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some of the models are starting to pick up on some legit wind gusts on the escarpment. 45-50mph with 8-14" should make for some pretty big drifts.

As a kid I would try to put all the snow in two piles. One at the top of the driveway and one at the bottom. I currently live in a townhouse now so instead I only go one direction and thats my tiny 30 foot by 5 foot piece of "front lawn". The wife thinks its funny that I do that and its noticeable to everyone in our neighbourhood haha. Everyone else has uneven snow piles but ours is already about 3 feet tall by 5 feet wide. Excited to see what happens with this storm haha.

One of the rare storms recently. Snowfall Warnings for 6-10" for most of Southern Ontario and a Winter Storm Warning for Niagara, Haldimand, Hamilton. Calling for 8-12" where I live in the warning with up to 40mph gusts. Now Im getting pretty pumped. Winter storm likely Monday into Tuesday giving 20 to 30 cm of snow. Two rounds of precipitation are expected with this storm. The first one is expected to begin early Monday morning with 5 to 10 cm likely by afternoon. The precipitation may diminish in intensity during the afternoon, but another round of even heavier snow is expected to move in Monday evening and persist until Tuesday morning. An additional 10 to 20 cm is likely. Northeast winds gusting to 60 km/h will result in very poor visibility in blowing snow. Even higher amounts may be possible in some locations due to extra moisture coming off Lake Ontario. Locally higher amounts may also occur on the higher elevations of the escarpment. Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve. Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow. Visibility may be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow.

St.Louis, Chicago, Indianapolis, Cincinnati, Columbus, Cleveland, Toledo, Detroit, Toronto all look to get 4"+ from this with some of those cities also looking at 8"+ Pretty weird thing to complain that its missing most of this board when its one of the most spread the wealth storms this winter. Probably should have started off with the fact that its missing your backyard so you don't care for it instead of trying to say its a nothing storm for the sub.

whats also crazy is that almost all of Louisiana and Mississippi under winter storm warnings as well. Add it all together with Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Louisiana, Mississippi and parts of Alabama this is a storm that will go down in the record books for them as I dont know the last time they've all been under warnings at the same time. Crazy thing is once this departs down there Monday evening, a lot of those same areas go right back to winter storm watch for Wednesday and Thursday

Environment Canada has issued a Winter Storm Watch for Niagara and Haldimand. 8-12" two day total with gusty winds. The immediate lakeshore of GTA south of 401 also now looks to be in a much better position for at least widespread 5-8"

Hmm, probably someone on a power trip. Ive heard teachers say much worse but thats also 15ish years ago now since I was in high school

hahaha it's how its spelt up here. Teusday, Colour, Favour ect.. Thankfully we can edit on this forum so I will be fixing that. Edit: Wow I need another coffee. For some reason I thought I did that mistake because I saw Toronto in the post.

Burlington-Grimsby did well yesterday and this morning. The band and Lake Enhancement tonight is supposed to allow Oakville-Toronto to get 3-6". Im expecting another 1-3" once the last batch of light snow moves in this evening.

whats everyones thoughts on the Canadian side haha. Ive been following this but didnt think it would be much more than 1-3" today, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday. Still down with that amount but you guys are making it sound like winter storm watches will be posted soon? some of those maps show the GTA getting some stupid amounts haha

I don't know, maybe KW. But GTA/Niagara keep seeing snow every other day and will most likely go 30 days with over 1" of snow on the ground. No big storms worthy of a winter storm warning but consistent cold and another 6-10" (from 3 storms) in the next week is a pretty good. If everything comes together YYZ and YHM should have over 12" on the ground. I might be a bit biased as this is my ideal winter weather (ideally we get a big dog but not its not a deal breaker). Cold, snowy February with consistent snow cover. Ideally we have snow on the ground until 1st week of March (seems likely) and then hopefully winters back is broken and by mid-late march we start getting 50s-60s and sun. Would love an early spring for once in the past 5-6 years

We are similar to Chicago-Milwaukee. Its normally mixed with system snow so in big storms its not unheard of for Hamilton-Toronto to get 12-20" while everyone else gets 4-8" I remember in high school I think 2004 I woke up to widespread 16-22" in southern Mississauga from Lake Effect. Though it is rare since I still vividly remember that storm haha

Yep, Burlington saw 16" today. Another widespread 4-8" so they that area should get close to 2 feet. Right now the tail end of the LES is hitting me in Caledonia Ontario. It was only supposed to be cloudy tonight but so far 2" of very fluffy snow. I think you guys in Northern Niagara are getting scrapped by it now as well? Looks like Youngstown, Wilson, Olcott? Do we have anyone up there?

