Torchageddon

Still amused that my best t-storms now are in April not mid-summer. This may be the case in other parts of the US but historically not here with the lakes being as cold as they are and other reasons. There has been only 1 storm that struck fear in me mid-summer in the last 5-8 years and it was that cell that moved from the NW. This pattern has been anything but boring in the belts - great for LES here, I'm getting more than pegged.

I've already exceeded the total daily snow forecast (at 9am no less) just in the needle streamer that dumped on me, its connecting to lake Ontario. 2-3" was expected. The sun came out for all to shovel and plow before it wiggled back over. 50-60cm/20-24" drifts in the driveway. Too bad about the melt and the rain on Sunday, if it was snow this would match last Dec's snowpack and be another snowmageddon. A diamond of a December nonetheless.

I woke to a new snowpack that basically in 24hr restored most of what I lost during the major rain and thaw . Intense LES band over me currently giving major vibes! Suppose to get 1-2" but hoping for more if we're going to be smothered in snow anyhow. I can't stop looking out the window at the pour

What is extraordinary is my hourlies from WUN show snow falling every hour til 2pm on Jan 1!! A hour won't go by without flakes for the rest of the year...

I got 1"/27mm of rain yesterday. With the intense LES of 8"/20cm and awesomely my new years eve was charged up to 10"/25cm, will be the most intense winter wx for the final days of any year I've ken. Tomorrow 7cm and still breezy has a sum of 20" in the next 72 hr!! Consensus still giving me snow every day til Jan 6.

Got down to 985mb here although that might be my wx station tripping as it hasn't budged from 987 for 5+ hr. Woke up to loud winds, snow started at 7:40 and every min got worse as the intense LES is starting to smother all of the Huron shoreline! I'm already getting some blowing snow after the glacier with nada 45 mins ago. SN+, hope to see Blizz conditions at some point. Oddly the winds aren't as strong as 5am..yet. My dendrites are also choice so I believe in the 8" forecast.

I'm not getting the blizz but was wide-eyed once I checked on my local, an inch of rain for just today then 8" of snow right on Monday! Enormous precip amounts! The roads are already icy from the freezing rain on Boxing Day - this is going to exacerbate the mess.

My 'mas high is now 0C cloudy. I prefer below freezing during the highs as not to wax and mar the infrastructure e.g. roads. Starting next Sun night, consensus is that a new snowy era starts with cold temps into the new year. WUN (which I take with a pinch of cumin), has 7-10cm/2.8-4" daily starting Sun.

Its crazy enough it was 59 like that 3 in-and-outs, a 4th would be a hair raiser. I'm getting the largest flakes of the season, some 2.5" in size but I wasn't out in it. Its lasting too, 1 hr of large but 10 mins of the giants. I'm just above freezing and near the rain line.

Nicer day yesterday than I expected, got to 7C/44.5F with some sun even peeking in the later aft hours. Lost a lot of snow. The rain started after dusk, in awe to find it was over 10mm/.4" of rain ugh. I just had it switch over to snow, roads look icy even before the flash freeze. WUN is showing xmas day around 3-5C and rain...

This is the first day I've been above freezing since Nov 30. I was right on 0.0C Dec 3.

That brings up a fascinating ask; what winter is the closest to having most of its cold/snow in Nov and the first 3 weeks of Dec? There would still be wintery wx after the solstice due to the small database of winters we have.

I'm getting daily snows to keep things fresh, I got 12cm/4.5" yesterday and this morning more SN+ from LES although the heavier bands are to my SW. The % of hours this Dec with snow flying in the air has been high. Snowpack at 50cm/20". Even with the wind and dry snow its sticking to trees and most surfaces! This is shaping up to be one of my favorite Decembers, only missing a synoptic snow storm which doesn't seem to happen anymore in the first half of Decs (been forever).

Had my coldest temp so far at -21C/-7F in morning, far colder than forecast which was -18C. Various stations around me had ~-24C. I can't harken the last time I got below -20C before Dec 10 but my guess is since the nastiest winter of my lifetime '13.

