It is just under 3C here with no wind. Actually, it is quite nice outside just now.

It is -21 now and will struggle to -17 for a high under clear skies today.

Sunny skies and 0C. A very nice day. We have had nearly two feet of snow this past week, and with colder temps coming our way, we shall have a white Christmas.

-17 and falling again to -25 tonight. tomorrow is supposed to bring bitterly cold wind chills. I hate it when that happens and I have to make a 120 km highway trip in the morning.

-3C and a clear sky. Paix, mes amis.

Drive carefully, Sinc.

A bone chilling -29 under clear skies at sunrise. Not a puff of wind, but that is forecast to change this afternoon with very high wind chill values as yet another arctic system moves into the area. Must be global warming again.

1C with a light snow falling. Going up to 6C later this afternoon with some rain, or so they say. We shall see.

Currently, at just before 6PM, we are at 4.5C here in St.John's. Going into the deep freeze tomorrow night, with temps as low as -8C. That is very cold for us in Dec.

Currently, it is -6C with a windchill of -16C!!!!!!!!! And, it is going down to -10C overnight. This is the coldest day since early March. I have had the woodstove going all afternoon.

Now that I'm in the right thread, we moved all the way up to -4 today, but will fall back to -24 tonight with high wind chills in the mid to high -30s range.

Sinc, I was outside with my doxies for about 10 minutes in -20C windchill and I thought I was going to die. They loved running around but I was way too cold.

More snow on the car this morning. I think we are pretty certain to have a white Christmas in TO this year. Much more festive than mud, lost mittens and chip wrappers.

A nice sunny morning at -10 on the way to -4. A fresh 4 inches of fallen snow on the ground makes it appear very clean and crisp.

I'm in LA, CA and the weather is to be 65 fahrenheit and sunny today. FABULOUS!

Miss G., enjoy it while you can. It shall be no warmer than 5C in NYC for the next few day. Paix.

It is a very cold -5C at 5PM here in St.John's. I have had the woodstove going all day. Still, cold weather here in St.John's means no heavy wet snow falls. When snow does come as flurries, the 3-5cm of this snow is light and blows all over the place. The ground has just frozen last night so it blows every which way.

Quite pleasant right now at -3 and a light breeze. Cloudy with intermittent light flurries. All in all, not a bad day.

Bolor, send us some of that warmth. It is currently -6C and going down a few more degrees overnight. We did have sunshine all day, which is as rare as this bitterly cold weather we have had the past few days.

-15 and wind chill of -26. Brrrrrrr

We have "warmed up" to -4C, but now the predicted 20cm of snow is starting to fall.

We've already reached our high for the day or +1 and the roads are a skating rink.

-2C and lots of snow swirling all around.

Now -1 and it has been snowing for the past few hours. the roads are a mess, but I have to go out on them. Oh well, it IS winter in Alberta.

We have had about 8 inches of snow fall today, and it is still snowing. I shall deal with it tomorrow morning.

-3 with flurries and that is as good as it gets for us today.

Clear skies here in St. John's, with -9C temps and a windchill of a bitterly cold -20C. Yesterday, we had over a foot of snow, getting us close to the one meter mark.

Given the lack of snow reported in your back yard recently Dr. G., it would appear when winter hits NL, it does so with a vengeance.

Don, it was amazing to see how much snow fell in just a week. We are near the one meter mark now and this time last year, I was still raking up leaves. We broke a record set back in 1959 when we got down to -13C overnight, not including the windchill. It is currently -8C and very sunny, and with little wind.

-8 right now, rising to 0 by this afternoon. Flurries expected, maybe 4 cms. accumulation.

A snowstorm is predicted for this Sunday... right now they're predicting 25 centimetres.

:ptptptptp

Hang in there, Doug. We are getting your storm on Monday, and it will not be pleasant. Drive carefully, mon ami.

Where 'ya too, Doug?

I moved out here to the Maritimes last year (are you impressed with my local lingo?), and haven't experienced a 'Noreaster yet. How much beer should I buy to make sure I'm well supplied?

