Snowstorms

You know the weather sucks when we’re talking about prison breakers.

It's been that way for years. Sucks

Canada has a plan for mass inoculation for every single Canadian by September 2021. I believe Canada has signed purchase agreements with like seven different pharma companies. This is the breakdown I saw online. Pfizer — Up to 76 million doses Moderna — Up to 56 million (So far agreed to purchase 40 million) Medicago — Up to 76 million AstraZeneca — Up to 20 million Johnson & Johnson — Up to 38 million Novavax — Up to 76 million Sanofi and GlaxoSmithKline — Up to 72 million International COVAX Facility — Up to 15 million

Or it never comes and ends up being a 1988-89 or 1999-2000 redux.

I agree. Flexibility is there and you can move around freely. I love it personally.

Sometimes a little luck is all you need. That's great! Now that your permanently WFH, are you back in Michigan? Or still in Texas?

Yeah, they were cold for us too especially winters like 1962-63, 1964-65 and the late 60's. We got 8" from that storm and some freezing rain. Chicago got the brunt of it. I'm not entirely sure about our snowiest decades but I can tell you the 2010's are not top 3 lol. The 1860’s are definitely top 3. Our snowiest winter ever is 1869-70 where Toronto recorded 123.3”. 62” fell in March alone.

That's great, congratulations. It's been tough for a lot of people this year and I'm glad you were able to land something quick. I remember at my last job I was laid off for 6 months, just wasn't getting anything. Hope all is well.

I been WFH since March LOL.

It was our best snowstorm of that decade too. It was a powerful Gulf Low I believe. Which if I stand corrected are our "version" of Nor'easters. Really? We had many 3-6" and 6-10" events and a dozen if not more 10"+ storms. Was a good decade up this way. One of the more snowier ones of the 20th century.

Was close. Winter storm was too far east.

We need a repeat of the February 1965 snowstorm. 20" locally. I'd gladly take it again.

Snowpocalypse.

Interesting set-up. Wouldn't be surprised to see 10-20cm from Oakville to Hamilton. Depending on the wind orientation and approaching storm clouds tomorrow morning, we'll have to see how strong and persistent the band is in Toronto. For now, 2-5cm sounds reasonable for the city.

Icon has 6-9" for Buffalo lol

12z RGEM is coming in further north and west as well. Aligned with 3km NAM. Has accumulating snow in Buffalo and Syracuse. Maybe a couple inches esp for Syracuse? Sweet LES band in Toronto before it moves further south as winds change orientation. Not a huge expert on lake effect so maybe somebody can chime in on that for me.

That's a sweet lake effect band just west of Toronto tomorrow. With a further north track, it’ll help reduce the dry air in the atmosphere and help seed the lake clouds for better lake effect for us. Good all-around for all of us in ON and NY. Let’s see if the RGEM follows suit.

To add to what you said. Big Dog's just aren't frequent in our area because of our geographic location. With the Atlantic running exceptionally warm over the last 10-20 years, the average clipper usually blows up to a full blown Nor'easter and slams the NE including Boston. New England meltdowns are hilarious. Even a 40" winter wouldn't satisfy their appetite. . But great points. I always appreciate your in-depth analysis and posts. I could tell you're a hardcore stats guy so I try not to challenge you on anything stat wise. Detroit and Boston have definitely seen a sizeable increase in snowfall over the last 20 years compared to other cities. But 20 years is a very small sample size. The averages, atleast for us, are bolstered by exceptionally snowy winters like 2002-03, 2004-05, 2007-08, 2008-09, 2013-14, etc. Would be nice to experience storms like the Blizzard of 99 every 2-3 years. Is that too much to ask for? We need a Christmas miracle.

It's 2020, it's acceptable this year.

12Z hasn't ran yet. Let's see.

Isn't Lake effect off Ontario usually all winter long because it's a deeper lake? There are exceptions of course during cold winters like 2013-14 or 2014-15. Unlike Lake Erie which usually freezes over because its shallower. But over 100" in a week? WOW! That's insane!!!

Feb 2013 blizzard was legit for our region. I'm sure fellow Ontarian posters will attest to that. 10 straight hours of +SN with visibility around 0.2 miles. Widespread 12-18".

Models are adamant on a lake effect band setting up from Toronto to Hamilton on Wednesday A lot of it depends on the storm track. A further north track will mean a stouter lake effect band due to better cloud seeding from the storm. The 3km NAM has moisture getting up north to Ohio which is good for our region. Potential is definitely there for 2-4"+.

GHD 1 was a major bust for us. Glad Chicago was able to record over 20" with that. Off the top of my head, these are the only storms that I've personally experienced that are near the caliber of some of these east coast storms. And even then, they get over 20" sometimes 30" lol. Jan 28-29, 2019: 14" Feb 4-5, 2014: 13" Feb 7-8, 2013: 16" Jan 17-18, 2009: 12" Mar 7-8, 2008: 12" Feb 5-6, 2008: 14" Dec 15-16, 2007: 14"