YHM Supercell Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Went back out again...amazing here. Can't remember seeing anything like this except for Feb 07. 25cm consistently in the streets. Drifts 3ft+ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mississaugasnow Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Getting close to calling it a night and seeing if things improve around 4am. Even if we maintain this 1 cm/hr type snow the rest of the way (which is very unlikely), should still yield totals north of 15cm. That dry slot worked its way to Sarnia. What are the chances it impacts us? Im also debating doing the same, wake up around 5-6am and hopefully catch the tail end of the heavy snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Yup. Well, it's still doable, although not probable. Only takes a couple of hours overnight of rippage to put it within reach. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 That dry slot worked its way to Sarnia. What are the chances it impacts us? Im also debating doing the same, wake up around 5-6am and hopefully catch the tail end of the heavy snow. No chance. Guaranteed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 On second thought, I'm going to wait it out another 1/2 hr...see if that fronto band does drift south. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Went back out again...amazing here. Can't remember seeing anything like this except for Feb 07. 25cm consistently in the streets. Drifts 3ft+ Some sweet pics on twitter in Hamilton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 On second thought, I'm going to wait it out another 1/2 hr...see if that fronto band does drift south. It's hard to look away. Too nice to see some severe weather in southern ontario finally. Been up since 6am might make a run for 24 hrs awake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 That deformation band has been parked over my area for the past 2 hours. Been getting nice rates out of it. +SN now in my area. Just ripping outside. I'd approximate 2.5-3.0cm/hr. Maybe more? Gonna sleep for a bit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHM Supercell Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Some more shots for now. Grain is due to very high iso shots hand held. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Looks great YHM! Legit visibility drop here the last 10 minutes. Moderate snow. Flake size increased too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Great pics Dave! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YHM Supercell Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Looks great YHM! Legit visibility drop here the last 10 minutes. Moderate snow. Flake size increased too. Great pics Dave! Thanks guys! Really surprised how well this is turning out locally (and even more on a synoptic scale for S ON). Definitely surpasses the "blizzard" of last March and Feb 8th 2013. Only other I can think that matches this is Feb 07. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 My temp is down to -14.6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Late expansion of the winter storm warning now includes northern GTA to Peterborough and Quinte Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Banding over southern York seems to have homogenized into a broader area of moderate snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Wind gusts now reaching 50kmh at YKF Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrisale Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Heading to bed soon, work in the morning. Must be pushing 12-14cm now. Had a nice little walk, landscape looks great. Enjoy everyone! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Finally some decent rates here. Visibility now down to 400 m with the increase in flake size. About 6.5 cm down here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Awesome Vine from the west end of Lake Ontario vine.co/v/Ot9winvVn1D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Heavier precip moving in now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Winds really starting to howl now; getting very low visibilities at times. Looks like multiple deformation bands trying to set up. Particularly one just off the lakeshore and one near the 401. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Just as things were starting to ramp up, we hit another lull. Now there's an area of 30 dbz returns moving overhead, and I'm still not managing anything other than garden variety -SN. I was optimistic earlier but attm I think it's safe to move away from expecting the higher end amounts from working out for Toronto. Looks like about 6 or 7". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
on_wx Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Moved to very light snow but flake size has increased. Radar suggests heavy snow tho its not actually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Really picked up for me here. Larger flakes and gustier winds over the past 15 minutes or so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Really picked up for me here. Larger flakes and gustier winds over the past 15 minutes or so. Yeah, there was a delay between the ground truth and the radar for w/e reason. Now back to moderate snow. Would at some point like these more impressive returns to start yielding +SN. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WestCoaster Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Yeah, there was a delay between the ground truth and the radar for w/e reason. Now back to moderate snow. Would at some point like these more impressive returns to start yielding +SN. Definitely not quite +SN. I notice this especially when the winds die down. The wind makes it seem heavier than it is. If this were the daytime this would cause absolute chaos on the roads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 I could throw a number out there but it would be absolute BS. No idea how much has fallen by eyeballing. Does not look terribly impressive though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted February 2, 2015 Share Posted February 2, 2015 Getting ready to go out and shovel. Total guesstimate is 30 cms+. I usually shovel out the back patio and deck for our dog to do her business, but it's crazy back there - the back of the house faces SW and took the snow and wind basically head-on. Not sure what I'll do because the drifts are at least 2 ft or more.... Hard to believe but a plow has done our cul-de-sac. The pile at the end of the driveway is huge - waist high. Figuring the driveway will take an hour at least to make a pathway out. Still snowing now but the end is near. Best synoptic snow in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 Going to go with an estimate of 5.5" here as of 5am. Cannot believe YYZ has yet to record an observation of visibilities below 1km. Have true dendrites falling now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowstormcanuck Posted February 2, 2015 Author Share Posted February 2, 2015 YYZ had 6.6mm of precip through 1am today. Juicier models were the way to go. Too bad we wasted all that on 10:1 pixie dust. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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