Cheers

wind chills of -30 all day today. At least the sun came out at 10:00 am and it should be clear most of the week-end. The storm passes south of us through Sudbury and North Bay.

Bryanc, if you want to experience a true "'Noreaster", come over to St.John's just prior to one. I say "prior", because once it hits, there will be no airlines going out from our airport. Last year, we had a true noreaster, and it dumped 83cm of snow in a 30 hour period, driven by 123kp/h winds. St. John's was shut down for two days.

Currently, at just past 11PM, it is -9C. Way too cold for this time of year.

We've dropped from a balmy -1 to -13 in just two hours.

We've been stuck at -13 for hours now. It will try and warm up to -8 today with more snow flurries.

-5C with calm winds ................. the calm before the storm. Snow and sleet is predicted for Monday. :(

-9 and the winds are picking up. storm front is starting to move in. here comes the snow!

Good luck, Overkill. I hear that it might be a bad storm. Drive carefully.

I was looking at the Environment Canada report for Toronto. All you folks around the GTA should be very careful this weekend. I know that this sounds trite, but reading the forecast, it sounds like storms we normally get here in St.John's in January and Feb., and these storms can be very dangerous. Good luck to one and all. Paix, mes amis.

With the snowstorm predicted to hit us here in St.John's on Monday, we will be well over one meter of snow that has already fallen this month. The sad part is that for all of us in Canada, winter does not officially start until the 22nd of Dec. Thus, all of this snow and cold has been in the Fall of 2007. Still, as we say after each storm here in St.John's, "It could have been worse". Paix, mes amis.

-8 and hunkered down for the weekend wallop.
Starting to blow kinda of hard tho the light snow has eased off.

MacDoc, it is the wind that is what makes a snowstorm dangerous. A few days ago, we got 23cm of snow, but there was no wind, so it just piled up waiting to be shovelled away. However, with this sort of snowfall, blown about by 80-120kp/h winds, it is a totally different story. Cars parked in a driveway disappear ............ front doors of homes are buried in a drift .......... snow piles up on the roof of a home putting tremendous weight upon that structure.

You folks in the GTA will be getting some ice pellets mixed in, which makes life even more difficult.

Thus, your "hunkered down" mentality is a wise move. Paix, mon ami.

MacDoc, it is the wind that is what makes a snowstorm dangerous. A few days ago, we got 23cm of snow, but there was no wind, so it just piled up waiting to be shovelled away. However, with this sort of snowfall, blown about by 80-120kp/h winds, it is a totally different story. Cars parked in a driveway disappear ............ front doors of homes are buried in a drift .......... snow piles up on the roof of a home putting tremendous weight upon that structure.

You folks in the GTA will be getting some ice pellets mixed in, which makes life even more difficult.

Thus, your "hunkered down" mentality is a wise move. Paix, mon ami.


Snow ?
That is a FOUR letter word!
Tis a balmy, cloudy bright 7C at 48N/123W ( on left coast of this great land)
At my 'other' homeland 34S/152E it is
Mostly Cloudy
23° / 17°
Sydney Harbour Bridge and Opera House , Sydney 2000, NSW, Australia pictures from friends & fun photos on webshots (http://good-times.webshots.com/photo/2182315630099816979HUBsyy)

Sorry ~ feeling a little roo less!

Yeah well I can take comfort in not being concerned about shaking off the edge of the continent when the BIG ONE hits ;)

Yeah well I can take comfort in not being concerned about shaking off the edge of the continent when the BIG ONE hits ;)

Ha! Here's something to ponder!

Friday the 13th, 2029: Giant Asteroid Will Narrowly Miss Earth

A giant asteroid the size of 3 football pitches will make the closest flyby of earth in recorded history for an object of its size, scientists said yesterday. It will pass between the earth and the moon and will even come closer than the orbit of many telecommunications satellites, although astronomers insisted that there was little chance of a collision with the massive rock. Anxious earthlings need not worry too much for another 24 years, however, because asteroid 2004 MN4 is not due to make its closest approach to earth until about 10pm London time on Friday 13 April 2029.

