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Re: [Weather] Special weather statements ON, NB, NS, NL

Some updated totals.
quote:
AWCN11 CWTO 090109
Updated weather summary for all of Southern Ontario and the
National Capital Region issued by Environment Canada
At 8:09 PM EST Friday 8 February 2013.

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==weather event discussion==

A major winter storm continues to impact portions of Southern
Ontario. General snowfall amounts of 20 to 30 cm have been
Reported so far with heavy snow continuing to fall over some areas.
The snow accumulated rapidly and was blown around by gusty winds
From the northeast. This led to hazardous driving conditions across
much of Southern Ontario as well as multiple closures and flight
cancellations. Below are snow amounts reported as of 7:00 PM.

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Location snow amount (cm)
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Mount Brydges 23*
Goderich 14
Kitchener 27
Cambridge 24
Waterloo - north 40*
Fergus 33*
Delhi 27
Welland 22
Grimsby mountain 27
St Catharines 30*
St Catharines - south 37
Dundas 35*
Hamilton - west mtn 32
Hamilton arpt 15
Brampton 25
Toronto - Pearson 26
Toronto - downtown 25
Toronto - Downsview 30
Markham 27*
Woodbridge 30*
Buttonville 35
Thornhill 34*
Richmond Hill 29
Aurora 40*
Newmarket 25
Sharon 28*
Caledon 25*
Orilla 39
Coldwater 32
Wiarton 27
Trenton 30
Brighton 25*
Pickering 30*
Bowmanville 26*
Peterborough 33*
Perth 25
Ottawa - airport 17
Gatineau 18

* volunteer observations

This weather summary contains preliminary information and may not
constitute an official or final report.

END/OSPC
(nice of them to correct the spelling of St. Catharines)

elwoodblues
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Pushing a foot of Snow in Toronto... that's a fair bit.
Plow came through took me an hour to clear the mess it left behind.

loosedobbs
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said by elwoodblues:

Pushing a foot of Snow in Toronto... that's a fair bit.
Plow came through took me an hour to clear the mess it left behind.

How much was in 1999? 40-45 cm at least? It was not like that but almost same. 401 and ramps were screwed up the same way.

HiVolt
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Toronto, ON

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Well this was a pretty big storm, biggest single event probably going back to the 2008 winter which was pretty bad.

Was fun!

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It was 40cm, but over the course of two days instead of 16 hours like this storm was. Problem with 1999 was that after a brief reprieve it continued to snow for a week and a half after and Toronto ended up with 117cm when all was said and done. The army didn't get called in after a meter of snow had fallen.

HiVolt
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Where do you get these snow totals? Damn EC site is so stupid.
mr weather
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Mississauga, ON

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What or where is "St. Catharines - south"? Thorold? I was in the area last Saturday when that squall band inched its way up from Lake Erie. On returning home, as soon as I exited the 406 to the QEW the sun was shining.

Snow stopped around here about an hour ago. Wind is still blowing it around a bit. Our street has been plowed thrice but only on the side of the road opposite me. WTF?

Had to dig out the side of the house as a snow drift had formed just below the air intake for the furnace (which is 3' off the ground). Glad I shoveled it out when I did.

Also had to take a broom to the Shaw Direct dish as it was partially buried.

Anav
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Dartmouth, NS

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Air intake for air exchangers is also germane. The exhaust vent is warmish air so never a problem.

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said by mr weather:

What or where is "St. Catharines - south"? Thorold? I was in the area last Saturday when that squall band inched its way up from Lake Erie. On returning home, as soon as I exited the 406 to the QEW the sun was shining.

It's either going to be St. Catharines just on top of the escarpment before you enter Thorold (like Barbican Heights or where Brock is), or the south-end lower part of the city like Merritton or Marsdale. My guess is that it's either Brock or the Power Glen Generating Station, as there's official EC observation stations at both locations and the 37cm measurement is official. The south-end always gets more snow than the north due to the dynamic that the escarpment causes. Sometimes the difference can be as big as 45cm in the south-end and only 20cm in the north. That has happened on more occasions than I can count, particularly when there's a band that comes in off Lake Ontario.

That squall band from last Saturday coming in off Lake Erie was impressive. It dumped nearly a foot of snow on Fort Erie in the short period it was over the town from about 5AM until 11. I was monitoring it on my phone in Newark and was expecting our flight to be delayed but it wasn't. We landed in Buffalo *just* as the squall band had moved northward (in fact, flying in I could see the white wall of the squall over the north-end of the town) and watching the snow removal and deicing crews right on the tarmac at the airport was outright impressive. Those guys know how to move and remove snow!