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Kentucky? It would be brutal for them though but not many plants to cover that far north. Maybe the Deep South

I love these maps in the winter as it clearly shows the climate difference that the Great Lakes cause compared to other similar areas. In the Summer it sucks until about July as the warmth gets destroyed trying to get into the immediate Great Lakes region.

In case you guys ever want to see web cams of the highways in and around southern ontario. https://511on.ca/#:Alerts

Whats interesting regarding the general public is generally numerous 2-4" events plus some sustained cold/snow cover will make a lot assume it was a harsh winter. The average Joe commuting to work or walking his dog won't really notice the difference between a 3" snow that slowed down his commute substantially compared to a 4-6" event that would have done the same thing and left the ground looking just as white.

Ill take this because it looks like we enter a decent chilly period after this storm until early-mid next week. 2-4" up here on the mountain and staying on the ground will help push some of the negative winter vibes away haha. Also some of the hardest snow of the winter currently falling here.

Loved weather as a kid and even had someone get me a present of being on the weather network morning show in the mid 90s for my 7th birthday haha. I used to be the weather weenie who played in snow in the front yard but wanted it "untouched" in the backyard and would get upset when I saw siblings playing back there haha. Went to Laurier for Global studies and post-grad in International development and worked at an NGO in the Middle East and Red Cross back home in Canada but then decided to go into construction (project manager) So now I have two time consuming hobbies haha following weather (I enjoy winter the most but summer heatwaves and severe weather are a close 2nd) and keeping up to date with international relations/development. Knowing the weather and upcoming patterns also helps me plan my projects accordingly.

haha I know im starting to get the spring itch when my eyes drawn immediately to the upper 50s/60s trying to poke into southern Indiana

Environment Canadas forecast has tossed any snow for GTA. Im still thinking we might be able to squeeze a 1-2" snowfall and go into the cold week with at least something on the ground.

The GTA should take 2-4" and run with it. Would be biggest snowfall in nearly a month

I think we've drifted into banter. Just saying some people here think winter is supposed to be like the arctic and assume our summers are also like the Deep South lol.

Winter in the southern Great Lakes is also never supposed to be sustained cold and snow on the ground from November-March lol. Toronto-Detroit-Chicago are supposed to see numerous thaws with temperatures normally getting into the 50s almost every year in winter. I understand April will (normally) never be wall-wall 70s and sun but January is never (normally) supposed to be wall-wall 15F heavy snow and lows of 0F.

Mid March-Mid May around the Great Lakes might be the most depressing weather of the year. Any big time cold outbreak isn't winter legit its 42F with showers and wet snow flakes with higher terrain seeing 3-6". Its mud season and worst of all everyone just outside the immediate great lakes is enjoying 70s-80s like Missouri, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois (away from the lakes). While MN, NY, PA, MI get non stop back door cold fronts. Its part of our climo and im used to it but thats why I want an above average spring haha.

Ya, right now nothing will be blooming as even though it seems warmer its mostly the nighttime lows. Looking back at Toronto January so far and most days were in the mid 30s and lows in mid 20s. Im hoping we see 1-2 more legit snowstorms of at least 4-8 inches and some decent cold in the single digits and then crank the thermostat for March and April haha.

Wouldnt mind a warm spring for a change so hoping that happens. Could be a very early spring vegetation wise in the SE and up into the Great Lakes. Im also thinking that the Lakes have little chance of getting a good solid ice cover this year which should help out locally with early spring temperatures.

Lucky Toronto got a hot start from Mid November to just after Christmas. This winter won't go down in the history books for no snow, but some individual months like January might. All this hype about big time cold and big time storms......Keeps getting punted further and further.

Im doubtful Erie fully freezes this year. This should get some ice going though.

The cold air keeps getting pushed. Im intrigued by the lack of Great Lakes ice and I think this will be a year where Lake Erie barely freezes. Also starting to notice the later sunset here (33 minutes later now )

Ontario tried that in the Fall by saying testing is why we're finding new cases. A few weeks later when hospitals slowly started to see increase we barely did anything and said its mostly noise because of testing and that numbers have plateaued. Sitting here now 6 hours away from a Stay Home Mandate with no restaurants, gyms, malls, open. Curbside pick up for Home Depots, Lowes, Canadian Tire ect.. Kind of wish we were a bit stricter in the fall/December but ah well no going back now.

I hope not haha

Possibly for Lake Effect and areas further east, but the next 10+ days still look pretty boring in the GTHA down thru Michigan/Indiana

Im still not sold. A lot of the models keep pushing back the colder air. A lot of chatter was January 15th and now its 1-2 weeks past that date, with some even starting to punt to February. Ive had snow on the ground for the last 10 days and since I'm more of a snow cover guy this winter will continue to get decent grades from me.

Id rather not have a cool spring so a jump right into spring in march would be welcome.

haha thats very rare up here. you peeked my interest though so a quick search and I can see why you'd say that. Toronto average high early March is 33F low 24F End of March 44F low 32F Indy- Early March 46F low 30F End of March 58F low 40F Every single spring, those 70s-80s you guys get end up getting crushed crossing Lake Erie and Lake Ontario and translate to 30s/40s along the lake and 50/60s inland. Buffalo for example is significantly colder in the spring than Rochester. Im now 15 miles from both Lake Ontario and Lake Erie so my house will be 55F and sunny but if you drive to the shore its foggy and 35F. Its pretty cool to watch your truck thermometer just plummet

Im thinking most of January is a dud. Not saying something random couldn't come about, look at Texas-Alabama right now lol. But overall Im okay with it because if it means February can be rocking then we have a warm early spring hopefully. I love March with highs in the 40s/50s and sun with clear chilly nights in the low 20s.

Yep, Hamilton still has the tiger cats and Toronto the Argos. The CFL had to miss the entire season in 2020 and they hope to play in 2021. Im a Bills season ticket holder but I still do occasionally watch the CFL in the summer and almost always tune in for the Grey Cup. I know ESPN plays the Grey Cup but I was surprised when I was in Pennsylvania a few summers ago and saw ESPN playing a regular season CFL game haha. I watched it mostly because I was amazed they were showing it Edit* I hated the Toronto series the Bills did. I understand why they did it, but I hated it haha.