Snowstorms

I believe it was Nov 1940. YYZ recorded 41.1cm/16.2". Edit: Jan 1966. YYZ recorded 43.9cm/17.3"

The Nov 2020 storm was good. Widespread 7-9". Biggest Nov storm since 2002 and biggest one day total since Nov 1950.

Would you say the Euro did well too? The NAM flip-flopped a lot run to run.

Some light - moderate snow right now across Toronto. Looks like an inch already.

Not surprised at YYZ's numbers anymore. I'm surprised with all the meteorologists in Ontario, they don't complain about YYZ's reporting and don't do anything about it. Regardless, Toronto will remember it as a top 5 or top 10 historic storm.

I was in Ottawa a week ago. Seems like you guys needed the snow relative to your average too. So that's awesome.

Same for me. Many places around my area recorded between 17-21". Amazing storm, glad it pull through. It's too bad YYZ only recorded 13.5". What a joke.

I went for a small drive. Roads are a mess but even eye balling you can tell its well over >14". Some localized areas in Toronto got 20-24". The downtown station recorded nearly 5" in one hour.

6 straight hours of +SN at YYZ only to finish with a whopping 9" lol. Though other stations all recorded between 14-18" with this storm.

Have to revise this. It's ~20".

Yeah YYZ is a joke. As of 12pm they had 12" (32cm). I measured 17", could be more because it certainly feels like it. Most places in Toronto saw between 15-20".

As of 12pm YYZ reported 12.6" (32cm). Might add on another inch or two once it's all said and done so no, it'll fall short of that record cause YYZ is lol. But most places in Toronto saw between 15-20", some locally higher. I measured 17".

Most people have been working from home since March 2020, including me. Schools are all closed today. They say it's the busiest highway in the world.

Oh okay thank you for clarifying. Is there a reason why manual measurements stopped? Budget constraints? Would've been cool if they continued especially for a storm like today.

I think even London is scoring with this storm, no? Yeah my friend had to go into the office today to pick up some paper work. Normally takes him 15-20 minutes via 427 but he's still not there and it's been an hour.

Yeah no storm from 2007-08 was like this. But it's a hard bet with Feb 2013. 8 straight hours of heavy snow at YYZ with that storm.

Puking snow right now in Toronto. Rates of 3-4"/hr. YYZ has reported visibility near zero for the past 3 hours. I measured 11" about 15 minutes ago. Many areas will end up close to 16-20" once all is said and done.

Which explains why EC issued a blizzard warning. A near perfect set up and purely synoptic. Another 6-8" is definitely possible. Did the Toronto station (the one that went back to the 1800s) stopped reporting?

That's crazy! I just measured ~28.0cm (11.0").

Env Canada issued a blizzard warning for Toronto. I've only ever seen this once in my life (Feb 2011).

Puking snow right now. I haven't measured yet but >8" for sure.

2" reported at YYZ in the last 2 hours and were not even at the heaviest rates yet. Rates could reach 2-3"/hr by 3 AM. Models showing up to 18" possible by tomorrow afternoon.

YYZ reporting 0.5 miles visibility. Latest models have the entire city getting between 12-20". Excited all of us are getting a worthy storm!

RGEM's been pretty good over last 2-3 years. NAM's really gone down hill with its performance.

I feel winters in our region took a different path after the Super Nino in 2015-16. Think about it. 2014-14 was the last widespread cold and snowy winter. Since then we've barely managed to get a decent winter. 2015-16 and 2016-17 were warm. 17-18 had that mid-late Dec - early Jan and 2 week Feb period of winter. 2018-19 lasted 6 weeks (mid-Jan to late Feb) and then the last two including this winter have been crap. Prior to 2015-16 we had longer lasting winters with more phased storm potentials. For example, 2013-14, 2012-13, 2010-11, 2009-10, 2007-08 etc. Just a personal opinion.