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bandit

Dec 9th 2008 2:10 pm

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About 7 degrees here and rain!

However, reports from the N Shore mountains says it's been snowing up there, so v good news for all those waiting to start work on the ski hills!!!

Bx

Souvenir

Dec 9th 2008 11:51 pm

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The joys of winter. It was was snowing when got up yesterday and it still is. I think we're at about 30cm so far.

Mercifully, it's powder. The anticipated freezing rain during the night appears to have missed us, which is just as well because the plough came during the night and there is a huge windrow at the bottom of my driveway. I spent close to three hours shovelling yesterday afternoon. The two of us spent a further two hours in the evening, finishing at about ten. Admittedly we did spend some of that being neighbourly. Add to that a bus strike in Ottawa today and the fact that one of the five bridges is partially closed, and you have a bit of a mare.

dbd33

Dec 10th 2008 12:06 am

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Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7055402)

Mercifully, it's powder. The anticipated freezing rain during the night appears to have missed us

We had your freezing rain. I was amused to arrive at work this morning (after 47 miles) with 4" of snow still frozen to the roof and back of the Beetle, only the windshield and door windows are not encrusted.

Souvenir

Dec 10th 2008 12:18 am

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Originally Posted by dbd33 (Post 7055440)

How long did that take you? Souvette's commute, to a building I could see from here if a hill wasn't in the way, took an hour and a half each way yesterday. It took about the same this morning.

As if by magic, the huge windrow has disappeared. Jean must have finished the bottle of cognac I gave him last February.

dbd33

Dec 10th 2008 1:02 am

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Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7055465)

An hour and twenty. In Summer it's a bit less than an hour. The roads were bad in the sense of being snow packed all the way, I couldn't see the centre line and so drove straight up the middle of them so as to avoid the fatal wheel in the ditch, but good in the sense that I didn't see another vehicle until the last ten minutes. Last night was worse in a way, it was warm and so there was lots of fog; I followed a truck nearly all the way steering to match his lights. Luckily his driveway was on a clear bit of I might have followed him in.

acer rose

Dec 10th 2008 12:22 pm

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Originally Posted by bandit (Post 7054209)

About 7 degrees here and rain!

However, reports from the N Shore mountains says it's been snowing up there, so v good news for all those waiting to start work on the ski hills!!!

Bx

1 cm on Grouse according to their site. It'll be a while at this rate.

Don't think I'll bother with Whistler this weekend either
http://www.snow-forecast.com/resorts...kcomb/6day/bot

kate white

Dec 10th 2008 12:52 pm

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we have had snow, its been on and off since last week and the roads are bad with black ice and no gritters:unsure: do they have them here? or am I just mad with living in Lloyd. 19 below this morning but chill winds take it down to 27 below 0. aye canada is bloody cold alright and this is just the start they say:eek: we must be mad:rofl:

clynnog

Dec 10th 2008 1:09 pm

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Originally Posted by Souvenir (Post 7055402)

The joys of winter. It was was snowing when got up yesterday and it still is. I think we're at about 30cm so far.

Ian Black, on CBC TV said that Aylmer got 40 cm of snow and Ottawa airport got 29 cm (we had freezing rain at times on the not dark side).

fledermaus

Dec 10th 2008 1:28 pm

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Anyone know where you can look up the recent snwofall amounts? I can find old data but not recent.

acer rose

Dec 10th 2008 1:53 pm

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Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 7057670)

Anyone know where you can look up the recent snwofall amounts? I can find old data but not recent.

Environment Canada has up to nearly the previous day if you select daily rather than hourly e.g. http://www.climate.weatheroffice.ec....ilydata_e.html but not all stations have separate snow and rain data.

The previous day's total precip is also available on tha main weather forecast page e.g. http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/city/..._metric_e.html but does not differentiate snow and rain.

Rete	Dec 10th 2008 2:00 pm

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Sounds like the Ice Storm of 1998 in Ontario and Quebec. Landlocked for one week, no buses, trains, planes, cars, heat or electricity. Lived through it as a visitor for the holiday to be with my fiancee and came back for more. Not apparently an unusual situation.

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Originally Posted by Piff Poff (Post 7043529)

Yesterday we awoke to the highly dangerous thing called freezing rain which in turn turns to black ice/sheet ice. Not little patches of the stuff on damp corners but everywhere. Roads closed, pavements to icy to stand up on, even back lanes were slippy, it was horrible and only the second time we have experienced the stuff since being here - this is our 4th winter. I would trade black ice for snow anyday. Funnily enough that's what we woke up to today:rofl: Only about 1/2 inch and now it's being drizzled away.

So far every winter we have had has popped something new up, not one has been the same as the last - hey it's exciting not knowing quite what to expect:eek:

fledermaus

Dec 10th 2008 2:12 pm

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Originally Posted by acer rose (Post 7057746)

Thanks, but I can't find anything in the first link that has snowfall. I must be dim but can't see it

acer rose

Dec 10th 2008 2:32 pm

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Originally Posted by fledermaus (Post 7057786)

Thanks, but I can't find anything in the first link that has snowfall. I must be dim but can't see it

Select Ontario in the drop-down province box.

Select daily in the search options. The day will grey out leaving the month (Dec) and the year (2008).

Hit the Go button (at the end of the drop-down box).

Select a city near you using either the map or the drop-down box for city and Go.

If you select, say Ottawa, there will be a column for each of rainfall, snow, total precipitation and snow on ground but if you choose Peterborough, there will only be information in the total precip column.

Hope this helps.

Piff Poff

Dec 13th 2008 5:48 am

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It started snowing yesterday at around 6 am, I walked the dog and it steadily got worse and it carried on until about 3pm when it stopped for a bit. Then it started again and now we have several inches of snow and people have died this weekend on the roads already. It's blinking cold at -24 and even colder when the wind blows.

Going to get the dog some muttlucks later as he keeps holding his paws up for me to get the ice off them:ohmy: He is very happy with the snow situation - but not happy that it takes me 5 times as long to get ready to take him for a walk.

ann m

Dec 14th 2008 4:51 am

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-29 on the car thermometre thingie at about 6pm yesterday. It warmed up to a balmy -21 by midnight - but f-f-freezing again this morning :blink:

Our dog is not happy, but won't keep the silly booties on, just bites them off then wanders around with one paw in the air at a time! And he really needs to 'go', if you get what I mean !

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