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Parts of Hamilton Ontario will end up with around 2 feet of snow from this system + lake effect. Toronto will/should end up with at least 4" possibly as a high as 6".

Its also still snowing here. I hope the band stays just far enough north for parts of toronto to get at least 6" from this storm. It will be close

I live on hamilton mountain and can confirm that there is a small area in Hamilton that received 40-50cm (16-19"). I sadly missed the main band by 8km. The met that reported it is also reputable and works at the weather network.

Yep, as much as it sucks missing out on the 12-20" totals across the border at least almost everyone in the GTA will have 2-6" (6-15" for the winter storm warning areas) to go with the cold. Bare ground and cold would have been awful.

I think the northern edge scrapes most of the GTA with better snow than the pixie dust earlier. I think this evening will bring an additional 2-4" which might bring some areas especially close to the lake to almost 6"

The Detroit AFD has also mentioned the system is slightly further north and west of guidance. Should be good for the Buffalo-Niagara crowd

Thats great news for the GTA. Toronto just needed a slight bump north and west to go from 2-5" into the 4-8" range.

Im thinking someone in SE MI and maybe even Metro Detroit gets 6-8" out of this storm. The updated AFD mentions that they've bumped snow totals up a bit and that the system is slightly further north and west of guidance.

waving the white flag. Winter 2018-2019 has not been kind and now after missing to the south this weekend followed by brutal cold it looks like rain next week. Bring on spring and the GTA can roll the dice again on maybe a decent winter next year.

Im waving the white flag on this winter. Miss to the south, rain next week. Biggest snow this year has been 3" and its almost February, bring on spring

go on... lol

Winter Storm watches up for portions of the GTA. Current forecast is 2-4" northern Suburbs, 4" Downtown, and where the winter storm watches are (west end of GTA to border) up to 10".

About 51" We have a climate similar to Detroit/Chicago. Most of our big storms are terrible for about 90% of this sub because they cant transfer to coast and generally have to pass right over Rochester.

Yep, though the northern suburbs probably wouldn't mind another bump north. As of right now the northern suburbs are looking at 2-4", Downtown Toronto and west to Hamilton 4-6" and Hamilton-Niagara 6-10"

Winter Storm watches up for portions of the GTA. Looking around 6-10" here which I will gladly take because this winter has been awful.

2010 F-250 Diesel, with all season tires. Last year I had a 2011 f-150 4x2 and it was a disaster in most snowfalls and it never left the GTA. The 250 this year was cruising around Muskoka in the New Years snowstorm no problem. The girlfriend drives a 2012 Hyundai accent hatchback.

Lets go Clemson. I hate saying that as a Michigan fan because I hate both those teams, but I hate Alabama a little bit more.

Buffalo regularly spells out the pattern they think might happen. They even mention "looking further down the road" which means they are looking well beyond day 7. Time will tell, but the pattern change and cold and snowy forecasters have gone all in on the 20th here and on social media. They havent left much room for wiggle if the pattern fails to materialize.

Only time will tell. Heres Buffalo AFD. Since they're talking about beyond January 15th time frame, it looks like they arent sold on the idea of a cold second half. Looking further down the road...while we will be experiencing below normal temperatures during this period...a large impressive storm system over the northern Pacific in the vcnty of the Emperor Seamounts will set the stage for a warm up. A strong East Asian jet supporting this storm system will extend across the Pacific by the end of this forecast period...and this should encourage Pacific modified air to flood the country during the ensuing week. The influx of the maritime airmass into the center of the country with a pattern that typically induces ridging east of the Rockies will favor a spell of warmer weather for our region for the week following the end of this specific forecast period. Stay tuned.

I can tell that the longer we go without a big storm or big cool down is slowly overwhelming those forecasting for cold. A few local weather individuals I follow on twitter have now stepped back from a prolonged cold and snowy 2nd half of January and February. The Buffalo NWS also says that beginning next week they expect a substantial warm up.

Ill take brutally cold weather and random 1-2 inch snowfalls from alberta clippers. I enjoy legit winter storms but at this point ill take highs between 10-15F and lows below 0F with consistent snow cover.

I agree, when the pattern change is within days and looks like it has legs ill start to buy in. Today was making me wish for spring though. Blue skies, temperatures in the mid 40s.

Ill take that because at the very least we will get some alberta clippers to drop an inch or two of snow every few days. Ill gladly take a few inches of snow and freezing temperatures instead of this pattern

Not that it should matter since its going to be in mid to upper 40s by the weekend, but I'm barely missing an overachiever. Up to 4" in some spots in the northern GTA. Since this is the banter thread, at what point will you throw in the towel on the season? For me I have the towel out, but Ill wait another few weeks. If the end of January and beginning of February show no promise Ill start waving it and cheering on an early spring

This winter is starting to really remind me of 2011-2012. I must say I enjoy watching those that predicted a frigid winter with snow get more and more upset. I respect those that have said they messed up and didn't foresee this happening. But those that have now dug in even deeper and seem to be lashing out by promising a massive back end of winter have put all the chips on the table and if wrong have a lot of apologizing to do. (Not because of wrong forecast, I understand its difficult to forecast. The arrogance though that anyone mentioning warmth doesn't know what he/she is talking about is annoying) Ive noticed the weather network up here is slowly changing the wording on what they anticipate. It is now a "more winter like pattern is expected for February, but we have lower than normal confidence"