The latest calculations of the rock's orbit suggest that it will come so close that it will probably be visible to the naked eye from Britain. It will shine in the sky as a dim, fast-moving star - the first asteroid in modern times to be clearly visible from Earth without the aid of a telescope or binoculars. The asteroid was first discovered in June 2004 and calculations of its orbit made by astronomers last Christmas eve suggested that there was a one in 60 chance of it colliding with the earth. However, within a week this was revised down to virtually zero probability of a collision. If it did collide it would cause an explosion equivalent to about 20 hydrogen bombs being detonated simultaneously, turning vast areas of land into desert or generating a giant tsunami if it landed in the ocean.

The latest revisions of the calculations have refined the asteroid's orbital path to suggest that it will pass our planet by the relative whisper of 36,000km (22,600 miles) - well within the orbit of geostationary satellites and about a tenth of the distance to the moon. This is by far the largest of the top 10 closest asteroids recorded by astronomers. Only two others have come closer and both were much smaller objects - tens of yards wide instead of the 350 yards of asteroid 2004 MN4.

A Piece of the Rock (http://www.flatrock.org.nz/topics/science/asteroid.htm)

ooooooo I'm about to head out to assess the damage (SNOW!). First the car, then the walk, then the porch, then the car again etc.

Mrjimmy, in the words of Bill Clinton, "I feel your pain." Good luck, mon ami.

To put things into perspective, here is what 35cm of snow looks like. Sadly, this was only halfway through the storm, in which we received 83cm of snow in a 30 hour timeframe here in St.John's.

I wish all of you folks in ON and Quebec a safe time of this storm. Paix, mes amis.

We've reached our high of -5 on a beautiful clear and sunny day. Christmas shoppers are out in force this afternoon.

Skies are clear here as well, Sinc. However, the sun has set so that means a cold night. It is going down to an unbelievably cold -14C with winds overnight of 120kp/h. I can only imagine what the windchill is going to be like. My wife scoffs and says, "Typical prairie temps", to which I reply, "Yes, but we are in St.John's, NL".

Dear Flying Spaghetti Monster,

NO MORE SNOW UNTIL 2010 please.

Thank you,

Je moi.

-9 on the way to -2 with light flurries. Not even enough to shovel. ;)

hey Sinc, isn't the weather out there like the good ole days? NOT! Alberta is having signs of global warming. AS a kid I remember it snowing in October and staying until April. Since 1992 the weather has been screwed up. When I lived in Calgary in 92 that was the first time I heard of the El Nino effect. It's now called global warming!. I know winter can suck, but smiling because there is no snow is sad...I can't imagine Canada with out winter.

We really got pounded here in St. John's overnight and into the morning. 20cm of snow overnight, and then 5cm of ice pellets early this morning. This was followed by a few hours of sleet. This was all whipped about by steady 100kp/h winds. It is truly heart attack snow. I have been in and out all day trying to clear things up in my driveway. It is currently 4C, so at least it is not freezing yet.

The storm dumped 25 cm of snow in Peterborough, about the same as Toronto but ours came without any sleet or rain. The big winner in Ontario was apparently Cornwall, with 50 cm, but maybe they got more in parts of southern Québec. It was beautiful here today, sunny and crisp; almost like the Prairies after a snowfall. Cross-country skiing was great on Trent campus, although I had to break my own trail. I'll take this snow anytime over the crappy warm winter weather we've been getting for so many years.

Fox, we had a white Hanukkah and now we shall have a white Christmas. Give me that "crappy warm winter weather" every winter. Of course, with winter officially 5 days away, I would love some nice Fall weather. I HATE SNOW!!!!!!

A nippy -20 under clear skies and a high of only -5 today.

A windy -2C this morning here in St.John's.

-15 on the way to -9 with flurries forecast.

