Sinc, we are at 6C now. Send you a bit of snow, rain, fog and warmth for a bit of sunshine. Do we have a deal???

Snow is finally slowing down. I did cancel my trip to Sudbury though. Discretion being the better part of valour. Only took me 2 hours to clean the driveway, walks and car this morning. All but the car cleaned with the snow blower.
Wind chill still near -20

South western ontario got hit pretty hard and as Macspectrum said, a lot of people without power. That is not a nice thing.

Sinc, we are at 6C now. Send you a bit of snow, rain, fog and warmth for a bit of sunshine. Do we have a deal???
Dr. G., I will pass on the snow, rain, and fog, but here is your sunshine taken just a few moments ago in our back yard.

Please note the copious amounts of snow I have laboured to shovel off the rear driveways this season. :D

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After what seemed to be weeks of constant heavy rainfall, we are now experiencing blue skies and warmish temps out here in la-la land.:D

I have every window in the house open. It smells like spring!!:clap:

Sinc, we got a bit of that sunshine just about a half hour ago, and had a beautiful golden sunset. Merci, mon frere. I'll send you a pic of my driveway and the adult doxie defending "the fort".

A chilly -11 this morning on the way to -1 under cloud. That is IF the weather forecast is anywhere near right. They have been so far off the mark lately, I'm beginning to wonder why they bother.

Sunny and 4C. Thanks, Sinc. The doxies are ALL outside running around in the snow in the backyard. Talk about madness!!!

winds slowing down and no snow falling today. Wind chill down to a balmy -19 :)

Sorry to hear that, Bolor. Guess that this is more typical for you winter days. Paix, mon ami.

Another sunny day from dawn to dusk. Weather forecasters are really out to lunch for our area. They just can't get it right.

Sinc, so far, Environment Canada is getting it right here in St.John's. Sadly, when they predict major storms, they have been totally correct.

The weatherman says -3 and bright sun today.

My thermometer says -10 and there is freezing rain falling. How wrong can they be?

Sinc, if it is the same here, the Environment Canada weather station is located at the airport. Here in St.John's, the airport is only a 10-15 car ride away, but it has totally different weather than here in central St.John's, which has different weather than downtown St.John's, which is different than the west end of St.John's. If you don't believe me, ask someone in each of these four areas to describe their weather at a given time of day and you shall get four different answers.

So, at the Edmonton airport you have sunshine. In your backyard you have -10 and freezing rain.

-22 with -30 wind chill here. Typical for this time of year. I'm thankful that we have not had any of that -40 stuff ... yet. I doubt we'll get it now tho'.

Bolor, my eyeballs hurt just reading those temps. I can only imagine what would happen to one's actual eyeball out in that sort of temp for any length of time. I can't even imagine -40C. Stay warm, mon ami.

It is 1C and sunny here at just past 2PM.

Quite a change. Now 1 and a high of 6, but then 60-90 kph winds for this afternoon, tonight and tomorrow with lows of -12.

As the sun sets, 0C here in St.John's, no wind and a beautiful moonrise.

-3 this morning with a high of +3 in the sunshine. Nice.

0C and partly sunny with a touch of flurries every-so-often to remind us that it is winter.

A very windy afternoon and we have reached our high of +3, but the wind chill makes it seem much colder.

A very cool feeling -11 this morning with a high of -2 in the sunshine. The good news is the high for tomorrow is +6 and on Saturday +10.

Our good news is the sun is shining and there is no wind. The bad news it was -30 this morning but going to a high of -9. I hope it hurries up and gets there

0C with very light snow flurries. No sun today. :(

-8 but on the way to +8 today in the sunshine.

At noon yesterday, the light flurries got a bit stronger and heavier........until noon today.......when we had a total of 55+cm of snow. That is now 125cm of snow in the past 6 weeks, and 25cm prior to that for the entire winter. At least this means that there shall be no drought or major forest fires in this area.

A warm morning at zero degrees and fitting that on the 12th day of February, 2006 today's high will rise to +12 to match the date. Nice. :)

Sinc, we have some of your sunshine, but none of the warmth. It is a sunny -3C here in St.John's, with more snow on the way tomorrow.

c'mon DR.G., -3 with sun is downright balmy in these parts. :D
currently -6 with light winds and snow ... nearly balmy ;)

You won't catch me complaining about our weather today! ;)

Beautiful near-spring day out here in la la land! Brilliant sunshine and 10C at my house. I have every window in the house open right now and I'm listening to all of the birds. We have a few blossoms out as well.:D

Bolor, your temps are ten times colder than ours, but our snow is ten times (at least) greater than yours. So, in the end, it evens out.

Sinc, I shall send some snow and cold out your way. Expect it by Thursday. I am sending it via Canada Post Express, and thus the delay.

Flurries are being forecast for Wednesday evening here, so we don't need much more, thanks.

Sorry, Sinc, but the shipment I just sent will bring you some light snow and bitterly cold temps. I thought this would make you feel right at home with winter in St.Albert.

+3 this morning and that is to be our high for the day. Very windy in the sunshine. The rest of the week does not look good and just might bring the coldest temperatures of the winter to date. forecast for early Thursday morning is -24. So far coldest day has been -19.

+3C here as well, Sinc. However, with gusts of over 100 kp/h, I watch the tree outside my office here at home sway dangerously back and forth. Even with nearly two meters of snow piled around the base, I watch the bigger branches carefully.

-29 this morning but warming to -10. Light wind and bright sunshine,
Yes Dr. G. I prefer the cold to the deeeeeeep snow that you have. And actually, the temps are not that bas :)

Bolor, I hate snow and bitterly cold weather. I guess I am not cut out to be a Canadian. C'est la vie.

