What Is The Weather Today II (No Mercury Jockeying)

[SignalHillHiker]

It's a cold one. -3C at my place. But, hey, sun!



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Out to me parents' for toutons and now home again. Laundry is spinning and almost ready for the line. It's a glorious day here.









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EDIT: 6C at my place! Fuck yes. Windows are open, finally changing the air in the house fully again.

[LFC]

Originally Posted by harls

What a weird obscure statistic just to include Montreal..

Quite the cherry picking.

Currently under a snow fall warning for Kelowna, could see 10-15cm with highs around 2c. Pretty typical February day.

[Marty_Mcfly]

Beautiful morning out there, currently sunny and 4 degrees at 11am. Should help melt some of our snow before the next round, which looks like it may be quite major.

[MonctonRad]

+2C and sunny in Moncton at 10 AM, going up to +6C later today. I expect all the snow and ice on my driveway to be melted by the end of the day.

The nor'easter for Tuesday will just brush us, with the majority of snowfall in Nova Scotia (which seems like a typical pattern this winter).

[SignalHillHiker]

Got three loads done. There's a lovely bit of infill (attached on both sides) coming together a few houses down from me.





Reminds me of this every time lol

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Walk to the superette, though, still looks rough

[urbandreamer]

My friend says you have to go to Iceland to have fun in winter. Well I had fun on this ice land beach
https://imgur.com/a/TI3VJzZ
In beautiful vibrant Midland, Ontario
It snowed this morning so I had terrific fun driving around the almost St John's Newfoundland style hilly streets, totally deserted at 7am on a Sunday morning
https://imgur.com/a/cMsAJ99
Then I went to jail to visit my friends
https://imgur.com/a/dQN74kC
And Awenda Provincial Park for an early morning walk, so quiet and cold
https://imgur.com/a/5boOENK
A long drive down historic war of 1812 era Penetanguishene Road to Water Street, where they're building TFW housing for the McCrackheads
https://imgur.com/a/ftJI6cI
Hate to break your hearts but the Bradford Bypass is already under construction!

[OldDartmouthMark]

Beautiful day in Halifax. Sunny, +7°C with almost no wind. Lots of snow melt happening...

...which is a good thing because the latest and greatest from Environment Canada:

3:42 PM AST Sunday 11 February 2024

Winter storm forecast to pass south of Nova Scotia late Tuesday and early Wednesday.

Potential snowfall accumulations: 20 to 30 cm by noon Wednesday.

Maximum wind gusts: northerly 60 to 70 km/h giving areas of blowing snow.

Location: most of Nova Scotia.

Time frame: spreading across the province from Tuesday afternoon to Tuesday evening. Conditions improving from west to east on Wednesday.

Remarks: Forecast guidance is beginning to give a clearer picture regarding a nor'easter passing south of the province mid-week. At this time, the most likely scenario appears to be 20 to 30 cm of snowfall accumulation for most of the province by noon Wednesday. Any fresh snow from this system has the potential to combine with strengthening northerly winds to reduce visibilities in blowing snow.

As with all nor'easters, small changes in the storm track can result in large changes in the snowfall forecast, and this alert will be updated periodically to reflect the latest information.

Behind this system, a prolonged period of onshore flurries and snow squalls looks likely develop over portions of northeastern mainland Nova Scotia and northern Cape Breton, and these areas could continue to see accumulating snow into Thursday night.

Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations.

Public Safety Canada encourages everyone to make an emergency plan and get an emergency kit with drinking water, food, medicine, a first-aid kit and a flashlight. For information on emergency plans and kits go to getprepared.gc.ca.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #NSStorm.

It's starting to sound like a 2015 deja vu...

[TownGuy]

The taste of spring is over. Chilly (2) and overcast today.

[SignalHillHiker]

Originally Posted by OldDartmouthMark

Beautiful day in Halifax. Sunny, +7°C with almost no wind. Lots of snow melt happening...

...which is a good thing because the latest and greatest from Environment Canada:



It's starting to sound like a 2015 deja vu...

It's going to be a Valentine's Day storm for us. I fully expect to hit my fifth snow day thus far this year, only about one half day of which needed to be closed

Seems like another tough one to forecast. We've had SO many big swings and misses this year. I get the impression storms that would normally pass over our heads are now being pushed farther west - maybe an impact of el nino or climate change? Has it done this before?

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It still could be a miss for us:

[megadude]

Exploring local creeks quite a bit lately. Cute little pedestrian bridge over a stream that I'm sure was done by a volunteer. And there appears to be the wreckage of a 70s car. Maybe even 60s?

