-12 here now but it will warm up to plus 2 and start raining
MC said
Jan 8, 2022
Pontiacanada wrote:
Well, it looks to be about a foot of snow in some places. Luckily, it should be light snow.
I'm still going to have fun moving it with a purple, swollen, broken finger, and -17 windchill. It's not really going to get warmer today.
Normal winters for us. Still nothing like BC has gone through.
Sorry to hear about your broken finger, though! Hope you heal fast.
Canadian Poncho said
Jan 8, 2022
Darryl, I think you'll find it to be fairly heavy. I just spent the last 2 hours getting cleared out. I had to use the snowblower initially as the truck had 2 foot drifts all around it. Once I got the drifts out of the way the truck worked fine. It's been a while since we've had this much snow in one storm. We lost power from 11pm until around 11 this morning. Still no internet so I'm using phone data.
Pontiacanada said
Jan 9, 2022
Canadian Poncho wrote:
Darryl, I think you'll find it to be fairly heavy.
Nope, it was light, luckily.
You must have had more moisture in your snowfall.
Pontiacanada said
Jan 9, 2022
MC wrote:
Normal winters for us. Still nothing like BC has gone through.
Sorry to hear about your broken finger, though! Hope you heal fast.
True.
It's my middle finger on the left hand. I gave the purple finger to the snow!
Canadian Poncho said
Jan 9, 2022
Could be. Our thermometer hovered just below 0C for most of the storm.
Pontiacanada wrote:
Canadian Poncho wrote:
Darryl, I think you'll find it to be fairly heavy.
Nope, it was light, luckily.
You must have had more moisture in your snowfall.
Canadian Poncho said
Jan 10, 2022
Good one! We use many of the same phrases here. When someone asks "Has the plow been by your way yet?" and if you answer "Yes", it's usually followed up with "Is your mailbox still standing?". Mine has been hit and bent so many times yet I refuse to replace it. I take a hammer and dolly to it and straighten it out until the next collision with the plow.
ARCADIAN said
Jan 10, 2022
They play "mailbox bingo"
Pontiacanada said
Jan 10, 2022
Canadian Poncho wrote:
Mine has been hit and bent so many times yet I refuse to replace it.
A guy down the road welded a rebar cage around his mailbox.
Some people nail a piece of plywood on their wooden poles covering the mailbox on the plow facing side ... a bigger target!
65 SD L79 said
Jan 10, 2022
me brother in law did not go to work one day cause it was snowing like a basturd. Looking out his front window he seen the plow coming and sure as sh*t he hit the mailbox. It lauched like a skud missile right into the back doors of his new van he just bought true story
Prefectca said
Jan 11, 2022
Cold here this morning! We have had a couple of colder than normal days since Christmas. -23 this morning in Yarker Ontario.
So back in 2014-2015 we had nothing as far as snow until Jan 15 (35 cm). Then we had a total of something like 51 feet from Jan-March. Well, it looks like we may have a copy of that winter this year. This is what's heading our way Friday:
There's talk of 56cm of snow, several hours of freezing rain and 100kph gusts. Needless to say the generator is full of gas as is the snowblower and I just came in from filling the gas cans.
Oh, there's word of another one next Monday into Tuesday
-18 here this morning, going to plus 1 after lunch. Too cold.
2015 was the weirdest and worst winter I can remember and Ive lived in pei and Nfld as well as here. The freeze thaw was fierce with about 10 storms in a month. Each storm lasted about 24-48 hours, 20plus cms of snow followed by say 15mm of rain, then a temp drop to about -15. I had ice damming where my barn roof joined the side, it was unheated. The snow and ice was in layers like a layer cake, the ice layers were each abou 3/4 inch thick and took a steel round pointed dirt shovel to hammer through it. It was about 2 ft thick and I had to clean it off a couple of times. Lots of big roofs collapsed and huge numbers had leaks from ice damming.
Canadian Poncho said
Jan 12, 2022
It was a crazy winter for sure. There's a 20 foot tree in my front yard. The snow was so deep I was able to walk up to it and touch the top of it. We had a path carved to the back door with snow that came up to your armpits on each side. From what I'm reading on the weather geek sites the patterns are changing to favour several storms in the coming weeks.