Still +3 in the sun and very high winds so it feels much colder. High revised now to +6 today.

Bolor, I hate snow and bitterly cold weather. I guess I am not cut out to be a Canadian. C'est la vie.
I am feeling very Canadian today. I dug the car and driveway out from 9" of snow. Central Park got almost 27"! Temperatures in the twenties, but I didn't feel it with the hard work. I am not feeling like doing Canadian metric measurements though. ;)

Miss G., the most snow I ever experienced in one day in NYC was 17". It got so bad in Queens that there were protests against Mayor Lindsay, blaming him for the snow clearing AND the snow.

Here in St.John's, when we hear "flurries are forecast", that means 3-5 inches of snow. When snow is forecast, that means 10 inches of snow. When heavy snow is predicted, that means 1-2 feet of snow. In the past 2 1/2 weeks, we have received over 5 feet of snow, with two NYC-like storms.

I had to chuckle when I watched the clips of people shoveling out in Manhattan and Brooklyn. They were using the wrong kind of shovel to lift and throw the snow. Of course, in all honesty, until I came here, I did not know how to shovel snow, or the different kinds of shovels. Now, I have 7 different kinds of shovels.

Good luck and stay warm.

Folks, I have lived in St.John's since July, 1977. I was born and raised in New York City, and used the subways constantly since I was 10. I spent a year at university living within a city block from a railroad track, and spent two years living two blocks from a railroad track in Waycross, Georgia. In ALL those years, I have NEVER heard such constant wind blowing and sounding like subways or fast moving trains as I have today. It is gusting at 110kp/h, but there is little break between gusts. It is like a hurricane here today.

My neighbor's aluminum garbage can, which was emptied this morning, actually became airborn and just missed blowing into her second story window. Even the adult doxies refuse to go more than a few meters away from the front door, and the doxie pups refuse to go outside at all.

So I guess our 40 kph gusting to 60 doesn't count then, Dr. G.? :D

"40 kph gusting to 60" is a breeze. I was just about knocked off my feet, and I am NO lightweight, when I walked to the end of my driveway. It is a steady 75kp/h wind with gust up over 120kp/h, according to Environment Canada.

-7 this morning with a high of only -6 as we begin a cooling off period to -24 by Thursday morning.

With the same wind as yesterday, the wind chill factor makes it feel very cold indeed.

Sorry, Sinc, I did not mean to send such cold weather.

It actually snowed this morning.

Drat, now I'll have to get out that heavy push broom I use for sweeping the garage floor to get rid of the accumulation on our driveway.

:D

Sinc, when my wife lived in Edmonton, she recalls using a broom to clear away snow from the front steps of their home.

Sunny and 0C here in St. John's at just after 3PM.

Sinc, my wife just spoke with her brother in Edmonton, and he said that wind chills of -40C were predicted for tomorrow night. I can't imagine what this cold feels like, but stay warm my friend.

Winds hit 123kp/h yesterday here in St.John's.

It is VERY cold with the wind tonight. And tomorrow night is to be -40 wind chill.

Lemme see now, where did I leave that brass monkey?

Sinc, I can only imagine what our winds and your cold air temps would result in if the wind chill was factored into the equation???

-12 this morning on the way to -8 but it will feel much colder with the wind chill as north winds continue to blow at 30, gusting to 50 kph.

Sinc, when the winds hit 123kp/h here in St.John's the other night, luckily, it was only -4C.

we have been back in the deep freeze lately. Going to stay there for a while too :(
Thanks DR.G. for turning down Starbucks. I'm not a big fan of theirs anyway. Long Live Chez Marc!

The two reports don't agree, but we do have snow but it is melting.

Heart, the mountain of snow at the end of our driveway is becoming a snowboarders delight with the local children. It is about 7 feet high and has all sorts of "moguls" as you go over my front garden.............which is under a meter of snow.

canadian weather like a canadian women always change lol ;-)))

It's -28 here this morning with winds gusting from 30 to 50 kph giving us a wind chill factor of -40.

I went out to plug in the van and wow, is it cold. The weathermen say it will be short lived though with things warming up by the weekend.

4C and sunny here in St.John's. Sinc, my students in Labrador are getting this sort of windchill. When it hits -44C with the windchill, schools are closed. It is only -39C this morning, so all are in school.

Thunderstorming here in KW right now, after freezing rain this morning. Can't remember the last time there was a thunderstorm with over half a foot of snow on the ground.

From Environment Canada -- Unbelievable!!!!

Wind chill warning for
City of Regina continued

"Extreme wind chills today into Friday.
An Arctic airmass has brought very cold temperatures to southern Saskatchewan. Temperatures of minus 30 and brisk northerly winds of 20 to 30 km/h are continuing to produce extreme wind chill values of minus 40 to minus 45 this afternoon. Extreme wind chill values will become more extensive tonight as temperatures drop and winds persist. Wind chills in the minus 40 to minus 50 range will continue through to Friday morning as moderate winds and minus thirty degree temperatures persist."

It is very cold here too. What a blast! Seems odd with the grass on the lawns plainly visible at -45 wind chill. BRRRR!

Absolutely bloody hilarious.....welcome to global warming. :eek:
GTA today - we think - it'll change 10 minutes from now......

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From a New York Times article today

the average national temperature in January, at 39 degrees, was the highest ever recorded by the government, and up 8.5 degrees from the historical average for the month

on top of the Century snow storm for New York

http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/02/14/nyregion/14record.1841.jpg Times Square!!!!!!