Yep, I live about 5 miles south of YHM (Caledonia), and as you guys know every mile counts with LES. Im starting to get excited though that the western GTA is looking at 4-8"+ of snow Saturday.

haha you guys are a tough bunch to please.

I too like seeing 1/100000 risks. I don't walk near any river or lake since ive recently found out people have been known to slip and fall in. Theres no need to walk near a body of water when there is a perfectly good high school track to walk around. haha sorry I had too. Just dont take it if you dont want, but saying no reason for anyone under 65 is why I sent that sarcastic response.

I live along the Grand River in Haldimand and its weird to have to follow River flooding updates (originally from the city where this wasn't really a big issue) Bad flood last year from the early January rainstorm. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/grca-flood-warning-entire-grand-river-watershed-1.5424109

Maybe a bit early for this, but I'm wondering what type of flooding potential this pattern is causing. With snow cover building up fast across most of the midwest and Great Lakes and lakes and rivers freezing we could be looking at a potentially pretty severe flood threat. Im thinking because its already February 8th and the pattern sticks around for another 10 days minimum, even just average in 10ish days is starting to get into the 40s for the southern part of the sub. Anyone have any idea how far south lakes and rivers are frozen?

geography and inland. Thats why coastal NC all the way up to coastal Virginia has vegetation more similar to the south instead of Nashville. Even Washington and Philly have a much warmer climate overall compared to the lower mid west even though they are similar 40N.

First 0F or -18C of the season up on Hamilton mountain. Even Toronto is approaching its coldest night of the season so far with 8F or -13C at 10pm. Nothing like you guys out in the midwest but tonights cold is a bit better than what I expected.

Im at day 12 now with about 4" on the ground. Consistent winter weather across most of WNY and Southern Ontario. Even Most of the Midwest and Virginia-Maine with NYC-DC getting multiple snowstorms. Looks to be a lock for me to get to 20 days with consistent snow cover and even NYC will most likely go 14 days with snow on the ground. I know some of you will hate this but with the next 7-10 days looking at least seasonably chilly and 1-2" system snows every other day all I need is one more big storm 6"+ with winter storm watches/warnings. Come early-mid march I hope we flip the script and the SE ridge locks in and we get consistent above average temperatures. I love that first warm day of spring where it reaches 60-70F and sun.

Thats why I love cold Februarys and March. When the switch happens you go from highs of 15-20F to 45-50F it feels amazing. Instead of a semi warm February and March that go from 35-40F to 45-50F. Kind of feels like your stuck in no mans land.

I think it was you and I a little while back talking about March temperatures. Up here in the eastern Great Lakes our coldest is normally delayed because of the lakes. A cold airmass in December has to travel across Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron so it normally loses a bit of punch. By late January the Lakes are normally 32F or have significant ice cover thus allowing the air to stay "colder" Thats also why Niagara, Downtown Toronto, Downtown Buffalo have about the same growing season as Central Indiana even though we are much further north. In October the lakes are warm enough that Central Indiana gets a frost and its 32F but in Buffalo/Toronto its 35-40F and the growing season continues. Same in May as the lakes have normally warmed enough to protect the lakeshore from late season frosts.

Pretty cool to be seeing consistent Lake Effect light snow for most of the day so far up here in Northern Haldimand County. Theres a band just missing me to the north going thru Hamilton producing low visibility

Good luck to you guys in the western Sub. Looks like Toronto cashed all its chips in November and December and will get cold but not extreme and some snow but also not worthy of much discussion. I do enjoy snow cover and cold but I can already tell the itch for spring has started. I enjoyed watching 35F and sun melt the snow outside which is generally the first sign I'm getting over winter.