Canadian Poncho said
Jan 12, 2022
Just read this from a New England weather site. I'm hoping this is a bit of an exaggeration!
This is a forecast for Canada . This is not a forecast for New England . Read it if you'd like to know more.
Storm #1 is going to more than likely impact Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island.
- Portions of these locations will receive between 2-5 Feet (roughly a little more than 1 Meter) of snow.
- Wind gusts will be in excess of 75mph (122km/h)
-Temperatures immediately following this storm will be around 0F (-18C)
- Wind Chill will be -30F (-34C)
This is a dangerous storm. This storm will cause power outages. This storm will make travel on unplowed streets impossible. It may take days to clear many streets enough to be able to move vehicles from snowbanks. This storm will cause blizzard conditions and will have snowfall rates as high as 4-6 inches per hour. South coastal Nova Scotia can expect coastal flooding. Wave heights will be between 20-40 feet through the Canadian Maritime.
I will have a forecast on projected US impacts Wednesday around noon.
MC said
Jan 12, 2022
Here's what Environment Canada is saying in their weather statement for Halifax:
Snowfall: Highest snowfall amounts ranging from 20 to 40 cm are expected over western and northern parts of the province.
Rainfall: Highest rainfall amounts ranging from 30 to 50 mm are expected over eastern Nova Scotia from Halifax to Cape Breton.
Wind: Gusts near 100 km/h are expected over a majority of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton starting Friday night.
Storm Surge and Waves: Higher than normal water levels combined with significant waves may result in flooding near high tide, especially for the Atlantic coast, Cape Breton Island, and Pictou and Antigonish Counties.
High tide will occur between 6:00 to 7:00 pm Friday evening and 6:00 to 7:00 am Saturday morning."
The uncertainty is usually what makes me nervous. The rain/snow mix can go either way, and if we get a huge amount of snow soaked with rain and then re-frozen, it turns into thick ice that's a pain to get rid of. Usually you have to time shovelling with the temperature change and get rid of the wet stuff before it freezes. And the winds. 100 km/h and above will probably bring down trees, which will probably result in long power outages for many rural residents as it is a lot of work for the linemen to clean up the damage.
For PEI they are predicting more of a snow event:
"10:53 AM AST Wednesday 12 January 2022
Special weather statement in effect for:
Queens County P.E.I.
Significant Winter storm giving snow, strong winds and storm surge.
Time Span: Friday night and Saturday.
Locations: All of Prince Edward Island
Snowfall: Snowfall amounts ranging from 25 to 40 cm are expected over a majority of the island.
Wind: Gusts near 100 km/h are expected across the island starting late Friday night and continuing into Saturday.
Storm Surge and Waves: Higher than normal water levels combined with significant waves may result in flooding near high tide, especially along the north shore of the island.
High tides will occur near 1:00 pm Saturday."
DonSSDD said
Jan 12, 2022
50-150 mm in southern bc, more flooding likely. Crazy crazy stuff.
Canadian Poncho said
Jan 13, 2022
I think this storm is going to be a doozy. One of my migraine triggers is an impending storm with a huge drop in pressure. Well the ol noggin is just a poundin' today. Here's the latest from one of the most accurate amatuer meteoroligists I know of who has a Facebook page called PEi Weather Discussion:
I have been looking at the model outputs and I just wanted to start the morning off with giving everyone a worst case scenario of what could happen. The track of this storm will be the key and the models haven't come to a consensus on where the center will be yet. Wherever this tracks the center of the track could see 80 cms of snow. Everyone will experience high winds. So the options for the center of the track are all of Prince County. and all the way to Charlottetown. So if the track changes to the west, that means Eastern PEI would get alot of rain, so of course for me the Charlottetown track is preferred. Sorry Charlottetown
I think you may see a blizzard warning at some time for PEI. Right now I have to say that 60+ cms is a definite possibility. I'm gonna say the winds will gust to 100 kph but that might even be on the low side. I will put some snowfall amounts on from the different models later. The likelihood of us missing this completely is pretty small, but strange things happen. A western track is likely the best case scenario, but then the east runs the risk of getting frz rain so it is pretty hard to get a win win situation here for anyone on PEI. This storm is going to have a barometric pressure somewhere around 965-975 MB which is really low so it will be a very powerful system.