MacDoc, my mother, coming from Montreal, knew how to cross country ski. She was in NYC during that monster storm in 1947 and for the first time in NYC, hauled out her skies and skied around her neighborhood (Washington Heights).

I it still +1C here in St. John's and I get a headache reading about the mid to high -30C temps in Calgary and Edmonton, and the -45C windchills in Regina and Saskatoon. It once got to be -32C with the windchill here in St.John's back in 1990. I went outside to just experience this sensation with my Old English Sheepdog. She did not mind the cold, but I was getting a headache.

Freezing rain warning this morning, high wind warning along with a flash-freeze warning for this afternoon.

The temperature should hit +6 later this morning, then plummet to -11 this afternoon. All that water, slush, and ice caked on everything will turn into a treacherous rock hard mess. :ptptptptp :ptptptptp :ptptptptp :ptptptptp :ptptptptp :ptptptptp :ptptptptp

Doug, we are going to get some +6C temps with rain overnight and then some subzero temps as well on Saturday. So, I understand what you mean by the "treacherous rock hard mess". I keep all sorts of pet-friendly salt on hand for my front driveway.

-24 this morning but the wind has died down so it is tolerable and on the way up to -8 in the sunshine. while the high is near normal for this time of year, it is still odd with no snow.

I was outside when during some of the lightling, everything sure got bright bouncing off of all the white snow.




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Strange, but winter lightening here in St.John's (I have seen it 5 times in my 29 years here), turns the sky green. I have never seen the Northern Lights, but this is like everyday summer nighttime lightening, but instead of the flash of white, it is a flash of green.

Sinc, we have the snow (5 feet since the end of Jan.) and today we have beautiful sun and -1C outside. The snow, since it came from the northeast, has a unique greenish/blue hue to it when the sun hits it at a certain angle. I am told that this is because of the ocean mist that is contained in some of the snow.

We got to -10 in bright sun today and it was very enjoyable. A few more days of this and it will all be over. :)

4C tonight when even the doxie puppies did not mind going outside at midnight. No wind and a bit of fog.

It is nearly 1AM here in St. John's, so it is time to say good night. Paix, mes amis.

Good night, Gracie. I hope that the sunrise finds you is better spirits than what the setting sun saw you. Paix.

-10 here this morning on the way to a sunny -7 today. Nice enough for mid February.

Partly sunny and 4C here in St.John's. It is going down to -9C tonight and maybe even getting down to -10C on Monday (which is cold for us). We currently have a wind warning in effect, with gusts up to 100kp/h. Thus, the windchill will be high if these winds don't die down. We shall see.

We lost our bright sunlight, but the winds are calm and that makes it OK. Nice day for a walk.

Going down to -9C tonight.................that is cold for us here in St.John's.

Only -5 here and going up to -3 by morning and 0 on Sunday. :)

A quiet night here as well. Stars are out, so it shall be cold.

-10 and headed up to -2 today. Flurries are in the forecast, but the skies are clear as the sun peeks over the horizon. Weathermen are wrong again, as usual these days.

We got your flurries, Sinc. 5cm of soft white snow. -5C here at noon in St.John's...............COLD weather on the way with -11C tonight.

A nice sunny afternoon got us to +2 but the wind made it feel much colder.

we got up to -7 today from -25 in the morning and windchills at -32. Yesterday the temp was -30 and windchill bouncing off -43 and below. I stayed indoors. I couldn't even make it Chez Marc for my daily shot of Bolor Special :(

Bolor, remember, we deliver to our regulars of the Cafe Chez Marc. I have the doxies outside as we speak, in that it is -8C with a -19C windchill. They are hardening themselves for deliveries to you.

-6 on the way to +1 with flurries today, which right now are more like freezing rain.

We got dumped with ~8cm of soft fluffy snow last night. Temps have softened to -12 and the sun is shining as of now. All in all not too bad for this time of year. Too bad winter had to start at all this year :)

A chilly -7C here in St.John's, but once again the stars are out and there is no wind, so it is a pleasant night.

-4 this morning and a high of -2 with flurries, but so far very little accumulation of snow. Certainly not enough to shovel, but the driveway could use a sweep.

-11 this morning on the way to -6 with light flurries in the forecast. We got some snow yesterday and overnight and for the first time this winter I am not able to see the grass on our lawn. It is now smothered in, oh, say, 1/4 inch of snow. :D

A chilly start to the day at -18 and headed for -6 with light flurries.

-17 on the way to -8 with flurries. It even looks a bit like winter out there now.

A bright sunny day, low wind, -25 this am, -13 now. The sun is getting some heat in it now

This just in from Environment Canada --

"Strong northwest winds gusting up to 120 km/h will also develop over those regions on Saturday giving blizzard conditions. Total snowfall amounts of up to 30 to 50 centimetres are expected for the extreme eastern Avalon Peninsula...."

Sadly, St.John's is in the 50+cm zone. :(

Sorry to hear you will get that much Dr. G.

Good thing you know the correct shovelling procedure.

I do not envy your task after this storm.

Sinc, it builds muscle.........and character.

Sinc, it builds muscle.........and character.
From your picture, it would appear you do not need much more muscle.

As for character, you're full. You couldn't cram in another ounce! ;)

Sinc, I also use it as my main source of exercise. I am able to spend about 3-5 hours, off and on, in a day doing the shoveling. I moan and groan if I have to do 30 minutes on the treadmill.

It's coming!!!!!!!!!

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WTP

-18 on the way to only -12 in the sunshine today.

