First Alberta Clipper of the Season

[ccmtcanada]

I know lots of places have snow already....but that was from lake effect. The first winter system is coming through the area this afternoon/evening and overnight. Five to 10 cm of the white stuff on the roads by morning rush hour...wont be pretty! The first snowfall always paralyzes Toronto....going to need extra coffee for sure!!! The snow tires are being put on the car as we speak....got it in there just in time it seems.

 

Drive safe everyone...take your time getting to work.

 

 

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Check for updates here.....

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/warnings/sws_e.html

 

Special weather statement issued for..

City of Toronto

Windsor - Essex - Chatham-Kent

Sarnia - Lambton

Elgin

London - Middlesex

Simcoe - Delhi - Norfolk

Dunnville - Caledonia - Haldimand

Oxford - Brant

Niagara

City of Hamilton

Halton - Peel

York - Durham

Huron - Perth

Waterloo - Wellington

Dufferin - Innisfil

Grey - Bruce

Barrie - Orillia - Midland

Belleville - Quinte - Northumberland

Kingston - Prince Edward

Peterborough - Kawartha Lakes

Parry Sound - Muskoka.

 

..The first general snowfall of the season for southern Ontario..

 

An Alberta clipper over western Lake Superior this morning will make

a beeline towards the lower Great Lakes tonight. Snow is expected to

spread into southern Ontario during the day. It will reach the

Golden Horseshoe area by this evening.

 

Periods of snow should continue tonight before tapering to flurries

early Thursday. Snowfall accumulations of around 5 to 10 centimetres

are likely for many regions. The snowfall will tend to be rather wet

in the shoreline localities along lakes Erie and Ontario including

Toronto. This may limit accumulations somewhat in these communities.

 

Snowfall amounts over eastern sections such as Peterborough Trenton

and Kingston may be somewhat less as these areas will be near the

edge of the weather system.

 

In the longer term..A significant snow squall event is shaping up

For Thursday and especially Thursday night and Friday for areas to

the Lee of the Great Lakes. A snow squall warning will likely be

issued this afternoon for the affected areas.

 

Motorists should use extra caution later today and tonight due to

reduced visibilities and potentially accumulating snowfall making

roads somewhat hazardous. The Thursday morning commute may be longer

due to slippery conditions and some snow accumulation.

 

Listen for further statements. Additional information may also be

found by consulting the latest public forecast. The next public

forecast will be issued by 11 AM.

 

END/OSPC

[johnnyb]

Sweeeet!!! Snow tires have been on for 2 weeks now...already got to try them out in the white stuff up in Muskoka...I just don't want too much snow wrecking the perfect ice-forming conditions we've got going on! I know of a certain shallow weedy bay that freezes up quick....and this year I'm determined to pull a couple walleye out of it

[jwl]

thanks Cliff, get the snow flying, it's trout fishin time in the boat..gonna get me a nice one for my team this weekend for a derby I am helping run on Saturday

 

oh and by the way..drive safe yourself

[bigugli]

Let it snow , let it snow, let it snow

[Greencoachdog]

Yer late Cliff

 

http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25646

[ccmtcanada]

Yer late Cliff

 

http://www.ofncommunity.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=25646

 

Yep...I am late!! Didn't see that tidbit of info in that thread Glen...

 

At any rate, it still sucks....LOL.

[irishfield]

Since ya both posted it up I'll change your handles to Doom and Gloom !

[highdrifter]

The snow tires are being put on the car as we speak....got it in there just in time it seems.

 

 

I take it Bly's handy with a tire iron!!

 

Drive safely everyone..

 

HD

[Greencoachdog]

Since ya both posted it up I'll change your handles to Doom and Gloom !

 

Just call me Early, and Cliff...Warning!

 

Yall make preparations!

 

Lot'sa chili and hot chocolate now ya heah?

[irishfield]

[Governator]

This isn't a storm.. this is just flurries.

 

 

[irishfield]

Yah... tell that to my wife and F-in-law that just spent 9 hours getting back from Little Current !

[MCTFisher9120]

looking out the window it looks like we ended up getting just under a foot of snow.

[splashhopper]

let it snow lots..

 

that will keep a lot of guys away from the river !! yippeeee...

 

and hey, maybe I will even get "snowed in" for a few days up in Goderich and Bayfield.

[Dartee]

Not a snow flake here, just -8'C, sun is shining.

 

Happy shoveling..

[jwl]

it still gets me how everyone forgets how to drive in the snow, my wife and I have been playing on a rec pool league for years, we headed out last night to go play about 6:30, hardly no snow in FortErie,part way down the QEW Niagara bound, it starts up, roads partly covered and slick,..5 cars spun out in the ditch in about a 5-6km stretch and that's with less than an inch