Lots of snow down in Dartmouth. Measured 14 inches today. Supposed to get another blast tomorrow. My parents are in Pictou County and they were up to 20 inches this afternoon and still snow falling. Calling for another foot or more for them through Monday.
Guess Ill have to clear the cobwebs from the snowmobiles tomorrow.
4SPEED427 said
February 3rd
This so un-Manitoba for the first week of Feb. We would normally be -20 at night but lots of sunshine.
Mainly cloudy. Fog patches developing this evening. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light early this evening. Low zero.
Sun, 4 Feb
Cloudy. Fog patches dissipating in the morning. High plus 4. UV index 1 or low.
Night
Cloudy. 30 percent chance of drizzle late in the evening and overnight. Fog patches developing late in the evening. Low minus 1.
Mon, 5 Feb
Cloudy. High 6.
Night
Cloudy periods. Low minus 1.
Tue, 6 Feb
Cloudy. High plus 5.
Night
Cloudy. Low minus 2.
Wed, 7 Feb
Cloudy. High plus 4.
Night
Rain showers or flurries. Low minus 4.
Thu, 8 Feb
Snow. High minus 1.
Night
Periods of snow. Low minus 9.
Fri, 9 Feb
Cloudy with 70 percent chance of flurries. High minus 6.
Normals
Max-10°C.Min-20°C.
Sunrise
7:59 CST
Sunset
17:29 CST
Averages and extremes
65 SD L79 said
February 3rd
only a few degrees above today but the sun was warm. with the snow gone i went back to work on the old Toro ride on. Had to put new battery cables on it. got it fired up and cut the grass on the south side of the house. Cant remember ever cutting grass in Febuary
Canadian Poncho said
February 3rd
Just took the dog out for a pee and you'd never know I shovelled and plowed. Winds are picking up and will continue to blow 70-80kmh overnight and into mid tomorrow.
MC said
February 4th
We're getting hit pretty well in the Halifax area. Lots of snow down on the ground today with much drifting. The driveway was a mix of bare spots and over 2ft deep in some places. There was some freezing rain as well, leaving a crust on top of the snow (and a layer of ice on the cars). Cleared as much as I could till the wind picked up and I started to freeze vital parts, so I went inside to watch the All Star Games.
Snowing again and the wind is whistling, so tomorrow I'll probably have to go back and re-shovel what I did today. Funny thing is, just a week ago I was wondering if we would have any snow this winter as the ground was bare...
Canadian Poncho said
February 4th
Another foot on the ground this morning. Snow is a bit heavy for shovelling too. Storm to continue all day with 70-80k gusts.
I'd say this storm is the worst since "Snowmeggedon" in 2015. For the first time my truck got stuck plowing. Nothing was going to get it out this time I as I was on a bit of a downward slope and needed to get backed out.
After 30 minutes of trying I finally relented and pulled our 10000lb winch out of storage (in the shed with waist deep drifts in front of it), and mounted it to the rear reciever. Since it's meant to mount on the front the power cables aren't long enough to reach the battery. So, I had a spare 12v battey that I stuck on the tailgate and used booster cables to attach it to the winch leads. I wrapped the winch cable around a tree about 75 feet "upstream" and managed to pull the truck free. "If they can't find ya handsome..."
My summer project will be running heavy gauge power leads to the rear of the truck.
Lockers in the diffs would have been nice!
I finished up the area I got stuck in with the snowblower.
Our road is pretty much impassible right now and the snow and winds aren't letting up at all so we'll get to do it all again tomorrow.
Wow! hope you have lots of grub! That'll be a while! Last night in northern Alberta we got a skimpy 2 inches. I have yet to plow anything this year. Kinda scary for the fire season.
Lemans64 said
February 6th
Todd I hope you are surviving out there with all that snow. Anybody else out there? If so stay safe.
Balmy +8c out west today and sunny.
Canadian Poncho said
February 6th
All is well. Snow is cleared at home and most of the roads on the island are cleared (some only one lane). I will say this was the most difficult storm for clearing up since I moved here. Yesterday the temps hit 4c and the snow was like concrete.
MC said
February 6th
My area got about 50 cm of snow over about 3 and a half days. It was driven by fairly strong winds so there was a lot of drifting.
I thought I'd keep on top of it by doing a little each day, but it always filled in again. Shoveled Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and it's mostly done, but still have one car mostly buried. I think I'll take a day off tomorrow and perhaps tackle the rest on Thursday. Already have 2 cars dug out and I don't drive the third one much... 4th car is in storage so I don't have to worry about that one!
