Kitchener poster

0.75” fell yesterday. Very nice slow and steady. Took it all in. No runoff. 

According to Environment Canada, Kitchener hasn’t had measurable rain since May 4th. 
6.2 mm (0.24”) of rain for the month of May so far. 

It’s bone dry here. Visible symptoms of drought are just now being expressed as warmer temperatures moved into the area. 
 

I can’t remember the last 0.25” rain. 

Yuck. Take me back to April. Close to freezing each night for the foreseeable future. 

One of the worst weather predictions for today  from weather.com. The forecast was for persistent rain most of the day. 
 

No rain. And was sunshine throughout. I mean zero rain and hardly any clouds. Phenomenal day. 

The GFS says that parts of Ontario may hit 80 degrees next weekend. Too bad that part of Ontario is about 1000 miles away from me. 

Golf courses are closed in Ontario. That’s so god damn dumb. 
 

Courses have so many precautions in place. You don’t even need to touch the pin anymore. Outdoor pro shops. No practice greens. 
 

Im so disappointed. 

Gonna clip the tips on the lawn tomorrow. I get tired of looking at those freezer burn tips. 

Just saw some genuine snow flakes. My temp is 45 degrees. Feels much colder though. 

44 minutes ago, mississaugasnow said:

Im getting a bit concerned for Forest Fire season in Ontario. There is almost no snow cover in the province (the least since March 2012) Even if we go back into a colder wetter pattern there is no way to build up the snowpack back to winter levels. Normally it takes most of April for the snow cover to melt. 

Do you know of a good snow cover map for Ontario? I’ve been looking for a snow cover and current snow depth map. 
 

4 hours ago, Torchageddon said:

Best weekend weather-wise so far with 100% sun and 54F yesterday; already at that point late this morning. High of 61F which will be the second highest temp this year. The next 4 days with highs around 64F and mainly sunny (something we hold precious here near the lakes in early Spring) will probably be the best period since 9 years ago . Waterloo is nearly at 19C on Weds and Thurs so the first March 20C reading since 2012? I drew some weak comparison to March 2007 and reaching 20C around the same date would be an additional similarity.

Yeah. 61 degrees in Kitchener right now. Crystal clear skies. Can even see the moon during the day rather easily. 

I don’t remember having a day like this in March of 2020. 
 

Also there is a huge difference in temperature between my front yard and back yard. My backyard is still mostly in the shade until about Mid April and the ground is still frozen close to the house. The front yard is a torch. Some of my grass is starting to green up just a wee bit. 

Looks like the patented weekend cool down phenomenon is back again this spring. 

What a terrible start to March. Really cold. Our daytime highs seem to be at night. Just the timing. The outlook doesn’t look great. The days of above average temps are associated with rain, with backside cold and wind. 

First 50 burger of the year. 

1 hour ago, OrdIowPitMsp said:

You can really see areas up north are struggling this year in the snow department. 

Anyone know if there are any graphics like this for Canada? 

I actually enjoy shoveling as it’s a great core body workout. 

On 2/19/2021 at 8:11 PM, mississaugasnow said:

Just need to keep the snow cover for the 1st week of march which seems doable for most of Southern Ontario. 

In the subdivision capital of Canada (aka Kitchener) where your drive way is the same size as your front yard....very very doable. 

I put the KW snow total at just under 6 inches. I say about 95% of it fell at night in the dark. 

I live in a Subdivision where your next door neighbor’s house is 3 feet away. You can jump from roof top to roof top for as long as you can see. 
 

I don’t know where people are going to shovel their driveway snow. The mounds are already 5 feet high and we haven’t had a big snow in 50 days until now. 

4 minutes ago, homedis said:

Didn’t know we had middle schoolers on this forum.

I deleted my post. Had a few beers and made a poor attempt at humour. 

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Save some of this juicy precip for the guys further upstream! 

18 minutes ago, Ottawa Blizzard said:

Cautiously optimistic that this might be among the more interesting weeks of weather of the past decade for us here in Toronto, snow-wise.

I’ve been in the area since May 2018. Almost 3 years. Two boomer snow storms in a week would easily top it for me. 

5 minutes ago, blizzardof96 said:

My current thinking is a widespread 6-10” across most of S ON, including the Windsor-London-KW-GTA corridor. Local amounts up to 12”. Hamilton-Niagara area is 8-12” with local amounts up to 15” given lake enhancement and upslope flow. Wind gusts ~40-60km/hr will create blizzard like conditions tomorrow night. Peak snowfall rates >1”/hr likely for several hours tomorrow night.

Should be a nice storm. I thought this would completely miss us a few days ago. 
 

I think we will have the deepest snowpack of the season after this. Another possible shot towards the end of the week too. 

Southern Ontario getting laped in 2021. He’ll Louisiana is now catching up.