March 26th Snow Storm

	The first signs of a winter storm appeared on the 9 day mrf. Unfortunately I did not save it but you can have a good look at the 48 hour ;).
	EC was quick to put out heavy snow fall warnings.
	Oh that looks good to me, although most people probably have their mouth hanging open. lol
	Hmmm.... looks like I am in there
	The storm finally starts in midtown Toronto at 9:30. Heavy snow is followed by a snow sleet mix and then entirely sleet. Not much happens after and the snow/sleet tapers of by 1:30.
	The radar looked fairly interesting.
	As I was heading home, the snow which had been falling all day changed to a entirely sleet mix around 4PM and a couple centimeters actually accumulated as seen in the image.
	The sleet continued to fall and was quickly accumulating on the road. It was actually accumulating much faster than snow does and was not nearly as fragile so the trafic was not mushing it up.
	The sleet changed back to snow shortly after I got home some time around 4:20PM and it began to pick up in intensity.
	The snow started to really begin to accumulate by 7:30PM
	By 8PM about 22cm or so lay on the ground as the heavy bands really started to line up and stream across my area. In the picture you can see about 22cm on the ground, 15cm on the pots and 10cm on the table. For some reason the closer one is to the back of the house the lesser the amounts. There was only 2cm on the step out the back door LOL...
	This photo was taken at just after 8PM. Compare it to the one below 10min later.
	The photo was taken at 8:10PM. The snow was very heavy at the time. You can actually tell by the amount of light pollution and the fact that all the tire marks on the road have disappeared. This image was taken using a 1.8 second exp.
	The next morning...
	Almost 30cm had fallen. Clearly it was a good idea not to directly drive out of the driveway into the snow LOL.
	Our neighbor shoveled about 4 times before he gave up late Tuesday night (I think he gave up sometime around 11:30 LOL) and it was a good idea that he did. However he did save himself the trouble of having to shovel the entire 30cm as I had to and only shovel about 5. His 3 sons are actually pretty smart guys, they decided to reverses up and down the driveway early yesterday to smush all the snow in the hopes it would melt LOL. To bad it did not work.
	Gotta love snow!
	Hmm now you look at it, seems like the 30cm I recorded was probably snow that blew off my roof and onto what had already fallen adding to it. Ok ok, 30 at my house and 25 or more on the street in front.
	Next time I remember to take a picture of what I measure I should remember to do it before I shovel and early in the morning before the snow starts to melt. Well it still gives you a idea. The snow pile here was the smallest of all and only maybe 5cm higher than what fell. Just ignore that peak directly behind the ruler which is 5cm higher. Use the top of the mound in the right of the picture to get a good idea of what the depth was when I measured in the morning.

Warnings

WWCN13 CWTO 262353
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 6:53 PM EST TUESDAY 26 MARCH 2002.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
      WATERLOO-WELLINGTON-DUFFERIN
      HALTON-PEEL
      YORK-DURHAM
      BARRIE-HURONIA-SIMCOE COUNTY.

      ...SNOW EASING OFF THIS EVENING..

      THIS IS A WARNING THAT HEAVY SNOW IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN
      THESE REGIONS.  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED
      STATEMENTS.

FREEZING RAIN WARNING ENDED FOR:
      BRANT-HALDIMAND-NORFOLK
      NIAGARA
      HAMILTON.

      ..MOST OF THE FREEZING RAIN HAS EITHER ENDED OR IS FALLING AS
      MIXED RAIN AND SNOW NEAR LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO..

      THIS IS A WARNING THAT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS
      IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS.  MONITOR WEATHER
      CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.

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==DISCUSSION==
A DISTURBANCE OVER SOUTHWESTERN NEW YORK STATE CONTINUES TO TRACK
NORTHEASTWARDS AND IS EXPECTED TO LIE OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK LATER
THIS EVENING. SNOW CONTINUES TO FALL ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO
FROM THE WINDSOR AREA THROUGH TORONTO AND EASTWARDS ACROSS MOST OF
EASTERN ONTARIO.

REGIONS ADJACENT TO EASTERN LAKE ERIE AND ONTARIO ARE NO LONGER
EXPECTED TO BE AFFECTED BY FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES HOVER JUST
ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK AND THE PRECIPITATION CHANGES BACK TO SNOW
THIS EVENING.

ACCUMULATIONS OF UPWARDS OF 10 CM ARE EXPECTED IN SEVERAL AREAS
IN THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING WITH A FEW REPORTS OF 15 CM POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS LATER THIS EVENING.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

END/ASHTON

WWCN13 CWTO 262157
SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:57 PM EST TUESDAY 26 MARCH 2002.
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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO...

HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING FOR:
      WATERLOO-WELLINGTON-DUFFERIN
      HALTON-PEEL
      YORK-DURHAM
      BARRIE-HURONIA-SIMCOE COUNTY.

      ...SNOW EASING OFF THIS EVENING..

      THIS IS A WARNING THAT HEAVY SNOW IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN
      THESE REGIONS.  MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED
      STATEMENTS.

FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:
      BRANT-HALDIMAND-NORFOLK
      NIAGARA
      HAMILTON.

      ..PATCHY FREEZING RAIN NEAR LAKE ERIE AND LAKE ONTARIO..

      THIS IS A WARNING THAT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS
      IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS.  MONITOR WEATHER
      CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.

FREEZING RAIN WARNING ENDED FOR:
      WINDSOR-ESSEX-CHATHAM-KENT
      ELGIN.

      ..THE PATCHY FREEZING RAIN HAS CHANGED TO SNOW ACROSS
      SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO.  THERE HAVE BEEN REPORTS OF LOCAL ICE
      ACCRETION NEAR 5 MM BEFORE THE CHANGEOVER TO SNOW.

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==DISCUSSION==
A DISTURBANCE OVER WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS
UPSTATE NEW YORK THIS EVENING. SNOW EXTENDS ACROSS SOUTHERN ONTARIO
FROM THE WINDSOR AREA THROUGH TORONTO AND EASTWARDS ACROSS MOST OF
EASTERN ONTARIO.

REGIONS ADJACENT TO EASTERN LAKE ERIE AND ONTARIO ARE STILL
EXPERIENCING PATCHY FREEZING RAIN AND SOME ICE PELLETS MIXED IN WITH
THE SNOW. SOME RAIN IS ALSO OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS WHICH IS
MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF THE SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN. ALL
PRECIPITATION WILL EASE FROM THE WEST THIS EVENING.

ACCUMULATIONS OF UPWARDS OF 10 CM ARE EXPECTED IN SEVERAL AREAS
IN THE HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING WITH A FEW REPORTS OF 15 CM POSSIBLE
BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS THIS EVENING.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

END/ASHTON