This is right behind a subdivision. Can only guess at what happened. Back when the land was farm land/crown land with nothing around, perhaps someone went offroading at night and dropped down into the valley. Or, the car was wrecked already and some kids pushed it downhill. As to why so much of it is stripped, I guess people been pulling pieces off from time to time over the decades. Though I'm surprised the steering wheel is still there.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

It's going to be a Valentine's Day storm for us. I fully expect to hit my fifth snow day thus far this year, only about one half day of which needed to be closed

Seems like another tough one to forecast. We've had SO many big swings and misses this year. I get the impression storms that would normally pass over our heads are now being pushed farther west - maybe an impact of el nino or climate change? Has it done this before?

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It still could be a miss for us:

Hopefully, since Environment Canada is forecasting 20 - 30 cm for us, it will miss us, or we only get 5 - 10...

On the positive side, I complained after the last mega storm that EC didn't give us enough notice. At least we get a few days notice for this one... maybe their staff reads SSP? (Or maybe I'm attaching too much self-importance to my posts?)

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by megadude

Exploring local creeks quite a bit lately. Cute little pedestrian bridge over a stream that I'm sure was done by a volunteer. And there appears to be the wreckage of a 70s car. Maybe even 60s?

This is right behind a subdivision. Can only guess at what happened. Back when the land was farm land/crown land with nothing around, perhaps someone went offroading at night and dropped down into the valley. Or, the car was wrecked already and some kids pushed it downhill. As to why so much of it is stripped, I guess people been pulling pieces off from time to time over the decades. Though I'm surprised the steering wheel is still there.

Not much left of it to be sure. I have the same guess as you - the steering wheel looks like it could be 1960s (no "safety" padding at the hub/spokes), but the seat belt retractor could be 1970s. So ???

I've heard over the years that sometimes farmers would just leave their old cars out in the field after they were finished with them. If there was a bank at the end of the field they would push them over the bank - out of sight out of mind I suppose. Environmental regulations were virtually nonexistent, so it was pretty fast and loose for the most part. That's my guess as to the fate of this one.

Or... young guys used to get old cars for cheap and drive them offroad until the cars expired or got stuck to the point that they couldn't get them out, for kicks. Often alcohol was involved. Could be that too.

[mcminsen]

Dreary, wet, chilly.

Sunday's high at Vancouver Harbour was 7 C, the low was 6 C.





English Bay Live Cam

source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jueyfEAdjFk

Downtown Vancouver, Feb.11 '24, my pics
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[SignalHillHiker]

We're now under a winter storm watch.

A prolonged winter storm is possible.

Total snowfall: 30 to 50 cm over several days. Locally higher amounts possible.

Maximum wind gusts: northerly 80 km/h.

Locations: southeastern, eastern, and northeastern Newfoundland.

Time span: Wednesday morning into Friday.

Remarks: The heaviest snowfall is expected Wednesday and Wednesday night.

For the Avalon peninsula, the snow may mix with or change to rain for part of the day on Wednesday which would significantly impact snowfall accumulations. Precipitation for all other areas will likely remain as snow.

The snow will be accompanied by strong northerly winds which could cause poor visibility and hazardous travel conditions in blowing snow.

Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations.

Winter storm watches are issued when multiple types of severe winter weather are expected to occur together.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #NLwx.

[MonctonRad]

+1C and partly cloudy in Moncton at 8 AM. Temperatures will remain relatively steady during the day.

Nor'easter tomorrow night. A nothingburger for Moncton (1-2 cm), but, Halifax can expect 20-30 cm, with wind and blowing snow, There will be wraparound snow squalls in eastern NS and Cape Breton following the storm, so snow accumulations there could end up being 50 cm or so. This on top of the 150 cm they got last week.

[Airboy]

Nice day sunday, Sunny and warm. Today +1 . the rest of the week is all over the place. +1 to -7 to +2 back down to -5. And no precipitation in the near forecast.

[OldDartmouthMark]

Originally Posted by SignalHillHiker

We're now under a winter storm watch.

Yikes! 30 - 50 cm isn't so great. 80 km/h winds should cause some spectacular drifts!

[SignalHillHiker]

A few friends took me out for lunch. Hitched a ride. First time on the crosstown arterial in months I forgot how hideous but fun and curvy it is.

[flar]

It is currently 4.6 and partly sunny, this morning's low was -1.8. We'll be dipping below freezing overnight for the next couple weeks, meaning the weather is going to be normal for once.

Here's a nice map of the Great Lakes snow belt areas. I had to take a screenshot from a video on the Weather Network app. With colder temperatures and lots of open water, there could be some big snow events in the next couple weeks.

[SignalHillHiker]

I suppose because it's Valentine's Day the stakes are higher, but a lot of restaurants, etc., have already announced they're closed Wednesday. It's the earliest I've ever seen snow day announcements before. It doesn't arrive until Wednesday morning.