In another hour, my Toyota Echo will be completely covered by a drift. Since about 2AM, we have had 120+kp/h winds blowing 30cm of snow horizontally. By tomorrow, another 50cm of snow is predected, an the winds should "die down" to a breeze like 50kp/h. Amazingly, there are drifts up to my shoulders and spots that have no snow on them at all.

-16 and a high of only -9 with flurries today, but it is much better than the weather in St. John's. Wouldn't trade for anything. :)

-29 this morning and -14 now and windchill at -22. I'm glad we don't have Dr.G.'s snow.
We shall keep the coffee fresh and warm for you Dr. G.

Finally!!! Started to clear out the snow at 645AM and my wife, son and I just finished. Of course, we helped out neighbor's and took time for a late breakfast and a late lunch, but we are done. 70cm of snow was driven into 3 meter high drifts by 133kp/h winds all day yesterday. At one point, we received 17cm of snow in less than an hour. Some people actually have snow drifts up to their second floor window. Cars are totally buried by drifts in some places, and left with just a bit of snow of them in other places. At its highest point, the solid wall of snow in my driveway was up to my chin (I am about 5'10" tall), and up to my waist at its lowest point. What a storm.

Actually, I have seen worse here in St.John's, but I was younger then and had more stamina to take on Mother Nature. We have another major storm predicted for Monday/Tuesday, so Feb. will go out with a record 2 meters of snow dumped on us in this shortest of months.

Bolor, Sinc, the only thing I hate as much as snow is bitterly cold weather. There are times when I wonder why I left Georgia.

The official Environment Canada report had our storm on Saturday as 70cm of snow blown about by winds gusting as strong as a sustained 133kp/h (hurricane force winds). Amazingly, everything was moving again by yesterday afternoon. Sadly, another major storm is due to hit us on Thursday and Friday. We shall see.

-14 on the way to -4 with light flurries. We now have about an inch of snow on the lawn and continue to simply "sweep" the driveways.

-11 this morning. Flurries today with a high of -7. We could get up to 5 cm this evening, the largest snowfall so far this winter.

Sinc, my wife's brother called early this morning (our time) to let us know that Okotoks was going to get heavy snow today ........ 10 to 15cm. I told him we call that "snow flurries". :)

Yes, southern Alberta is getting pounded compared to here in the north. Our snowfall this winter wouldn't rate much over a "skiff" in your area, would it? :)

Very true, Sinc. We have another major storm coming in a day or so. Environment Canada refuses to give an amount that will fall, since they have been off so much lately. This is why the federal government is thinking of moving our Environment Canada station back to Gander and St.John's from Halifax.

Was outside with the dogs at 6AM this morning, and it was snowing and -10C. Now, the sun is out and it is -1C. I shall NOT miss this February when it departs in another 11 1/2 hours.

We started out with bright sunshine, but it has now clouded over and the temp has risen just one degree.

Still sunny and now -3C. March may come in like a lamb compared to February's lion. We shall see.

Warmed to -7 but still no snow. How can they be wrong so often?

It is a clear starry night, with a cold -8C here in St.John's. New moon tonight, so all is dark and still.

Our temperature is now beginning to fall at -8 and the snow has begun to fall, so far very steadily. The weather guy might just be right after all.

Sinc, 10cm is predicted for Edmonton, so you might just get the same amount. Those are overnight flurries here, but in cold weather it is a different type of snow to clear. No ocean moisture to make it heavy. Still, take care, my friend.

Our daughter just got home and tells me conditions on the roadways are very slippery.

The QEII highway has been closed form Wetaskiwin all the way south to near Calgary, a distance of some 240 kilometers. RCMP are advising no travel this evening.

Winter in Alberta at last.

Sinc, trade you............other than the extreme cold. It is -11C here tonight and even the doxies did not stay outside long.

-10 this morning with little change and a high of -9. Our snowfall warning is still in effect but should be over by this afternoon.

Same old, same old. When what Environment Canada calls a "weather bomb" sits over St.John's, we can expect 25 to 75cm of snow every couple of days.

We've reached our high of -9, but the sun is breaking through for brief moments. got about 6 inches, but it is all light and fluffy stuff. Easy to shovel. :D

0C, which means the monster storm that approaches is going to cause a great many heart attacks.

http://weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/radar/index_e.html?id=WTP

Hang on tight with those winds Dr. G.!

Sinc, I can take the winds but it's the wet snow that is troublesome. I was out trying to shovel a few inches and I had to give up after about 30 minutes. It is just TOO heavy. And we are in for another foot or more of this wet stuff. Pray for me, my friends.

If only I could help, I would.

Thank you, Sinc. Only a snowblower will be able to help tomorrow morning after the plows leave their wall at the end of my driveway. Luckily, being a teleprofessor, I work from home. Not so for my wife and son, so it's back to the "chain gang" once again.

Good luck with your task and please be watchful of any toll on your heart. You only have one you know, :)

Wise words from a good friend, Sinc.

It is a very chilly -22 this morning. In all we got 25 cm of snow by yesterday morning. Only getting to -9 today but the sun is due to shine.

Sinc, you beat us ............. sort of. We only got 20cm of snow last night. Of course, we also got a cm or two of sleet to make things really heavy and slick. It was all blown around by 100kp/h winds........which are still howling. I would not mind the snow if it came straight down. But this morning, my front door and driveway was under meter high drifts.

I just checked with Environment Canada for St. John's and I am afraid it does not get much better in the next week or so. Such is life as we too are very cold. Thankfully our winds have died down.