My back has certainly seen better days, but I will say it's good exercise. However as Todd said yesterday and today with above freezing temps, the snow has become quite heavy.
Cape Breton got three times what I did in some areas... that's tough, and I wish them well.
Guess Ill have to clear the cobwebs from the snowmobiles tomorrow.
This so un-Manitoba for the first week of Feb. We would normally be -20 at night but lots of sunshine.
Current Conditions
1°C
Forecast
0°C
Mainly cloudy
4 Feb
4°C
Cloudy
-1°C
30%
Periods of drizzle
5 Feb
6°C
Cloudy
-1°C
Cloudy periods
6 Feb
5°C
Cloudy
-2°C
Cloudy
7 Feb
4°C
Cloudy
-4°C
Rain showers or flurries
8 Feb
-1°C
Snow
-9°C
Periods of snow
9 Feb
-6°C
70%
Chance of flurries
Detailed ForecastForecast issued: 5:00 PM CST Saturday 3 February 2024
Averages and extremes
only a few degrees above today but the sun was warm. with the snow gone i went back to work on the old Toro ride on. Had to put new battery cables on it. got it fired up and cut the grass on the south side of the house. Cant remember ever cutting grass in Febuary
We're getting hit pretty well in the Halifax area. Lots of snow down on the ground today with much drifting. The driveway was a mix of bare spots and over 2ft deep in some places. There was some freezing rain as well, leaving a crust on top of the snow (and a layer of ice on the cars). Cleared as much as I could till the wind picked up and I started to freeze vital parts, so I went inside to watch the All Star Games.
Snowing again and the wind is whistling, so tomorrow I'll probably have to go back and re-shovel what I did today. Funny thing is, just a week ago I was wondering if we would have any snow this winter as the ground was bare...
Another foot on the ground this morning. Snow is a bit heavy for shovelling too. Storm to continue all day with 70-80k gusts.
I'd say this storm is the worst since "Snowmeggedon" in 2015. For the first time my truck got stuck plowing. Nothing was going to get it out this time I as I was on a bit of a downward slope and needed to get backed out.
After 30 minutes of trying I finally relented and pulled our 10000lb winch out of storage (in the shed with waist deep drifts in front of it), and mounted it to the rear reciever. Since it's meant to mount on the front the power cables aren't long enough to reach the battery. So, I had a spare 12v battey that I stuck on the tailgate and used booster cables to attach it to the winch leads. I wrapped the winch cable around a tree about 75 feet "upstream" and managed to pull the truck free. "If they can't find ya handsome..."
My summer project will be running heavy gauge power leads to the rear of the truck.
Lockers in the diffs would have been nice!
I finished up the area I got stuck in with the snowblower.
Our road is pretty much impassible right now and the snow and winds aren't letting up at all so we'll get to do it all again tomorrow.
2 different worlds, I got these things poping up
And we're in the middle with mild temps, rain, fog etc when it should be -20 and/or stormy like the east coast.
In laws have 4-5 feet in Cape Breton, drifts are another thing. Everything at a complete standstill and cancelled for at least the next few days.
-- Edited by Gillis on Sunday 4th of February 2024 10:32:54 PM
Posted on the Facebook PEI weather page. "Typical Island Scene"
This is a road about 1km from mine.
Apparently a fellow and his dog were trapped on the Trans Canada hwy about 10km from my place for 17 hours! They got him out this morning.
Highway 315. This is the road I normally take to go to the town of Montague for groceries etc. Not today!
Wow! hope you have lots of grub! That'll be a while! Last night in northern Alberta we got a skimpy 2 inches. I have yet to plow anything this year. Kinda scary for the fire season.
Balmy +8c out west today and sunny.
My area got about 50 cm of snow over about 3 and a half days. It was driven by fairly strong winds so there was a lot of drifting.
I thought I'd keep on top of it by doing a little each day, but it always filled in again. Shoveled Saturday, Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, and it's mostly done, but still have one car mostly buried. I think I'll take a day off tomorrow and perhaps tackle the rest on Thursday. Already have 2 cars dug out and I don't drive the third one much... 4th car is in storage so I don't have to worry about that one!
My back has certainly seen better days, but I will say it's good exercise. However as Todd said yesterday and today with above freezing temps, the snow has become quite heavy.
Cape Breton got three times what I did in some areas... that's tough, and I wish them well.
I will send this weather east
It's starting to sound like 2015 all over again!
Saw this online, "Greetings from Nova Scotia"