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Pontiacanada said
Jan 14, 2022
We shall see. I'm always ready for "stuff", 24-7-365. Not anxious, just ready.
I even have indoor "storm projects" lined up. Right now I'm putting in some metal jack-posts in the cellar. Nice, cozy spot.
MC said
Jan 14, 2022
Looks like much of NS (including Halifax) will get mostly rain and freezing rain, especially the coastal areas. Then it will freeze over and change to blowing snow with the temperatures dropping to -10 by the morning and -15 by tomorrow night, encasing everything in a block of ice. Wind gusts will be up to 90 km/h, which, when combined with the wet snow, will definitely take out power to many people. Those winds are going to stick around until tomorrow afternoon, which will make repair difficult.
Such a range of snow predicted: "Total snowfall: 15 to 50 cm, except 5 to 10 cm along the Atlantic coast." So 5 to 50 cm of snow, depending on where you live.
Sounds like it will be even worse on PEI. Glad you guys are prepared. I'm prepared with my armstrong snow removal equipment and some Alaskan ice melt... lol. If all else fails, it looks like we are going to get around 25mm of rain on Monday, so I could just say to heck with it and wait for it all to melt...
Canadian Poncho said
Jan 14, 2022
Right now it's almost 6C so I suspect a bunch of rain initially.
jmont64 said
Jan 14, 2022
Well as I read this it reminds me of how much our discussion is of weather in Canada. There is such a variety across the country. Boring that way down here as each day is pretty much the same but I have to admit I look forward more to winter now than summer. No smoke down here plus I picked a few oranges off the tree yesterday.
The Maritime radar picture looks a bit rough right now. How is it going there guys?
Pontiacanada said
Jan 14, 2022
MC wrote:
If all else fails, it looks like we are going to get around 25 mm of rain on Monday, so I could just say to heck with it and wait for it all to melt...
That's the spirit!
Pontiacanada said
Jan 14, 2022
4SPEED427 wrote:
The Maritime radar picture looks a bit rough right now. How is it going there guys?
Snow just starting. My eyes will be shut tonight before anything happens.
-12 here now but it will warm up to plus 2 and start raining
Normal winters for us. Still nothing like BC has gone through.
Sorry to hear about your broken finger, though! Hope you heal fast.
Nope, it was light, luckily.
You must have had more moisture in your snowfall.
True.
It's my middle finger on the left hand. I gave the purple finger to the snow!
Good one! We use many of the same phrases here. When someone asks "Has the plow been by your way yet?" and if you answer "Yes", it's usually followed up with "Is your mailbox still standing?". Mine has been hit and bent so many times yet I refuse to replace it. I take a hammer and dolly to it and straighten it out until the next collision with the plow.
A guy down the road welded a rebar cage around his mailbox.
Some people nail a piece of plywood on their wooden poles covering the mailbox on the plow facing side ... a bigger target!
me brother in law did not go to work one day cause it was snowing like a basturd. Looking out his front window he seen the plow coming and sure as sh*t he hit the mailbox. It lauched like a skud missile right into the back doors of his new van he just bought
true story
So back in 2014-2015 we had nothing as far as snow until Jan 15 (35 cm). Then we had a total of something like 51 feet from Jan-March. Well, it looks like we may have a copy of that winter this year. This is what's heading our way Friday:
There's talk of 56cm of snow, several hours of freezing rain and 100kph gusts. Needless to say the generator is full of gas as is the snowblower and I just came in from filling the gas cans.
Oh, there's word of another one next Monday into Tuesday
2015 was the weirdest and worst winter I can remember and Ive lived in pei and Nfld as well as here. The freeze thaw was fierce with about 10 storms in a month. Each storm lasted about 24-48 hours, 20plus cms of snow followed by say 15mm of rain, then a temp drop to about -15. I had ice damming where my barn roof joined the side, it was unheated. The snow and ice was in layers like a layer cake, the ice layers were each abou 3/4 inch thick and took a steel round pointed dirt shovel to hammer through it. It was about 2 ft thick and I had to clean it off a couple of times. Lots of big roofs collapsed and huge numbers had leaks from ice damming.