-3C and cloudy. No sun, no snow, no sleet, no rain, nothing but a cold cloudy day. After the storm of a few days ago, I'll take this over just about anything else.

A brisk -21 with a wind chill of -30, flurries and a high of -5 with strong north winds will make it seem much colder.

-7C going down to -12C. Still, it is sunny and no wind, so it is a nice day here in St.John's.

Sadly, the word just came in from the National Research Council of Canada -- winter officially starts here in North America at 230AM tomorrow morning here in St.John's, NL. :(

Please, don't shoot the messanger if you don't like the message.

Up to -4 today, cloudy with a bit of sun.

0 tomorrow, cloudy.

+8 on Sunday with periods of rain (I'd better finish clearing the roof!). :eek:

0 and -1 Monday & Tuesday respectively, with a bit of snow.

-19 under clear skies with wind chill of -25 and climbing to -9 today.

-2C and cloudy. Flurries are predicted, but none have come yet.

florida is 75 degrees too bad i am comin home.
one good thing i missed shoveling all that snow

High winds combined with a temperature of -23 this morning make it feel like -30 today. We will struglle to reach -12.

A sunny -6C with no wind this morning here in St.John's. It is going up to 5C on Monday.

-11 and calm on the way to -6 under sunny skies today.

Sunny and 1C here at just past 11AM. It feels going to get out of the bitterly cold temps we have been experiencing these past couple of weeks.

Temperature should hit 7 or 8 this afternoon. Strong wind and heavy rain is predicted (up to 30 mm). Glad the roof is clear, and right now I'm touching up some snow banks to channel water away from the house. Worth a try.

Good luck, Doug. I do this every April to try to get the rain water moving away from the house. We are going up to 5C tomorrow with some blessed rain.

We had our rain today with a high of +7. Dropping tonight with Flash-freeze warnings and a winter storm warning ... 15 cms on top of all that rain. Yuckkkk

Bolor, that is tough weather to experience, especially since you folks had snow already on the ground. With really cold temps, it will freeze solid. Bon chance, mon ami.

I happen to have it set to Fahrenheit.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/Picture31.png :eek:

30 degree swing in one day - big time in either scale.

That is a wide variation of temps, MacDoc. Now, if we could get loads of rain, sunshine and +22C temps, we could have a green Christmas here in St.John's. Sadly, we will just get a bit more snow and some rain. Such is Life.

We had drizzle and a bit of blowing rain yesterday, but the heavy rains didn't materialise. What a relief. Environment Canada says yesterday's high was 8.7 degrees with 5.6 mm of precipitation, which seems right to me.

But geez, the winds that kicked in last night. Quite powerful at times; as soon as it's light out I'll take a look outside to see if the winds did any damage or if any twigs / branches came down.

4C and cloudy, with no wind, rain, sleet, hail or anything else falling from the sky. Sunny and 1C predicted for tomorrow. So, since Santa first arrives here in this part of NL when he hits North America, it should be clear sailing for him.

-7 with a high of +1 today under partial cloud with flurries this evening. Gentle snow on Christmas Eve is perfect.

That sounds like a nice Christmas eve gift to you from Mother Nature.

A warm Christmas morning at -5, which is also our high for the day in the sunshine. I bet it climbs higher than that once the sun appears.

Up to 0 today, mostly sunny at the moment. A bright, tranquil Christmas morn.

Such a refreshing change from the heavy overcast and all that @#^%@&^#% precipitation we have received over the past two weeks.

Yep - here as well - just at freezing and tho there are few slippy patches it's calm December weather.

1C at sunset (415PM) here in St.John's. It was 0C with some sun for most of the day, but now that the clouds have rolled in it actually got a bit warmer. Tons of snow still left so it was certainly a white Christmas.

Cloudy and 1C at just before 1PM here in St.John's.

A cloudy -13 on the way to -6 with flurries.

-6 this morning with clouds. Some light flurries and -3 now. Going to be this way for the next couple of days.

The sun has appeared to illuminate the hordes of shoppers out elbowing each other today. :D

Just below freezing - treacherous footing in parking lots.

