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haha I know your a winter lover and Im sorry you've missed out on this pattern. For me over here in the GTA I will take this 2-5" wet snow on Sunday night/monday morning and hope its one of the last ones of the season. I hate March/April 2-4" slop that melt by 2pm and makes everything wet and muddy (I know its going to happen even if I dont want it to haha)

Im thinking it looks likely someone in South Oakville-South Mississauga and maybe Long Branch could get 6-8" by the time this ends tomorrow morning. South Oakville-South Mississauga getting hit pretty good right now finally got some consistent light snow where I live. Ill take 1-3" tonight as a nice refresher.

You nailed it. Id give this winter an A. In my back yard 3 snowstorms over 6" with the biggest being 8" Mid November snowstorm that dropped 8" in Toronto and 4" here before turning to rain for a few hours. (so off to a quick start and helps get the winter/christmas spirit going) Thread the needle storm where I got 6.5" but Buffalo got mostly rain Christmas Eve snowstorm GTA wide that dropped 4-8" and a white christmas February 15-16th that dropped 5-9" across most of the GTA and Niagara And I'm on day 23 of snow cover and looks to be a lock to go an entire winter month with more than 1" on the ground. Should probably make it somewhat deep into March as im at 13" on the ground currently. I actually start grading winters worse for April snow haha. Its pointless slop that melts by 10am and just annoys nearly everyone aside from the hardcore weenies haha

whats your thoughts for the rest of the GTHA?

Where do I sign up. 6" of new snow to keep refreshing my 13" base heading into early March.

sorry I should have said enjoy from a weather standpoint. The first big storms of the upcoming winter start showing up on the models in October and March has some notoriously bad storms up here and severe in the south.

March and October are two crazy months that I enjoy. The averages drop so fast in October and rise fast in march. In a little over 1 month Torontos average high will already be mid-upper 40s, even just slightly below normal after March 10th doesnt help keep snowpack. Its 20F but the driveways are wet with no snow and there's dripping coming from the deck where the suns hitting it.

Canada has started a full country wide weather radar upgrade. The Exeter (London) radar was fully upgraded already. Kings radar upgrade was started March 2020 and expected to be completed June 2021 and Britt (Northern Muskoka like Hunstville, Parry Sound, Northern Georgian Bay) is expected to start spring 2021 and finish late fall 2021 https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/radar-overview/modernizing-network.html#wb-auto-4

Think WNY and GTA can at least squeeze a few inches of snow out of it? Some of the lake enhanced areas around western GTA look to get a bit of a boost.

Not the time just yet, as I will enjoy the deep winter landscape but March is quickly approaching. When do you guys expect the snow cover to melt away (not piles haha) Around here there's normally 1-2 days a spring where you get the perfect spring and winter day combined haha. 55F sunny skies hiking thru the forest with the t-shirt and snow boots because there's still 6"+ everywhere

Measured about 7" but its snowing at a decent clip again so might make a run at 8". This was the biggest storm of the year for my backyard. Overall depth is now around 12-13". Im holding onto hope that Thursday night brings a widespread 2-5" (hoping for 3-6") but that seems to be disappearing fast.

I wont ask for much from this storm. 3-6" across the GTA and Niagara and I can start to gear up for spring.

One more light snow storm tomorrow-friday and then next week a return to normal followed by an increasing warm mid march onward would be a dream scenario for me haha.

About to head out and shovel. My eyeball guess is about 6-7" fell. This event though should bring most of the GTA to 6-8" snow cover and Im holding out hope that Thursday night can at least bring another 2-4". edit: Plus if you like snow cover like me, that 1-2" base in the GTA and the 5" base at my house was turning into a glacier and is now covered.

This storm will most likely meet the 6" snowfall warning criteria for Toronto but looks to come up a bit short on the winter storm warning of 8-14". Assuming the back end of the storm doesn't absolutely go nuts when it gets here. Had (has?) the potential to be something great but even here in GTA/Niagara its falling short of expectations edit- snow has also stopped here

same over here in GTA/Niagara

ya, the upstate NY crew are saying the same thing.

Very late but my guess is Toronto YYZ registers 10.2" but someone in GTA will have over 12" Hamilton 14.3" while someone in the Winter Storm Warning goes over 16" I might be horribly off though haha

Snow has started here in Caledonia. Wiped the board clean but with the winds it will be a bit tough to get a proper measurement

crazy that the under could still also be 20cm tonight followed by 15cm Thursday night haha. Whats the snow depths like in the GTA? I asked my parents for the Mississauga measurement and they said maybe 1-2" I doubted that a bit but NOAA snow maps support that with trace to 2" for the southern GTA. Around my backyard I average around 5" depth here.

haha trying to bring some positivity. I still think far WNY has a good chance to go above double digits. But Ill admit the dry slot for far WNY and Niagara Region here is starting to creep into my mind. I got owned from GHD storm and that has left a pessimism scar haha

Ya, though I'm more concerned with the dry slot now and I live 50 miles west of Buffalo haha. I still think Buffalo 14.4" Niagara (northern) 17.8" Rochester 13.3" Hamilton-14.1" Toronto (YYZ) 10.2" my guess is Northern Niagara County and Northern Niagara Region in Ontario are the jackpot for this storm.

Yep, I'll be following the reports out of Indiana, Ohio and Michigan. They will give us some idea on what to expect here. Though unlikely, I might have to dive into the records to see if YYZ or YHM has ever had two snowstorms drop 30cm+ within days of each other? I think 99 might have but I forget how many days passed between storms.

Ya, Im almost right in the jackpot zone. The QPF maps keep the best just east of me. Since I've seen this play out before (worst hands down was GHD storm) I have tempered my expectations a bit for my backyard. 15cm and this storm gets a solid C+ because it would be within a few cms of the biggest storm of the year for me. 20cm B 25cm and above A+ Also tough to get really disappointed with 15-20cm (I dont see it being less for Hamilton-Haldimand-Niagara, do you guys?) with a winter storm watch most likely being issued 24 hours after this one ends.

lol is this a real comment or trolling. Im loving these photos and observations from Texas. 1" of snow is a lot for the southern parts. In this current thinking you might as well not get excited for many of your storms. Northern Michigan-Buffalo-Watertown and parts of Southern Ontario (Canada where I live) routinely see 6-12" snowstorms and daily life continues, parts of Northern Michigan and Muskoka dont get excited until you start talking 1-3 feet and they routinely have 3-4 feet on the ground from November-March. So in your theory they should be laughing at you for shutting down schools, making the nightly news, creating a 100 page thread for a 8-12" storm that will melt in 2-3 days.