Sinc, Environment Canada is a joke when it comes to weather forecasting here in St.John's. Ever since they moved the main weather station from Gander to Halifax, they have been wrong most times this winter. They predicted from 20cm to maybe 25cm last week and we got just over 70cm. I use their radar site to watch the intensity of the storm coming our way and the wind direction to get a sense of what we will really experience.

Sadly, as you contend, more of the same is headed our way this weekend. We shall see.

A lovely sunny day, but quite chilly with the winds that have come up this afternoon.

Good thing winter did not start until March or it might have been long. Golf is just around the corner.

-17 on the way to -11 today. 15 more cm of snow is forecast to top off the 25 we got a couple of days back.

Sinc, with temps like that, it is a snowblowers delight to clear away such light snow. Beautiful arches of snow as you clear away the driveway.

We too are getting cold weather, but the snow is passing south of us. Winds have been quite strong though with wind chills from -25 to -18. At least the sun is shining. We shouldn't be needing our snow-blower for a while yet so you can keep it for a while longer DR. G. :D

Our snowfall has now begun and the winds have picked up making for a biting wind chill.

It has been snowing here as well, but without a great deal of wind and cold temps. However, with about 3cm+ of snow an hour, and the snow predicted to keep falling until after midnight, we are in for another tough Saturday of snow clearing.

Nice sunny early spring day out here. Some of the fruit trees are showing blossoms and it's currently 12C or so. Coolish at night tho. Dropped to 4C last night. I had to shut a few windows.;)

I guess the biz slowed down enough for a quick visit, did it Gerry? :)

-13 this morning on the way up to -9 in the sunshine. With the power the sun now has, our snow will not last long.

Beautiful sunshine and -2C. It makes the snow blindingly white.

Cloudy skies here this morning, but we did not get near the snow they forecast. From what I can see, perhaps 1 cm or so.

A cold -5C with no wind tonight here in St.John's. The stars and the crescent moon are out if their full glory. 'Tis good to be alive.

Well, it is now official. The winter that never was we had going for us is done. We have now had more snow in the last five weeks than we did all last winter. Such is life. -13 and falling to -20 tonight. Yuck.

Sinc, what is an average normal winter snowfall for your area?

Dr. G., this may surprise you:

The definition of a "normal" winter in Edmonton is determined by the average winter conditions over the previous five winter seasons.

The average winter temperature is -15º C. Low temperatures of -34º C occur on average three or four times per year.

Depth of snow on the ground averages 18 cm by mid-winter and seldom exceeds 36 cm in the city area.

Average wind speed during winter months is 14.6 km/h.

Pretty tame, isn't it?

Sinc, anything below -15C is considered bitterly cold for St.John's. 36cm of snow is common for a heavy snowfall here, and which we get 3-5 times a winter. 13 feet of snow is average for here, with 1 to 2 meters of snow being on the ground at all times, depending upon the amount of rain we get during the winter.

Told you our weather was relatively tame.

But oh look out if it decides to nest around -40 for a week or so. Especially if the wind comes up.

Sinc, I can't imagine -40C. It once hit -32C with the windchill here in St.John's on a very cold February back in the 80's. I went outside for a few minutes at about 2AM just to experience this sort of extreme cold.

sez it all ....... :D

MacDoc, that is a beautiful sight. Send some of it our way. Merci, mon ami.

-3, sunny and windy yesterday ... and the same today, tomorrow and the next day. Not too bad for this part of the country :D

Looks very similar to ours, 'cept for that minus sign!

http://www.ehmac.ca/attachment.php?attachmentid=1259&stc=1&d=1141577772

Sinc, the minus sign makes all the difference.

It has warmed up very nicely and is melting in the sun, minus 2 on the thermometer as my friend and I sit in the back forty in the motor home watching the Ford Golf Championship. It is almost like camping!

Still cool in the early mornings:

http://www.ehmac.ca/attachment.php?attachmentid=1264&stc=1&d=1141652692

I suspect the weatherman is wrong again. We have already reached our forecast high of -5 and the sun is trying to shine. (Snow was forecast.)

2C and partly sunny. Some of the snow is actually starting to melt.

Still cool here, but the cherry trees are starting to bloom and all the other deciduous trees are getting fuzzy with leaf buds. Migratory birds are showing up - a big flock of Pintails at the waterfront the other day, Canada geese galore, lots of songbirds on the feeder. 16º tomorrow, 26º on Saturday - Yowzah!!

-9 on the way to -1 with snow today. We are forecast to get an equal amount of snow this week that we received in late February. That amount alone was more than we received total in the winter previous. We seem to be paying for the fine winter weather we had before the last few weeks.

Well, no snow again. Take away the gold star for the weather guy again today. Melted like crazy here this afternoon in bright sunshine.

A nice morning at -6 and going to +3. Snow is once again in the forecast, but I am very doubtful of the weatherman's accuracy of late, so we shall see.

1C here in St.John's with a bit of sun. However, another blizzard is predicted for tonight throughout tomorrow, with 15+cm whipped around by 75-100kph winds. When will it end, dear Lord, when??????

No snow, bright sun and +6. Man are those guys wrong again!

Send some sun our way, Sinc. It has been snowing for the past couple of hours, with no end in sight. Once the winds pick up, all bets are off. We shall see.

Windy, really really windy, and wet. And a bit chilly.

A typical March blizzard rages outside. I hate horizontal snow in March.

-3 this morning and we will put a + sign in front of that same figure by this afternoon. It is very calm with big snowflakes drifting lazily down, covering the dirty brown stuff from the melt of the past few days.

Our winds have now picked up to 50 kph and gusting higher, so it is now snowing sideways!

"Our winds have now picked up to 50 kph and gusting higher, so it is now snowing sideways!" Sinc, I know the feeling. This is how 15cm of snow suddenly covers one entire side of a car.