A quiet 0C this evening here in St.John's. Stayed in all day relaxing and enjoying being with my family.

In for a warmish start to 2008 -

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/Picture38-2.png

Very sunny and -2C at 10AM here in St.John's.

overcast and -12 with light flurries and a high of -6 today.

Still sunny and -1C ............... but it is the calm before the storm. Overnight, and into Sat. morning, we shall get over a foot of wind-blown snow. :(

40cm of wet snow is predicted for St.John's over the next 24-30 hours. This will put us well over the 4 foot mark for snow in December. Sadly, Dec. is not even over yet.

We are going to get well more than the 40cm predicted by Environment Canada. I will be more like 50cm. The winds are nearly at a constant 80kp/h, so the drifting is what makes it really difficult. We shall see.

Right at freezing with a bit of sun. No wind at all.

Howling winds here with horizontal snow. -1C, so the snow is sticking and piling up. We might get over the 5-foot mark for snow in Dec. by dawn. We shall see.

Now we have horizontal ice pellets flying by my window. An inch or so of these will be replaced by some sleet and then back to about 15-25cm of snow. Clearing it away shall be a "treat".

A chilly -10 with high wind chill values. Yesterday it snowed lightly all day without a puff of breeze and left the trees painted white.

http://homepage.mac.com/plmnice/snowtree.jpg

Well above freezing now and for the next few days.

I've heard January is to be quite a bit above normal.

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Nice pic, Sinc. Here in St.John's, we have had about 25cm of snow with more until midnight. The wind is vicious, so the drifts are up to the car door handles. By morning, they will be up to the middle of the windows. We have a break tomorrow, with only about 5cm of new snow. Then, we are in a "weather snow bomb", with constant snow of 10-25cm each day from Sunday to Tuesday. We shall see.

A calm and chilly morn at -20 with light snow and a high of -9 today.

Sunny and warm here in sub tropical Ontario ;) A bit of a breeze.

We had sunshine all day, but with -6C temps. Gave everyone a chance to dig out from yesterday's snowstorm ................ and get ready for tonight's storm. This is looking like at least five feet of total snow here in St.John's for the month of Dec. ................ and Jan/Feb/March are our heavy snow months. We shall see.

-18 with very light snow and a high today of only -13.

Just at freezing. Tricky weather for driving.

Temp -4º, snowing rather briskly - my word, it is beautiful!

Snow ......... snow ............ and more snow. The word here in St.John's is "HELP!!!"

We have had our share of snow too. we got about a foot in the last two dumps and I waited until the end of the second one to clean off the deck. A few flurries for tomorrow then sun and going into a deep-freeze of -26 and -27 for overnight lows.

Bolor, we don't get the extreme cold temps as you folks do in Timmins. We just get snow, snow, sleet, hail, rain, sleet and more snow. Here is our New Year's Eve forecast .............. with the same forecast again for Wed.

"Snow is expected to begin in Newfoundland Monday afternoon. Total snowfall accumulations of 15 to 20 centimetres are expected with this storm by Tuesday morning.

Strong winds forecast with this system will combine with the snow to give near zero visibilities in blowing snow."

:(

A centimeter or two of snow has blanketed the downtown Toronto core this morning. I'm sure the car exhaust chinooks created by frenzied boxing week shoppers will take care of it pretty fast.

A chilly -21 under clear skies on the way to -12 today. Thank goodness it is calm or it would feel much colder.

-1C under cloudy skies. It is the calm before tonight's snowstorm. :(

Just at freezing :yawn:

January thaw going to be big time this year.

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Just at freezing :yawn:

January thaw going to be big time this year.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/Picture1-1.png

I LOVE that weather graph! The predictions of the worst winter in years had/have me spooked. Time to head to Mexico or perhaps Peru!

Well we'll see - friend sends these....could be almanac nonsense for all I know. ;)

Careful out there.....I did not know this was coming.

