Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 SN with 600m visibility at YHM. -SN at YKF. Perhaps the temperature will temporarily drop when the precipitation starts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 What a hockey game. What a come back. GO CANADA! Sorry OT I turned to it when Canada was down 0-2 and it was in the 3rd, thought that's it and couldn't believe when I heard they won!! Incredible come-back!! In on topic good news, I'm getting moderate snow right now and getting heavier every 10 minutes . Its around 3ºC and very little melting is occurring thankfully. Its suppose to be raining so this is making me happy . Hoping for more good luck (thundersnow? that would be insane). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Perhaps the temperature will temporarily drop when the precipitation starts. This being said, the winds are out of the NE in Hamilton while in Toronto they are out of the SE, hence the milder temperatures. Honestly, SW Ontario has been consistently colder than Toronto this month. Must be the frozen lakes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 -RA at YYZ but temps also cooled off by 0.3 of a degree. SN or +SN per MTO cams in Oakville and west Mississauga. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Borderline +SN here now. Lightning detected east of Hamilton. Time to leave work haha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Smith Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 This will become very thundery overnight, expect some embedded hail -- the strong winds may not mix down very effectively but aloft things will get extremely volatile over southwestern ON tonight -- temps will peak around +7 C after midnight once the warm sector gets better established, +12 in Windsor and Niagara. Flooding effects will not become an issue until Friday morning. Would expect max gusts to about 80 km/hr in Toronto but closer to 100 km/hr in Lake Huron counties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontonian Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Up to 0.0c - right on the freezing mark - at my place. Have to wonder if the temperature will drop back down slightly once an east wind kicks in. It's apparently -13c up in Barrie right now, under a NE wind. No. East wind is not going to cool temps. Interesting how the lake temperature did have cooling effect with ENE wind here downtown T.O. My thermometer never went over 0.9 yet today by Queens Park. Didn't lose too much snow cover and still ice bits nearby. Hoping for some wintry precip. soon. Still feels like winter-like conditions out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 No thunder here yet but the heavy snow is. Hoping the thunder and lighting makes its way along the QE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 -SN downtown now. Large wet flakes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Temperature is down to 0.1c at my place. No precip yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Make that SN downtown. Temps stayed above freeZing all day today, easy wind did not cool us below freezing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 East* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 An inch of snow last 1.5 hr had +SN for about 25 min huge flakes over to ice pellets now. Been walking for a while haven't heard thunder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontonian Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 -SN here around Queens Park. Slightly coating some surfaces. Another winter event i guess..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 -SN here around Queens Park. Slightly coating some surfaces. Another winter event i guess..... yep. Though this will be mostly a rain event, everyone will remember this as another winter event/storm since the implications of this heavy snow on the commute home will enhance everyones memory of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted February 20, 2014 Author Share Posted February 20, 2014 Still no precipitation here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Fat flakes coming down at a decent rate, this is great! You can tell the flakes are moisture latent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Just went for a drive in it. Roads started out wet but are quickly becoming coated. Moderate snow right now. I'd say over 1cm has fallen on the cold snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontonian Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 SN here now. Strange how locations like downtown T.O , Hamilton, etc...stayed below a degree celsius while Peterborough and other locations to north and west of lake influence have higher temperature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Hit a high of 2.4 today at my place downtown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 +SN kept up for 30 minutes or so here; just ended. SN currently, should last 20 more minutes or so. Amount of flakes coming down was amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Heavy heavy snow here. Visibility low and snow accumulating now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Fat flakes coming down at a decent rate, this is great! You can tell the flakes are moisture latent I'm getting the same right now, flake size really increased in the last 20 minutes. Starting to get into the "awesome" range. Then at 4:40 pm, it got to +SN and I went out there and the flakes were the largest of this winter; most were around 0.8 inches and one flake was 1.5 inches long! Pretty rare to get this level of heavy snow with the large flake size. Very spectacular looking and the type you wish would last days. Already building on all surfaces. ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 1.5 cm on the ground right now in downtown, believe it or not. Very surprised. +SN and fat, fat flakes. I haven't seen it snow like this all winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Easily the biggest flakes I've seen since 2011. Closing in on an inch on elevated sfcs/snowpack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Too bad the returns are starting to fall apart to the west. Thermals would have been supportive of SN for a couple more hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 2.6cm here in my area. Heaviest snow I've seen since the early February storm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Ive got to give props to SSC for the wet snow call. This is the definition of riding the 0c 925mb isotherm. Closing in on 2" here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torontonian Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 +SN now at moment. Temperature still steady at 0.8 like all day at my Queens Park location. Thought it would start as ice pellets then rain. This snow and lake influenced temps. from Island Airport to Hamilton was maybe a 'gut feeling' by OB Edit: Temperature fell now 0 degrees here at Queens Park IMBY. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 Ive got to give props to SSC for the wet snow call. This is the definition of riding the 0c 925mb isotherm. Closing in on 2" here. Thanks. Wasn't the boldest call ever. I saw what was going on over southern lower MI this morning and I put to 2 and 2 together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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