Even though it was cloudy, there was enough heat from the sun to filter through and melt the snow that fell today on the sidewalks. Looks odd, fresh snow on the lawn an inch or two deep and bare but wet sidewalks.

Beats shovelling though! :)

I declare winter dead :D

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Good for you folks, MacDoc. We shall see those sorts of temps in mid-June, as the last of the snow melts away........hopefully.

The Mayor of St.John's has called the Mayor of Vancouver with an offer of assistance to help with snow clearing with the predicted storm today in the GVA. Crews and trucks are on the alert, ready to be airlifted across our great country should today's predicted 2cm of snow prove too much for the crews in Vancouver. As we say here in St.John's, "We stand on guard for thee" when it comes to removing snow.

-4 with a high of -3 today so not much change. The forecast calls for snow today, but I don't believe them. They have been wrong far too many times this week alone.

Sinc, four snow plows and crews are loading up as we speak onto huge transport planes to head out to Vancouver to help avert rush hour disaster with the impending snow storm.

I know that St. John's has them at the ready when Vancouver is forecast to get over a half cm of snow, but this is a biggy, nearly TWO cm.

No wonder you are coming to their aid. And of course, it does save the army from being recalled from Afghanistan, or is that saved only for Toronto? :D

Accccccckkkkkkkk. We are all going to die. I'm having trouble breathing. I woke up to 5 cm of snow and I'm not sure why we have been cursed so. It's not fair. We're half way into summer.

Still snowing here at 9 am my time. Temp is just above freezing. Only complaint is the dog coming in from the garden with snowballs stuck to the fur on her feet.

A bit of light snow has now begun to fall here too.

Ena our Lhasa plays in the snow and loves it. He takes his ball out with him and jams it into the snow, then he roots around with his nose until he finds it.

Some days he comes in with snow balls not only stuck to his feet, but with them stuck to both ears and his snout.

Sinc, the army is only for TO. Sadly, although this troop/vehicle carrier jet was scheduled to bring supplies to Afghanistan, PM Harper had the final say over Hillier's request to support our troops in their mission in Afghanistan. Lotusland won out. Sad.

The sun has just come out. I am taking our seven doxies (Casey, our best male pup, is being taken by my wife to his new home in Nelson, BC) out to play in the snow. I shall need sun glasses it is so bright and white.

Carex, hang on. I shall send the Doxie Rescue Team to bring you back from the brink. 5cm for you folks is a near-disaster. Here it is call light flurries. Paix, mon ami.

Bright and sunny here now, although I woke up to a lovely picturesque snow covered landscape. It is rapidly melting now. (This disappoints the daughter ... she never gets a chance to play in it - it will be all gone before school is out)

Looking across the strait at the island ... it looks to still be snowing. Dark, dark clouds over Mount Washington. Should be good for the skiers.

MLeh, yes, good for the skiers, but the poor folks in downtown Vancouver, cut off from the outside world, paralized by the "dumping" of snow that has taken place so far, is beyond imagination. Relief efforts are being mustered from sea to sea to send to those desparate souls on the western "sea".

I'm sure they wouldn't even bother measuring the snow if it were only 5 cm in St. John's.

Keep some of that snow removal equipment handy Dr. G.

We've had 1/2 a cm now and it is still drifting down. When do we start to worry?

hmmmmdmmhmmmmm doves looking for nests on my windows this morning.....birds flying north :D

Carex, it is on its way out to help all of you in Vancouver. We have about 10cm predicted for this weekend, which is a dusting. Hopefully, the prediction of a foot more snow this month, followed by a foot more in April will be all the snow we get this winter. That would put us at about 15 feet of total snowfall for the winter, which is plenty. We shall see.

hmmmmdmmhmmmmm doves looking for nests on my windows this morning.....birds flying north :D
Your doves leave in the winter?????

Must be having Spanish type weather on the coast, given the gas and all. :D

Your doves leave in the winter????? Touché :( :D

I hear that Edmonton and Calgary are also getting "pounded" with up to 5cm of snow. Luckily, they "grow them tough" on the praries, or so my wife tells me every time she comes out to help me try and clear away the drift of snow that has gone over the roof of her car.

It has been snowing for days and is forecast to continue for the next three. then clear and the temp drops to -20 by Wednesday. This is spring?

Sinc, if need be, the snow removal crews heading back from Vancouver could stop in to help out you folks.

They arrived after a long, long flight on a military transport to Vancouver. They rolled their plows off the plane to find an inch or two of snow. Sadly, the plows that were sent were the jumbo trucks that have their blades set about an inch or so above the pavement so that they are able to smash their way through huge drifts of snow and push them aside. The next wave of plows have double blades to actually scrape up the snow and ice on the pavement. They found that the best thing that people could do was not to panic, and to stay off of the roads until Mother Nature melted all of the snow today. What a disappointment.

Still, the Mayor of Vancouver, in appreciation for their efforts to come all across the country to help save the stranded folks in the GVA, gave each person a voucher for a grande latte at any Starbucks in Vancouver. Now that's gratitude.

It has been snowing for days and is forecast to continue for the next three. then clear and the temp drops to -20 by Wednesday. This is spring?
Spring?? Shirly you jest. Even I know that on the prairies that no one plants their garden until the May long weekend for fear of snow and cold.

We are in a deep freeze here this morning at -2. It is clear and cold.

Carex, did you just call Sinc "shirly"??? I thought that Shirley was his middle name. Such is Life. We are at 0C with sleet and ice pellets.