2008 will begin with snowstorm :eek:

Dec 31, 2007 09:40 PM
THE CANADIAN PRESS, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AND THESTAR.COM STAFF
An intensifying storm moving up from the U.S. Midwest expected to move into Ontario tonight from the southwest.

Environment Canada is predicting a general 15-centimetre snowfall along the Hwy. 401 corridor, though eastern areas along Lake Ontario could see 20 to 25 centimetres.

The snowstorm will hit central Ontario around midnight, forecasters predict.

Heavy snow will fall all night and into the middle of the day tomorrow, driven by winds gusting to 50 km/h. Blowing snow may cause problems in some areas Tuesday night.

The snow is expected to gradually move out of the province Tuesday. The wake of the storm will bring crisp January weather, with a forecast low Thursday of -14°.

A very chilly -22 with a wind chill expected in the -30 range. Good night to be home watching the box.

0C, but it is the wind, sleet and snow that is worrisome. Only 15cm of snow are predicted, but the winds will drift this snow everywhere.

"St. John's and vicinity
5:13 AM NST Tuesday 1 January 2008
Wind warning for
St. John's and vicinity issued

Wind gusts of up to 140 km/h are occurring now."

-16 under clear skies and little movement with a high today of -14.

Heavy wettish snow falling straight down on Toronto this morning. Already we have an inch standing like an acrobat on the power lines. Hopefully next week's 'Heat Wave '08™' will take care of this (although it is quite pretty on a still New Year's morning).

Just at freezing :rolleyes: but a pretty sight this morning to wake up to :clap:

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m269/macdoc/Picture8.png

Sunny and -1C this afternoon as the winds "die" down to gusts of 80kp/h. Finished clearing out my driveway in time for tomorrow's storm. This will put us at just under 5 feet of snow for this winter, which is 20% of the predicted snow for us here in St.John's until June. Canada Day snowball fights are a possibility again this year. We shall see.

Sunny and c-c-c-cold -14 :eek:

Snow and blowing snow. Might have some sleet mixed in to keep things interesting. We had 137cm of snow in Dec. alone. Today's storm will bring another 20cm, so we are well on our way to the predicted 25 feet of snow for this winter. Pray for us in our season of need. Paix, mes amis.

-10 under cloud cover, but the sun is supposed to appear this afternoon and push our high to +1. Best I get out the windshield washer fluid and fill up.

Speaking of wiper fluid:

http://ottsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2007/12/29/4744286-sun.html

Dr. G. seem like you could cut way back on your posts here if you limited your posts to sunny days, temps above 0 and winds below 50. :D (still need that evil grin emoticon)

BTW pleasant day here in Southwestern Alberta. Temps above 0, thin clouds and light (for here) winds.

"Dr. G. seem like you could cut way back on your posts here if you limited your posts to sunny days, temps above 0 and winds below 50." eMacMan, I could never post more than about five times a year here. Such is Life.

It is currently 0.1C, winds are 42kp/h ................ but there is no sun ........ only snow, ice pellets, sleet and then more snow. :( Two out of three is not bad. Paix, mon ami.

Great news, eMacMan -- 28C and sunny for tomorrow afternoon, with calm winds. The sad news is that this is for St. John's, Antigua and Barbuda, and not St.John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.

I spent 4 hours today digging out. What a dump.

At least it wasn't too cold.

bryanc, I feel your pain. I got a second job so that I could buy a snowblower in Nov. As we near the five-foot mark for snow since Dec. 1st, snowblowers are getting harder to find here in St.John's. I hear that parts of NB have been pounded this winter. Good luck, mon ami.

It took me an hour to dig from my front door to my driveway (and then the real work began), and I had to lift my 90 lb dog over the heap of snow left by the plow (she's almost 15 years old, and her hips now preclude the leaping she was renowned for when she was younger).

A few decades of living in Alberta hardened me against cold (although a decade on the west coast undid a fair bit of that) but I've never seen so much snow. Our back deck is now well below 'ground level' because the snow in our back yard is quite a bit deeper than our deck is high. The clothes-drying 'tree' is now almost completely buried.

