Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, London snowsquall said: Congrats to the Toronto folks. Most snow storm forecasts for T.O. fail, so nice to see this deliver for you guys. Must be chaos there now. I can only imagine the 400 series highways right now. I checked the traffic cams and the highway was abandoned about 30 minutes ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawa Blizzard Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, Snowstorms said: Yeah no storm from 2007-08 was like this. But it's a hard bet with Feb 2013. 8 straight hours of heavy snow at YYZ with that storm. The totals will be much higher with this storm, I think. The only other times I experienced snow like this was when I lived in Ottawa: December 16, 2007 and March 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vortmax Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: I checked the traffic cams and the highway was abandoned about 30 minutes ago. Good, stay home, be safe, and enjoy! The YYZ guys deserve it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, London snowsquall said: Congrats to the Toronto folks. Most snow storm forecasts for T.O. fail, so nice to see this deliver for you guys. Must be chaos there now. I can only imagine the 400 series highways right now. I think even London is scoring with this storm, no? Yeah my friend had to go into the office today to pick up some paper work. Normally takes him 15-20 minutes via 427 but he's still not there and it's been an hour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 14" here and still snowing, what a storm. We had 2-3 hours of very heavy sleet too...Just incredible 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Crushing outside. Strong winds too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 7 minutes ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: It's the storm of the 21st century thus far Toronto. Unreal out there. Bliss it is to be alive at this time, to experience this. That’s the spirit! Get it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, BuffaloWeather said: 14" here and still snowing, what a storm. We had 2-3 hours of very heavy sleet too...Just incredible Kinda rare buffalo gets these synoptic systems like this. Congrats 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 35 minutes ago, DeltaT13 said: Well I’m back out and the number of damaged mailboxes is comical! What fell last night is extremely dense. Haha straight postal carnage. This pack is so dense I'm worried my snowblower will even go through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Good Morning, waking up to what looks like (eyeballing it) 3-4 inches of snow/sleet mix on the pavement in Altmar. Sitting in the dry slot now. Congrats western NY on the big numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Near whiteout here in gananda. How bout you Dave delta? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, BuffaloWeather said: This pack is so dense I'm worried my snowblower will even go through it. Yeah man. This stuff is like snowblowing sand. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buffalo Bumble Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, OSUmetstud said: Highest report I can find so far is 17.3" in Kenmore 0.3 ESE Cocorahs. I’m a bit above that now, 18” 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 My RING from Irondequoit looks like they did well. That bottom rung usually only gets covered with 10” or so. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 16 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: Which explains why EC issued a blizzard warning. A near perfect set up and purely synoptic. Another 6-8" is definitely possible. Did the Toronto station (the one that went back to the 1800s) stopped reporting? Manual snowfall measurements at the downtown TO station at the University of Toronto stopped after the 2016-17 winter season. The automated station at the same location is still there and it takes temperature, precipitation and snow depth readings. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 17, 2022 Author Share Posted January 17, 2022 15 minutes ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: It's the storm of the 21st century thus far Toronto. Unreal out there. Bliss it is to be alive at this time, to experience this. Definitely went further NW than any model had besides maybe the NAM? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Toronto4 said: Manual snowfall measurements at the downtown TO station at the University of Toronto stopped after the 2016-17 winter season. The automated station at the same location is still there and it takes temperature, precipitation and snow depth readings. Oh okay thank you for clarifying. Is there a reason why manual measurements stopped? Budget constraints? Would've been cool if they continued especially for a storm like today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Toronto is now under a blizzard warning! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Looking at airport cam and can barely see the airport. Lol gotta be .25 mile vis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CNY_WX Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 12 minutes ago, Ottawa Blizzard said: I checked the traffic cams and the highway was abandoned about 30 minutes ago. Are people staying home today? There’s a show on The Weather Channel here called Heavy Rescue 401 that basically follows heavy wreckers as they clear accidents on the 401 in Ontario. They state that the 401 in Toronto is the busiest highway in North America. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2.5"/0.64 liquid. 3.9:1 ratio. Yay! Dryslotting now here near the SizzleCuse. Sad to snowblower this but it's obviously real i-95 gruel. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rochesterdave Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, BuffaloWeather said: Definitely went further NW than any model had besides maybe the NAM? You said that too. I remember. It annoyed me. Lol. But you were right. The big ones usually do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Just now, rochesterdave said: Toronto is now under a blizzard warning! As the low pulls away I expect near blizzard on shoreline counties. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
London snowsquall Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 4 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: I think even London is scoring with this storm, no? Yeah my friend had to go into the office today to pick up some paper work. Normally takes him 15-20 minutes via 427 but he's still not there and it's been an hour. It snowed for a couple hours last night and then basically nothing for the night. It started up again around 6 this morning and has been going since then. We maybe have 5-10cms for the storm so far, so not a total fail. We are basically a synoptic wasteland here, so reading the comments from the Rochester/Syracuse folks it's easy to relate. The comments on here are great! I used to follow the Lakes subforum, but it's been highjacked by the Chicago weenies, so I think I'll spend a lot more time here. At least we can share LES futility sagas. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowstorms Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 minute ago, CNY_WX said: Are people staying home today? There’s a show on The Weather Channel here called Heavy Rescue 401 that basically follows heavy wreckers as they clear accidents on the 401 in Ontario. They state that the 401 in Toronto is the busiest highway in North America. Most people have been working from home since March 2020, including me. Schools are all closed today. They say it's the busiest highway in the world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeltaT13 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 14 minutes ago, tim123 said: Near whiteout here in gananda. How bout you Dave delta? Quarter miles vis with heavy snow. I’m on north side of the city. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim123 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I was right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toronto4 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 2 minutes ago, Snowstorms said: Oh okay thank you for clarifying. Is there a reason why manual measurements stopped? Budget constraints? Would've been cool if they continued especially for a storm like today. Budget constraints at Environment Canada. A number of other stations have stopped manual readings over the last few years, including the Environment Canada headquarters at Dufferin St. and Steeles Ave. in North York (north Toronto). Nav Canada operates the first order stations (eg YYZ/Pearson Airport) and EC relies on the volunteer observation network for measurements/readings. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrmax Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 1 hour ago, Revracer800 said: Not even a inch here in Hannibal, all i heard all night was ping, ping, ping on the windows and still hearing it. Forecast was way off for my area lol. Yeah, the upgrade to WSW didn't work out here but whatevs. Tough to do a beach forecast for SYR area when everywhere else gets pounded. Hell Albany doubled us LOL. Golfing this evening. Indoors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ericjcrash Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Absolutely puking snow right now, last band is the best band. Easily 2"hr rates too bad it looks to be short lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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