Here in NL we have a word for this last blast of winter that comes after a few teasing days of spring warmth. It's a vengeful bit of sub-zero weather and precipitation, like old man winter getting that last word in an argument. Newfoundlanders and Labradorians call this "Sheila's Brush".

"Sheila's Brush' or 'Sheila's Blush' is defined in the Dictionary of Newfoundland English as: "a sudden reversion to severe winter weather any time after St Patrick's Day or roughly around the spring equinox." Sheila is, in folk legend, the close relative of St Patrick. Fisherman here traditionally used to wait out Sheila's Brush before venturing out to the spring ice floes. We have had Sheila's Brush early in past years, prior to March 18, and it has been fierce. Hopefully, we shall be spared this year, in that we have not had those few days of the "touch of spring". We shall see.

It was a referenced to the old Airplane bit where one of the characters says: "Surely you can't be serious." and Leslie Neilson replies "I am serious, and quit calling me Shirley."

Perhaps I should have said "surley" in reference to Sinc??

Carex, that is a classic line, and the source of my question to you.

The thread's about the weather guys!

The weather is terrible here in St.John's.................next story. When I first came to St.John's back on March 17th, 1977, I was told that if you wanted to talk to a stranger here all you had to do is make a comment about the weather. It's true.

The weather here this morning is back to its usual perfect self. Sunny, blue sky. Silly snow all gone. (What WAS with that?)

grrr. weather here is boring and unpleasant. -11 °C, cloudy and teasing to snow. Time to steal a line from hawksley and daydream about being "in mexico"

Glorious in the GTA - sunny a perfect early spring day - been sitting reading in the sun with the BT Headset playing classical guitar - a vacation at home :D

Sold our last MacBook too....now about our website :(

Somehow I just knew we would pay for that wonderful winter we had up until the third week of February. Such is life.

A reprieve! Sun is out at the noon hour and it looks like not a bad day out there.

A reprieve here as well, Sinc. It finally stopped with the freezing rain that threatened to bring down trees and power lines. More predicted for tomorrow. We shall see.

Snowfall has now resumed. Oh well, it shall be gone in just three short weeks. Either that or April Fool! :D

Our snow shall be gone in three short months..........we hope. The winter we had 21 feet of snow, the last bit of snow in my backyard was used to make a snowball.........which was thrown up into the air on Canada Day.

Our snow has stopped and the temp has moderated. Le t us hope it is a harbinger os spring. :)

"Le t us hope it is a harbinger os spring". ??? Sinc, are your fingers too cold to type? Or is your mind frozen making your unable to spell?? Still, I agree with the sentiment.

Yesterday we had clear blue skies, and an high of 9 degrees -- what a gorgeous day it was.

Rain is expected later today, with an high around 8. Not quite gorgeous, but I'll take it. I was planning on pulling some snow down from the roof but with these temperatures & expected rain, there'll be not much of it left by tomorrow. :)

:lmao: Yep I just can't seem to spell "of".

-11 this morning on the way to -7 with, wait now, snow! :)

One of our neighbours was mowing his lawn yesterday. At least he's one of these people that uses a push mower, so it wasn't noisy.

Thanks for that depressing bit of information. :D

Don't laugh, but I used our push lawn mower on the day it was 16C here in St.John's in mid-December. I just wanted to say that I mowed in mid-January, when the average snowfall is 2 meters. Of course, about a week later, we got pounded with three major blizzards in less than 3 weeks. With our daily 5cm flurries, we are now over the 13 foot mark for snowfall in a winter .......... and the grass I mowed is under about a two meter snow drift.

Forecast: cloudy with snow.

Reality: Bright sunshine and -14.

Score: Weather 10 Forecasters 1

Nudging 70 :eek: today but cloudy.

MacDoc, 70C would start to melt the CN Tower.

MacDoc, 70C would start to melt the CN Tower.
That it might, but it does sound so much better than 19.

A very chilly morning at -18 on the way to only -6 in the sunshine today. It is now light of first dawn by 6:00 a.m. and with the heat of the mid day sun, it will be spring before long.

A chilly 1C with light snow flurries. Spring shall come here soon, as well.......by about mid-June, we hope.

Well, after two beautiful days of sun and warmth (12 on Sat and 8 yesterday) we are under a winter storm warning. 20 to 30 cms of snow and blowing snow. I'm beginning to hate winter.

I saw that on the morning news Bolor and though, what has Bolor done to deserve this?

C just doesn't cut for temperature - too few gradations :D

It will hit 6 degrees today... with an heavy rainfall warning issued. :mad:

C just doesn't cut for temperature - too few gradations :D
Yes and I have always maintained that it is one of the major causes of SAD.

We now live in a negative temperature world for 3/4 of the year.

+3 sounds so much more liveable than -16 for example.

It has now dropped to -23 here.

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Overcast and somewhat cool here today.

That SAD comment is interesting. I remember a few years ago hearing on the news that residents of Montreal were suffering from SAD during a particularly cloudy winter. I also remember thinking that if they lived on the west coast, they may all be jumping off buildings being that we don't see the sun between November and March.

Good luck with your snow, Bolor. When we get those sorts of snow storms in March and April, it is usually wet snow.

My wife suffers from SAD. After all of the years she spent growing up in Calgary and Edmonton, coming to St.John's was a shock. The only advantage she sees to living here is the moisture in the air being better for her skin.

Believe me SAD is not an illusion of temperature readings and really has nothing to due with temperature in my case.
Pressure changes, lows in particular and seasonal shifts mainly late autumn and late winter are my energy sappers.
I can sleep for days when a persistent dark low hangs around or a BIG storm system is looming.

