A colorado low will approach Southern Ontario tonight and is set to bring messy wintery weather. What looked like a promising snow storm once again tracked much to the Northwest. Recent indications show that the track is slightly more to the Southeast than the previous models, which could bring snowtalls in the 401 Corridor a little higher. Area South of the 401 Should get a 2-5 cm band of snow tonight and a wrap up band of 2-5 cm Early Wednesday. In total, these ares could receive 5-10 cm, which is slightly higher than the total expected this morning. Freezing rain is possible in the Ottawa Valley tommorow afternoon and areas in central Ontario could receive up to 30 cm of snow. Flash freeze is likely Wednesday morning as the cold front could rapidly make the temperature go from 5 Celcius to negative 5 in 6 hours.
Forecast for selected cities:
Toronto 5-10 cm
London 3-8 cm
Windsor - 3-5 cm
Barrie - 10-15cm
Niagara Region - 2- 5cm
Kingston - 3-8 cm
Ottawa - 7-12cm
Sudbury - 15-25cm
This is the third time in a row that a promising snowstorm tracks Northwest, leaving us with barely anything. The only good thing out of this is the fact that this storm seems slightly better than the last two, an intense band of snow is already approaching and should give most of the rain effected region a quick 3-5 cm before the changeover.
I watched with sadness though no surprise as the models once again tracks further and further Northwest Saturday into Monday. It is however surprising to see the models actual tracking a bit more Southeast later today, leaving us with still some small acummulations.
The arctic air that was intact yesterday and early today retreated like a pansy as I typed and warm air is set to dominate southern Ontario yet again. It is only when warm air has finished its wrath with our region when it finally returns. With heavy rain before and a sudden drop in the thermometers, the Wednesday morning rushhours looks alot icy.
A period of quiet to follow after this storm, we may have a weak disturbance or so but it looks like the next 5 days will be pretty dry, even lake effect seemed to settle down a little, at least not as bad as the last 4 weeks.
God have mercy on Southern Ontario!
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