Snowstorms

Two weeks.

I've seen the Sun maybe twice in the last 2-3 weeks. Garbage.

~1.5" at YYZ today. 1.6" in my backyard and still snowing.

0.6" at YYZ with some light snow this evening. HRRR has another 1-2" tom with a weak clipper moving through.

Leafs vs. Rangers next Wed. It's gonna be a good game.

01-02, 06-07, 09-10, 11-12 and 15-16 were the real shitty winters. Here's a list of our least snowiest winters on record, in sequence, going back to 1937. (1) 11-12 (2) 09-10 (3) 52-53 (4) 06-07 (5) 15-16 Beavis would go nuts if he experienced that ^.

They get excited because they're so heavily dependent on those big storms. Their snowfall average isn't as uniform as Detroit. Look back at 09-10 or 15-16 when they had those big storms. I'm sure it didn't last longer than a week on the ground lol. Our geography helps us out quite a bit. Hence why we see a lot of smaller events (2" - 6") every winter. And then occasionally we get a big storm or two (8+"). This winter outside of a few events has been a joke. It's been exceptionally warm and is up there with 11-12 and 01-02 in recent years. Up here in Toronto our snowfall average since 1990 has actually been declining and part of that is because of some shit winters. Namely 94-95, 97-98, 01-02, 05-06, 06-07, 09-10, 11-12, 15-16 and 16-17.

Winnipeg averages 45" over 9 months (Sept-May). Winnipeg is super cold though. However, Boston depends heavily on Nor'easter's which can make or break their winter season. Our climo is a bit different. Our storms aren't as big but we usually get more clippers or smaller events when they get rain. Snow cover isn't as common in Boston either unless you're in Worcester or something. I'm sure they wouldn't trade a 25" blizzard for snow cover and a 4" storm lol.

94-95 was shit. Just reverse Feb with Dec.

Some weenies have reached their breaking point.

That's if there's a storm worthy of a thread.

I agree, they've been horrible. What about the weeklies or EPS?

Fair point. A lot of people stay trapped indoors through-out the winter season instead of trying to enjoy it as you mentioned. I'm planning on going up north in a week or two to go snowmobiling (for the first time). Gotta make the best out of every season. Hoping we see more sustained cold and snow next season.

So that explains why you're so optimistic despite the lacklustre weather pattern.

Nice -EPO block with the PV parked up near Hudson Bay on the GFS. Whether that holds true, it remains to be seen. I'm still not sold out on the idea of any sustained cold for our region thru mid-Feb.

Not even a single fantasy storm on the GFS thru Feb 6. Geez, can't get much worse than that.

RIP Kobe.

Its 37F here in Toronto which is 10 degrees above avg. Some snow piles left. Sun rarely comes out in the winter here lol. I agree, it is awful.

He has yet to experience a futility winter. Detroit's been extremely lucky compared to most of us. In 2011-12 Toronto got 17" and 20.6" in 2009-10. Two futility winters in a very short time frame. Once he gets to that level, all our complaints will make total sense.

Next weekend's storm is trending towards an East Coast special.

Mar 08 blizzard redux. Let's get it.

Going to be mostly rain before a switch over to wet snow especially across higher elevations away from the Lake. NAM 3km has ~4" for Toronto but that all depends how fast temps drop on Sat.

Toronto called the army in 1999 after ~47" fell in less than 2 weeks lol.

I'd assume its correlated with the MJO moving through phases 4-5-6? We'll see if that changes come mid-Feb, but for now we won't be seeing cold outbreaks anytime soon. The AO/NAO are + too.