Got far more snow from that turkey day storm the mid-west got than expected, was pegged for 5cm got nearly 8cm instead of heavy wet snow. SN during a good chunk of the morning then lasted til 1pm unexpectedly. It was above 0C by then so it was melting mostly. I even got a period of sun after. I got another wave at 4pm but it didn't stick well; high gusts for Nov's final arp.

Orange Warning - Snow Squall Issued: 11:42 PM Nov. 27, 2025 – Environment and Climate Change Canada Hazardous snow squalls expected through Saturday. What: Extremely hazardous travel conditions. Total snowfall amounts of 40 to 70 cm with locally higher amounts possible. Near zero visibility at times in heavy snow and local blowing snow. Intense snowfall rates of 5 to 10 cm per hour at times. Strong winds gusting to 70 to 80 km/h. When: Continuing into Saturday. The heaviest snowfall is expected tonight into Friday. Additional information: This will be a long duration event with snow squalls likely persisting into Saturday, particularly near Lake Huron. Strong westerly winds gusting as high as 70 km/h are also expected. These strong winds will reduce visibility to near zero at times in local blowing snow. ### Road closures are possible. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. I won't be getting those totals this go around, but south if that monster band stays there maybe. Kitchener and Hamilton still under it! Barrie also getting lacerated.

Getting into the more intense LES now, the bands are intensifying over much of SON with it jutting all the way to K-W and Guelph commonly. I got 3" overnight as expected, melted some on the roads and compacted which was more than I thought. The bands aren't stable enough to give anyone a huge amt. I see more down to my SW.

One last very dark day before it brightens with snow, lights were coming on just before 1pm out there! I was getting roughly 2500 lux during peak daytime - absurd. Was 9C this morning before the front dropped it 4C within 30 mins. Snow was going to start at 4 and just as I thought "where is it?", at 5 the epic snowy period has commenced.

Winter sets in here late Weds or early Thurs morning, 20cm/7.9" Thursday alone is agreed from both WUN and TWN. For over a week its shown snow every day after that maybe 5cm or less from the lake. This is about the same time as winter starting last year just before the epic dump. I'll be glad to see this horrendous Nov in the back mirror, I much rather jump into deep winter with lots of snow. Today's dim light is my bane, its not dark enough to be cozy but not bright enough to cheer one up.

We're on day 3 out of 4 of above 28C/82.5F highs with Sat reaching 30C! I was irked in Sept that we didn't have any highs above 25C; I needed more and Oct delivers. Last week 4 out of 7 days had few if any clouds too, crazy. Low was 17C, it was nice waking up without feeling cold in t-shirt and shorts. That low is higher than the daytime avg high.

With a few mins left in Sep, its certain that my lowest low for the month will be higher than my Aug low! Insane. I'm also set to have a warmer 3-day stretch this weekend than any 3 this month too, but likely just tie the highest Sep reading. No clouds to be found for the 2nd day here, impressive for this time of year and region.

Somehow based on my pegged lows Aug will have had a lower monthly low then September will, it got down to 5.3C on Aug 30th and I haven't had anything lower than 5.9C on the 9th!! Forecast for 6C low this Weds which is Oct 1. This is an incredibly unlikely occurrence. After the terrible wx last week we've turned a leaf and its sunny again, no clouds today here. Yet again WUN/TWN shows 10 days of no precip, I wish!! Even better, mainly to out sun those 10 days lol.

TWN had storms honed for my region, they formed elsewhere just to my east like 2-3 years ago that one summer they spawned just miles east every time. Kitchener got some and this MCS appeared to bow out a bit after the city. It was heavy rain cells with thunder I presume but one gained just east of downtown Toronto. Liked the air out there today, 27C. Fantastic summer all around.

Not a cloud in the sky and its noon on Sept 17, can't say I've had that since Aug but for this time of year its very rare. Highs reaching 27C. Second amazing Sept in a row.