Just read this from a New England weather site. I'm hoping this is a bit of an exaggeration!
Here's what Environment Canada is saying in their weather statement for Halifax:
"10:50 AM AST Wednesday 12 January 2022
Special weather statement in effect for:
Significant Winter storm giving snow, rain, strong winds and storm surge.
Time Span: Friday night and Saturday.
Locations: Mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
Snowfall: Highest snowfall amounts ranging from 20 to 40 cm are expected over western and northern parts of the province.
Rainfall: Highest rainfall amounts ranging from 30 to 50 mm are expected over eastern Nova Scotia from Halifax to Cape Breton.
Wind: Gusts near 100 km/h are expected over a majority of Nova Scotia and Cape Breton starting Friday night.
Storm Surge and Waves: Higher than normal water levels combined with significant waves may result in flooding near high tide, especially for the Atlantic coast, Cape Breton Island, and Pictou and Antigonish Counties.
High tide will occur between 6:00 to 7:00 pm Friday evening and 6:00 to 7:00 am Saturday morning."
The uncertainty is usually what makes me nervous. The rain/snow mix can go either way, and if we get a huge amount of snow soaked with rain and then re-frozen, it turns into thick ice that's a pain to get rid of. Usually you have to time shovelling with the temperature change and get rid of the wet stuff before it freezes. And the winds. 100 km/h and above will probably bring down trees, which will probably result in long power outages for many rural residents as it is a lot of work for the linemen to clean up the damage.
For PEI they are predicting more of a snow event:
"10:53 AM AST Wednesday 12 January 2022
Special weather statement in effect for:
Significant Winter storm giving snow, strong winds and storm surge.
Time Span: Friday night and Saturday.
Locations: All of Prince Edward Island
Snowfall: Snowfall amounts ranging from 25 to 40 cm are expected over a majority of the island.
Wind: Gusts near 100 km/h are expected across the island starting late Friday night and continuing into Saturday.
Storm Surge and Waves: Higher than normal water levels combined with significant waves may result in flooding near high tide, especially along the north shore of the island.
High tides will occur near 1:00 pm Saturday."
I think this storm is going to be a doozy. One of my migraine triggers is an impending storm with a huge drop in pressure. Well the ol noggin is just a poundin' today. Here's the latest from one of the most accurate amatuer meteoroligists I know of who has a Facebook page called PEi Weather Discussion:
We shall see. I'm always ready for "stuff", 24-7-365. Not anxious, just ready.
I even have indoor "storm projects" lined up. Right now I'm putting in some metal jack-posts in the cellar. Nice, cozy spot.
Looks like much of NS (including Halifax) will get mostly rain and freezing rain, especially the coastal areas. Then it will freeze over and change to blowing snow with the temperatures dropping to -10 by the morning and -15 by tomorrow night, encasing everything in a block of ice. Wind gusts will be up to 90 km/h, which, when combined with the wet snow, will definitely take out power to many people. Those winds are going to stick around until tomorrow afternoon, which will make repair difficult.
Such a range of snow predicted: "Total snowfall: 15 to 50 cm, except 5 to 10 cm along the Atlantic coast." So 5 to 50 cm of snow, depending on where you live.
Sounds like it will be even worse on PEI. Glad you guys are prepared. I'm prepared with my armstrong snow removal equipment and some Alaskan ice melt... lol. If all else fails, it looks like we are going to get around 25mm of rain on Monday, so I could just say to heck with it and wait for it all to melt...
Well as I read this it reminds me of how much our discussion is of weather in Canada. There is such a variety across the country. Boring that way down here as each day is pretty much the same but I have to admit I look forward more to winter now than summer. No smoke down here plus I picked a few oranges off the tree yesterday.
That's the spirit!
Snow just starting. My eyes will be shut tonight before anything happens.