When the grader came by, he got stuck for about 15 minutes in front of my house... you know you've got a lot of snow when heavy construction equipment can't drive through it.

Cheers

Brrrrr -17, clear and crrrrrrriiiissp. Back to bed for me.

-5 under clear skies and little movement with a high of -3 today.

bryanc, welcome to Atlantic Canada. We have gotten off easy in the past few winters here in St.John's, with snowfalls of 13, 15 and 14 feet the last three years. Four years ago, we got 19 feet of snow and back in 2001, we received a record 21 feet of snow. My dogs are younger and lighter, and love to climb up on top of the snow banks. My snowblower has made about a 10 foor hill, and my doxies love to scramble up there to view the world from that height. Hang in there, since we have at least five more months of this snow aheard of us. Paix, mon ami.

-30 this AM with wind from the south. High today -10 but with windchills of -33.
The good news it's not snowing ... yet ;)

Tropical Toronto coming up :D - now about the rest of Canada ...enjoy your winter. ;)

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Going to plus 9 next week.

While we don't get Bolor's frigid temps here in St.John's, we won't see +9 until at least mid-May. Enjoy your warmth, MacDoc.

We are supposed to get to +1 tomorrow, +8 on Sunday and +7 on Monday with rain. I prefer the cold to rain:ptptptptp

-3 on the way to +3 under clear bright blue skies and lovely winter sunshine.

Very sunny and VERY cold, with -10C most of the day.

Zero here and gray. 16 on Tuesday :eek:

Is California ever getting hit hard. Winds over 150 mph in the passes and a ton of rain and snow. Have a peek
Breitbart.tv » ‘Perfect Storm’ Hits California With Rain, Snow and Winds at ‘Category Four’ Strength (http://www.breitbart.tv/?p=24404)

-10 on the way to +2 in the sunshine today.

Snow and -2C here at just past noon. Nothing major, with accumulations of about 5 inches. It is light snow, and with winds of only 35kp/h, it should not prove to be problematic. Last weeks heavy snow and 140+kp/h winds were quite scary.

-9 under partial cloud and a high of -3 today.

-6C with sunshine and no wind, so all is well here in St.John's on a quiet Sunday morning.

plus 10 going to 13 today and 14 tomorrow.

Bye Bye snow

-1C and sunny here at just past 10AM.

-10 and clear with little movement today with a high of -9.

Spring is here! Yayyyyy!!!!!

Springtime already........... Cool. Of course, spring always comes a bit later here in St.John's. We just passed the 5 foot mark for snowfall this winter, with about 20 more feet to go (possibly). Of course, with Spring here now, we might just get 15 more feet. We shall see.

It's almost 9pm and it is 12 C in Toronto. Everyone is talking global warming. I read something in the newspaper from Environment Canada though that said that there has only been one winter since the early 70's that we haven't had a January thaw in southern ontario. They attributed it not to a warming trend but to a normal southern air mass that comes from Texas at this time of year. Rest assured winter will still be around for sometime.

I wore a tank top today, can't complain about that!

It's 12 am and it's 15!!!!!!!! in January ...:eek:

Mild here in St.John's this morning, with +3C and a bit of sun. With the snow over the weekend, we passed the five foot mark for snow this winter. We could get up to 20 feet more by late May/early June. We shall see.

-19 and struggling to get to -13 today under partial cloud.

12 - crazy weather - outside in shorts and cotton shirt cleaning the hot tub :confused:

Starting to drop now from 15 last night.

A bone chilling cold morning at -24 with winds at 15 gusting to 25 making it feel like -32 out there. Even the daily paper person has not been out yet this morning.

wind gusts over 100kph - temp dropped fast to plus 4.

0C with light flurries gently falling here in St.John's this afternoon. A quiet day.

It dawned clear, but now has clouded over here on the east coast of the island. Waiting for the snow in my yard to melt. Almost stepped on some emerging tulips yesterday!!