Likely an evolutionary hangover - lows were dangerous to hunter gatherers so I'm not surprised there is some sensitivity to it.

Europe has a strong SAD forecasting facility
http://uk.weather.com/maps/geography/intleurope/uksadforecast24hr_large.html

No, not an illusion, but rather just another contributing factor. I am convinced of that.

SAD is very odd in it's manifestations- it can be a beautiful sunny day nary a cloud in the sky but people like me can be hit because 24-36 hours out a low looms - the steeper the worse it is and longer ahead it comes into play,

Interesting in the middle of say a deep but narrow storm, energy comes back as soon as the trough is by - like right now for me as the high on the other side starts to impact.
But leading up to and just before :eek: anything from falling asleep to migraines to mini-depression etc etc.

I've learned NEVER to approach critical decisions or discussions when steep lows are about. I'll put off meetings.

••••

Good Day Sunshine: Stock Returns and the Weather
David Hirshleifer1 and Tyler Shumway2
Abstract
Psychological evidence and casual intuition predict that sunny weather is associated with upbeat mood. This paper examines the relationship between morning sunshine in the city of a country's leading stock exchange and daily market index returns across 26 countries from 1982 to 1997. Sunshine is strongly significantly correlated with stock returns.

For my wife, it is strictly a matter of sunlight. She has felt warmer in Calgary and a -30C (without the windchill) than here in St.John's at 2C. We can go a week or two without a trace of blue sky. These days, it is cloudy and flurries (which for us translates as 5-15cm a day.......day in and day out). The only advantage is that this means fresh water for drinking and to prevent major forest fires. As well, snow acts as a purifier of the air. Still, what I wouldn't give for some sunshine and 16C like we had for one day in January.

I, on the other hand do not have to dodge the bullet like you and others, MacDoc.

But the damn temperature causes me no end of misery. Maybe because I hated celsius from day one? While I am not sure of that I know how I felt when as a young man I awoke to plus temperatures much of the winter in the 50s and 60s.

If it did get to a minus, it WAS cold, not the pussy whipped current population who cower at -20 c. Get a grip. It's really only 4 below. Get out and enjoy the mild day.

[end rant]

...SAD is very odd in it's manifestations...

Apostrophe alert! Code Red! Alert!

Apostrophe alert! Code Red! Alert!
Now THAT was funny, Doug! :D

These are my demons
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So now I'm up at 5 am full of **** and vinegar - tons of energy as this high sweeps in and the glass rises. Temperature has very little impact for me.

Temperature has dropped from near 70 to now 39 heading to 28 :eek: THAT's a steep drop indicative of a very strong gradient, and the wind is howling as a result.

MacDoc, I was up at 6:08AM here in St.John's watching a nice sunrise. We early birds can enjoy the quiet time of the day.

Yet another cool morning for us. Where did spring go?

-17.

Weather = yucky.

We are in the middle of this:

From Environment Canada
"Winter strom warning..An intense winter storm southeast of James Bay will move only slowly northeastward today. On the back side of this system..Snow at times heavy and strong northwest winds gusting to 70 km/h at times will produce frequent whiteouts and very poor travelling conditions. Although the rate of snow will become progressively less later today and tonight..The strong winds will continue into Wednesday morning causing occasional whiteout conditions. By the time the snow becomes light overnight snowfall totals of 20 to 30 centimetres are likely for many regions."

Thanks Dr. G. for sending the snowblower back by doxie express.

Beautiful and sunny now but windy. 9C. Wind coming from the south will always change the weather.

Environment Canada seems to have it:

"Over southern waters moderate to strong southeast winds with Local gales near northern and western Vancouver Island will shift to moderate to strong southwest behind the southern front then will Back into the southeast again this evening.

Northwest of Nanaimo. Winds southeast 15 to 25 knots locally Rising to 30 late this morning and early this afternoon. Winds Easing to 15 to 20 this evening then rising to southeast 20 to 30 Wednesday morning.
Southeast of Nanaimo. Winds southerly 15 to 25 knots backing to southeast 10 to 15 this afternoon then rising to southeast 15 to 25 overnight.
Mainly cloudy with scattered showers today. Chance of flurries tonight.
Outlook. Winds moderate to strong southeast."

Typical for us this time of year. I pity the poor birds.


St. John's and vicinity
3:11 PM NST Tuesday 14 March 2006
Freezing rain warning for
St. John's and vicinity continued

Freezing rain is expected to develop overnight and Wednesday.

A complex low pressure system is forecast to move over the southern Gulf of St Lawrence waters tonight before gradually moving northward to lie over the north shore of Québec on Wednesday. This system will bring a mixture of precipitation to most regions of the island where heavy snow is expected.

Snow will begin this evening spreading northeastward throughout the night. Snow will become mixed with ice pellets then change to freezing rain over many regions. Total snowfall amounts of 15 to 20 centimetres are forecast over western and northern regions.

Winds will increase to east to southeast ahead of this system gusting near 90 km/h for most areas with gusts reaching 120 km/h.

-17 this morning on the way to -4 in the sunshine. This mass of cold air that has us hostage can't last much longer. The heat of the sun will drive it back, but for now we suffer with far below normal temps for this time of year.

Freezing rain and snow for us here in St.John's..............and for the next few days. Then, as a pre-Spring "treat", there is a major snowstorm predicted, with another 1 to 2 feet of snow to make us pray harder for Spring. C'est la vie.

The winter storm warning is over but the wind is busy rearranging it.:ptptptptp
Temp is currently -12 but windchill is -23 to -30(with gusts).
I'm really tired of winter.:( :-(