snowstormcanuck Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Is there a map for this event? EC doesn't do maps. It hurts their brains. I may draw one up after the final numbers come in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmc76 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 9" damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 9" damn! I'm freaking beaming right now. 4" with this storm would have been a massive success. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IWXwx Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Congrats to the GTA crew! I would tease you about the lowball predictions posted here, but I don't think that I could get under your skin with 15-25 cm snows throughout the area. A good bust. SSC, I would like to see a rough map if you get a chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RogueWaves Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Congrats on your "back door" blitz job! Nice to see somebody score in this otherwise lame pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 23 cm is probably accurate. Probably. 9" seems to be the common amount around here. What a great storm! Talk about sharing the wealth in southern Ontario and Quebec. It only goes to show that some of our best storms are east coast lows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 8.7" storm total here. What a surprise... will try to post some picks in bit!! Edit: 39.1cm season snow total here in North York. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyclone77 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Congrats guys. Always real nice to see an overperformer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michsnowfreak Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Congrats to the GTA crew! I would tease you about the lowball predictions posted here, but I don't I could get under your skin with 15-25 cm snows throughout the area. A good bust. SSC, I would like to see a rough map if you get a chance. I was going to do the same...lowballing or assuming a 10-1 ratio in a deform band is NEVER a good idea in my opinion, but to be fair to them, Toronto has busted many times (the bad kind) in recent years, so some pessimism may be granted this time . Not so sure about the next one though, may be time to give up the pessimistic ghost for SSC This storm was weird all around, but in a regular storm I usually look forward to the deform band more than the main storm. Feb 5, 2014 is an example. The storm itself sort of was lame (2"-3") then the deform gave a surprise 5-6" additional. The depth was 20" and I was in a dream world. One of my favorite days of last winter (of which there are many). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 12, 2014 Author Share Posted December 12, 2014 Our campus this evening, great sunset on some fresh snow (not my photo, but I happened to be in it while walking home from work). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Latest Weather summary from EC. YYZ recorded 17cm which is consistent with surrounding stations. Richmond Hill 22 (off duty meteorologist)Vaughan 20 (volunteer observer)Buttonville Airport 22Thornhill 17 (volunteer observer)Toronto York university 20 (volunteer observer)Toronto Etobicoke 20 (off duty meteorologist)Toronto Downsview 22 (Environment Canada)Toronto Pearson Airport 17Toronto riverdale 24 (off duty meteorologist)Toronto East York 20 (volunteer observer)Toronto (scarborough) 16Brampton 23 (off duty meteorologist) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Here's the map. I was going to add cities and counties but I've run out of time this Friday night. Anybody feel free to modify. Huge paucity of data points across the swath of SE Ontario between Peterborough and Kingston. I interpolated those 4-6" amounts but it may be off. Does sort of seem to fit the evolution of the storm. One maxima across far eastern Ontario with the pre-occlusion nor'easter, and then a second maxima from Georgian Bay through Toronto into the Niagara peninsula along the post-occlusion trowal/NNW flow LES enhancement zone. Very tight cutoff on the western flank of the defo zone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Here's the map. I was going to add cities and counties but I've run out of time this Friday night. Anybody feel free to modify. Huge paucity of data points across the swath of SE Ontario between Peterborough and Kingston. I interpolated those 4-6" amounts but it may be off. Does sort of seem to fit the evolution of the storm. One maxima across far eastern Ontario with the pre-occlusion nor'easter, and then a second maxima from Georgian Bay through Toronto into the Niagara peninsula along the post-occlusion trowal/NNW flow LES enhancement zone. Very tight cutoff on the western flank of the defo zone. Dec112014SOsnow.jpg Very nicely done. Your dedication is appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted December 12, 2014 Share Posted December 12, 2014 Looking further ahead the D8-D9 potential does look pretty interesting at this point. It is a bit of a thread the needle type setup with the prairies ridge, so the system will need to make its own cold air but the ensembles do support what the EC/GFS are showing, with a system cutting up towards the eastern lakes and then bowling due east or transferring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Great