snow. The most snow I had on the ground at any point the entire winter was 7cm which only lasted a few days at the end of December. It was my first winter here and I couldn't believe how mild it was I haven't cracked 6 inches since Nov 29th 2011. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted November 27, 2013 Author Share Posted November 27, 2013 I haven't cracked 6 inches since Nov 29th 2011. Oh boy. That is rough! I wasn't here before 2011-2012 but if I recall Toronto was "snowstorm free" between December 2008-February 2013, although I do think there was quite a bit of snow on the ground in the 2010-2011 season from small, consistent events and cold weather. February 2013 was really exciting here, but it didn't last very long on the ground. Nothing will beat December 2008 in Vancouver. Man that was amazing. We had 1 week with 3 snow storms each dumping 10", followed by over a week of temperatures more than 15F below normal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonger Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Oh boy. That is rough! I wasn't here before 2011-2012 but if I recall Toronto was "snowstorm free" between December 2008-February 2013, although I do think there was quite a bit of snow on the ground in the 2010-2011 season from small, consistent events and cold weather. February 2013 was really exciting here, but it didn't last very long on the ground. Nothing will beat December 2008 in Vancouver. Man that was amazing. We had 1 week with 3 snow storms each dumping 10", followed by over a week of temperatures more than 15F below normal 2008-2009 was an epic winter here too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 I do recall the very few "snow" events in 2011-2012 were always on the cusp of rain/snow mix, so areas north like Buttonville tend to have all snow I suppose. It was seriously a god-awful season for snow. The most snow I had on the ground at any point the entire winter was 7cm which only lasted a few days at the end of December. It was my first winter here and I couldn't believe how mild it was As far as I remember majority of storms had rain and mixing. There were some small snow events but they were all borderline from being rain. I just think EC overplays the snowfall amounts at Buttonville and underplays the amounts at YYZ, mostly because they use a Nipher Gauge at YYZ. Overall, that winter was way to awful man. It made 2009-10 look "good". And we actually had a decent storm in March 2011 that dumped about 4-6" and the Groundhog storm did manage to drop about 5-8" before the Dry slot screwed us over. That storm in February 13 was the biggest since the Feb/Mar. 08 storms. It dumped about 14-16" in my area Prior to that, Jan 09 was the last time we saw a storm that was decent (6-8"). Yeah, December 2008 was just a beautiful month from Coast to Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Oakville looks to be getting some LES returns! Can see the clouds to the east but clear sky above. Oakville is a lake effect snowhole. The Bruce Peninsula blocks us from picking up anything on NW flow. EDIT: Still hasn't made it over to me, hopefully just a few km's more west. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted November 27, 2013 Share Posted November 27, 2013 Got about just under an inch last night. Im currently under some light snow from the squall and its just enough to blow around. I am pretty pleased that I have snow on the ground and some snow in the air considering I am right along the lakeshore and its late November. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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