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POUT - Winter seems to be here. :(
Oct. 29th, 2008 12:24 pmSNOWSQUALL WARNING: York - Durham
Issued at 8:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2008
SNOW SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SNOWSQUALLS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
THE INTENSE EAST COAST STORM WHICH AFFECTED EASTERN ONTARIO HAS MOVED INTO QUEBEC THIS MORNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF INTO A FEW AREAS OF GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. ISOLATED FLURRIES WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY CLOSE TO 10 CENTIMETRES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 GUSTING UP TO 60 KM/H WILL CAUSE SOME RESIDUAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING AS WELL. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME POWER OUTAGES AS WELL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AFFECTING SNOW-LADEN TREE LIMBS. FARTHER WEST..STRONG COLD NORTHWEST WINDS BLOWING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES HAVE GENERATED SIGNIFICANT SNOW SQUALLS. AT 8:00 AM RADAR SHOWS TWO MAIN AREAS. SEVERAL BANDS STRETCH FROM SOUTHEASTERN LAKE HURON FROM GRAND BEND THROUGH GODERICH THEN EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO LONDON AND ST THOMAS. ANOTHER BAND EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY TO THE SOUTH OF BARRIE TO KING CITY. OVERNIGHT AMOUNTS VARIED ACROSS THE WARNED REGIONS WITH ALLISTON REPORTING 8 CM AND AREAS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE HURON REPORTING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONAL LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE SQUALLS WILL REACH 10 OR 15 CENTIMETRES BY THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 GUSTING 50 KM/H WILL CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SOME ICY ROADS.
Issued at 8:30 AM EDT WEDNESDAY 29 OCTOBER 2008
SNOW SQUALLS WILL CONTINUE TODAY. THIS IS A WARNING THAT SNOWSQUALLS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
THE INTENSE EAST COAST STORM WHICH AFFECTED EASTERN ONTARIO HAS MOVED INTO QUEBEC THIS MORNING. SNOW HAS TAPERED OFF INTO A FEW AREAS OF GENERALLY LIGHT SNOW THIS MORNING. ISOLATED FLURRIES WILL LINGER INTO THE AFTERNOON. SNOW AMOUNTS WERE GENERALLY CLOSE TO 10 CENTIMETRES. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 40 GUSTING UP TO 60 KM/H WILL CAUSE SOME RESIDUAL BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW THIS MORNING AS WELL. THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF SOME POWER OUTAGES AS WELL DUE TO THE STRONG WINDS AFFECTING SNOW-LADEN TREE LIMBS. FARTHER WEST..STRONG COLD NORTHWEST WINDS BLOWING OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM WATERS OF THE GREAT LAKES HAVE GENERATED SIGNIFICANT SNOW SQUALLS. AT 8:00 AM RADAR SHOWS TWO MAIN AREAS. SEVERAL BANDS STRETCH FROM SOUTHEASTERN LAKE HURON FROM GRAND BEND THROUGH GODERICH THEN EXTENDING SOUTHEAST TO LONDON AND ST THOMAS. ANOTHER BAND EXTENDS FROM SOUTHERN GEORGIAN BAY TO THE SOUTH OF BARRIE TO KING CITY. OVERNIGHT AMOUNTS VARIED ACROSS THE WARNED REGIONS WITH ALLISTON REPORTING 8 CM AND AREAS SOUTHEAST OF LAKE HURON REPORTING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS IN FALLING AND BLOWING SNOW. ADDITIONAL LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE SQUALLS WILL REACH 10 OR 15 CENTIMETRES BY THIS EVENING. STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS OF 30 GUSTING 50 KM/H WILL CAUSE LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS. AS A RESULT DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE QUITE HAZARDOUS DUE TO LOW VISIBILITIES AND SOME ICY ROADS.