map SSC. Very well detailed. Much appreciated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Here's the map. I was going to add cities and counties but I've run out of time this Friday night. Anybody feel free to modify. Huge paucity of data points across the swath of SE Ontario between Peterborough and Kingston. I interpolated those 4-6" amounts but it may be off. Does sort of seem to fit the evolution of the storm. One maxima across far eastern Ontario with the pre-occlusion nor'easter, and then a second maxima from Georgian Bay through Toronto into the Niagara peninsula along the post-occlusion trowal/NNW flow LES enhancement zone. Very tight cutoff on the western flank of the defo zone. Dec112014SOsnow.jpg Added county names for reference. Awesome map, SSC! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Some official GTA snow totals from the Environment Canada climate data site for the Dec. 11th storm: Pearson Airport (YYZ): 17.4 cm Downtown Toronto (U of T): 22.0 cm East York: 20.4 cm North York (EC headquarters at Dufferin and Steeles): 22.5 cm Buttonville Airport data is not online yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Added county names for reference. Awesome map, SSC! snowmapdec11.jpg Nice! Thanks Mike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Some official GTA snow totals from the Environment Canada climate data site for the Dec. 11th storm: Pearson Airport (YYZ): 17.4 cm Downtown Toronto (U of T): 22.0 cm East York: 20.4 cm North York (EC headquarters at Dufferin and Steeles): 22.5 cm Buttonville Airport data is not online yet. Has the downtown data been updated quicker this winter thus far in comparison to the last couple? Or is there still 7-10+ day lags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted December 13, 2014 Share Posted December 13, 2014 Has the downtown data been updated quicker this winter thus far in comparison to the last couple? Or is there still 7-10+ day lags. Somewhat quicker this season, though there was a lag from Nov 19th to Dec 2nd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torchageddon Posted December 14, 2014 Share Posted December 14, 2014 I'm shocked that Toronto and other parts of eastern Ontario got that much snow, totally caught me off guard too. In southern Bruce and Grey counties, nothing except a trace and in elevated areas maybe some cms. This December for me has been incredibly boring and quiet, no snow on the ground pretty much for weeks. There was a major wintery week in November which is the only taste of anything good so far here. Beeton ON got 34 cm...imagine that? My interest in my foremost passion of weather is continuing to decline greatly due to 2014's dominate pattern which I can say is my kryptonite. I just feel weird when I'm not obsessed with it, like a part of me is gone or on hiatus which sucks. I tend to not be as happy either and boy was 2014 a slummer of a year. However I had a dream out of the blue a few days ago where it was Spring or early Summer and there were powerful thunderstorms looming. I've had this before, its warm and it has me in situations where I see many different views and areas in southern Ontario looking at the dark skies. Something of an all day event where there is a unknown aspect to what is about to come, but not boring. What excites me is a very specific circumstance or environment of severe weather and most of everything else doesn't "hit the spot" (what I'm feeling right now, not overall). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Any thoughts on the possible Christmas Eve storm? Latest trends don't look very good. Then again, it's often not advantageous to be in the sweet spot a week out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Getting some flakes to mix in this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 17, 2014 Author Share Posted December 17, 2014 Managed about an hour and a half of light-moderate snow. No accumulation though, just a light tree plastering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blizzardof96 Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Mood flakes flying here. Areas east of Yonge seem to be getting the brunt of it per KC radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Starting to get some light accums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Mood flakes flying here. Areas east of Yonge seem to be getting the brunt of it per KC radar. I cam confirm that. Encountered some big fat flakes when I was out driving recently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Pouring flakes. Pavement wet but grass is covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted December 18, 2014 Share Posted December 18, 2014 Pouring flakes. Pavement wet but grass is covered. got around around 2cm here. Doesn't sound like much but its a wonder what 2cm can do to a landscape, went from wet and dirty looking to a light covering of snow on all the trees/lawns/roofs. Looked like Oakville-Hamilton could have had a chance at a bit more judging from the radar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted December 18, 2014 Author Share Posted December 18, 2014 Picked up about a cm here. Certainly makes things feels much more wintry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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