Snowstorms

Yeah some parts of the city got 24-28". A historic lake effect snow event. It is now the snowiest January on record at YYZ.

Impressive sleet/snow pack. The layer of ice ontop certainly doesn't help. Hoping it will melt more rapidly tomorrow but the nights look to remain below freezing all week with forecasted lows around 20 tonight.

If i recall, that happened in 2011-12 and 2012-13 to some degree. How many -NAO Nina Marches have we've experienced and what was the resulting 500mb pattern?

At least it looks like winter out here in TX after the 3" sleet storm. But were practically shutdown. It was 5 last night and 12 tonight. I agree and its been a while since we've seen two back to back cold winters in the east. That's great. You're performing better than the last couple of seasons so far. Hopefully February and March deliver. How much for December and January, respectively?

Down to 12 here in Haslet. Everything is rock solid ice out there.

Hahaha you're right. We did feel hopeless. Winters like 2013-14 and 2014-15 weren't really impressive for us and we missed out on all the big events those 2 seasons and 2009-10 where everything was suppressed. And 2010-11 where we got screwed during the GHD blizzard. But those winters were amazing for you especially 2013-14. Now we finally got a few good winters over the last couple of years. 21-22 and this year are the two standout seasons for us. And months like Feb 2025, Mar 2023, and Jan 2019. Nonetheless, this weekend's storm was impressive and impacted the entire south central-eastern part of the country. I got like 4" of sleet down here in Dallas and tonights lows are dipping down to 7 here. Today's event was historic, no doubt, but it was highly localized to Toronto and mostly lake effect. YYZ recorded 18" and will finish January with 35". In my opinion though, January 2022 takes the cake where it was a widespread, purely synoptic 16-24" storm from Buffalo to Toronto. Here's me hoping we can go back to the old days where we'd see a classic Chicago-Detroit-Toronto winter storm.

Some parts of the city recorded close to 30" today. This was a perfect set up. Extremely rare to get such a potent and persistent lake effect band. YYZ recorded 17" making it the largest single day snowfall on record. January will finish as the snowiest January on record, beating the old record from 1999 and 1966.

Agreed. YYZ needs a major reform but seems highly unlikely. But for once, YYZ is somewhat keeping up. 7 hours of straight +SN and at 36cm (14.1") so far. January 2026 will finish as YYZ's snowiest January on record.

This will end up as an historic storm for parts of Toronto. Parts of east Toronto where the lake effect snow band has been stationed since the morning could finish with amounts close to 25-30". YYZ currently at 12-13".

YYZ been recording +SN for 4 hours now with visibility down to 0.2 miles. Downtown Toronto reported nearly 8" in 2 hours. Potent band off Lake Ontario.

It's sleeting really heavy here. I can hear the pingers on the window. I'd say a good 4-5" of sleet on the ground so far.

YYZ is at 41.3" for the season. But they lowballed the storm a week ago. So most areas are around 50" for the season.

Been getting sleet mixed with some snow all day today near Justin. Being from the north, I can definitely say I love it but wish the thermals were colder so it could've been all snow.

Might be some nice lake enhancement tomorrow off Lake Ontario into Toronto. With the cold temperatures, ratios will likely be 15 or 20:1. The lift is good with favorable wind direction. Potential is there for 8-12" maybe higher in some local spots.

Going to be whole lot of pingers on Fri-Sat with that pesky warm air aloft and how quickly it moves north. Won't be enjoying that.

On another note, their is a strong subtropical jet influence with this system which would limit any dry slot development due to an over saturated atmosphere. Any issue we have with precip development will likely occur early on as the system begins to form. This is looking more like a major sleet/ice pellet storm for us with maybe a few inches of snow on Saturday as upper air temperatures cool down. This is my first winter storm down here in Texas so I'm excited, followed by a nice cold shot Sat-Monday. I could see temps dropping down to 3-5.

Agreed. It came as a surprise to models hence why some forecasts busted too low. Mostly related to upper air interactions. This storm was purely synoptic for us.

definitely screw holed. after the main bands overnight, this band set up across the northern parts of the city for a couple hours.

Might dip down to 22-24 tomorrow night across parts of DFW. Our coldest night of the winter so far.

Final snowfall totals across Toronto were around 16-21". YYZ lowballed as usual at 9". Closer to 12" near downtown.

Northern part of Toronto got a good 14-16" of snow today. The biggest storm we've had since January 2022. But I'm in Texas where it's a balmy 57 today.

Some heavy snow moving through Ontario tonight. Toronto could see upwards of 8". The latest HRRR is showing 12" by tomorrow.

Didn't realize TX is so warm in winter. Is mid-high 70's in early January normal?

Came back to Toronto for the holidays. We got 4" back on the 26th, so close enough for a white christmas YYZ at 23.1" for the season. Cold and windy today with on and off snow squalls. Had some melting with the rain last night, but still got a decent 2-3" of cement on the ground. Merry Christmas everyone!

3.9" fell on Sunday. The 2-3 day total is 5". I think we broke the daily record at YYZ.