Carex, I too walked over some tulip bulbs in my front garden ................ of course, they were still in the ground, and under five feet of snow. I won't see the ground until June, and they shall not start to come up until July. We shall see.

Slightly cloudy, about zero, no wind. Clearly southwestern Alberta is caught in some space-time warp, probably caused by global warming. Whatever we will stoically accept this aberration without complaint.:D

White-out conditions this morning with wet snow (0 DEG). Snow now stopped with temps dropping to -6 currently and -13 overnight.

5 out clear with a few low scudding clouds - very windy.- Temp back up again. Looks, feels and smell like an early March day.
Little lumps of snow are all that's left and it's drying out like crazy with the wind.
Very strange for mid winter.

Snow, sleet, ice pellets and freezing drizzle .......... Very typical for mid-winter here in St.John's.

8C with a bit of rain. This is very atypical weather for this time of year. A few inches of snow has melted away, but we still have well over 4 feet on the ground. At least my driveway is clear. Strange to see the blacktop once again.

Plus 1 going plus 8 tomorrow - the Jan thaw has been extended due to popular demand.

Hello! good evening, good morning, G'day or Goodnight, as the case may be!

I'm new here on ehMac, so I thought this might be an interesting and topical way of introducing myself and point you all towards my neck of the woods.


I live at Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast of Queensland in Good old Australia.:cool:

Weather here of late has been rather tempestuous, with wild storms and flooding rai to the south over the Xmas New Year period.

No fireworks New Years Eve due to the high winds.:eek: But the weather has slowlyimproved since, and although we are still getting rain, we are having some great sunny periods as well. Which is good for all those touristy holiday types that tend to frequent the area.

Here is a link to the local weather radar: Southport is 5km from Surfers.

128 km Brisbane (Marburg) Radar Loop (http://mirror.bom.gov.au/products/IDR503.loop.shtml)

Here also is a link to the Local Australian Mac community for anyone interested in having a look.

MacTalk Australia (http://www.mactalk.com.au/)

And a link to my .mac Gallery.

.Mac Web Gallery (http://gallery.mac.com/silverdreamer#100023)

and My website:

www.barcoasters.com.au

Thanks for reading this far.:) Nice to be able to say hello.

Snowed last night, now it is raining on the snow. A slushy mess out there.

The real drag about a January thaw is that it fully reveals all the leaves you didn't get around to raking. Perhaps I should do it now. Rakinfrackin January thaw....

mrj, I know what you mean. Of course, the leaves that I did not rake up are now under 4 feet of snow, but by June, they will reveal themselves once again.

Currently 5C and sunny. Today was our Jan. thaw. One day is not enough, especially since we shall have snow on the ground until mid-June or even early July. We shall see.

Dr.G., I'm checking the Xpress Post rates to NFLD for a bag of my soggy Toronto leaves. I believe they are part Sumach, part Maple. Perhaps not indigenous to your yard but they will hopefully give you the impression of a January thaw.

A beauteous day in downtown Timmins. Currently a windless and sunny - 6 after a blustery, miserable day yesterday. Woke up to -15 this AM and we expect another 10 to 15 cms of snow tomorrow (12 cms yesterday)

BTW welcome to ehMac and Canada eh silverdreamer. Nice to hear from you from down under.:)

Thanks, mrj. I shall spread them on the top of the snow bank and enjoy a touch of fall ................... until they are covered over by the next snow storm. This winter's predicted 20-25 feet of snow will mean that they will not be exposed to the light of day until at least early June if I spread them out now. Send them via Doxie Express. They have the cheapest rates.

A breezy 3C at just before 5PM. The sun has set, but there is a nice sunset sky to the west.

Overcast and threatening to rain here this morning, (9.33am) But I can't complain, after all a month ago we where in drought! the Dam was at 57%, now it's overflowing.:clap:

PS: Can anyone here direct me to a thread re iweb'08 at all?:)

-16 this morning and headed to -12 in the sunshine today. Still quite chilly out there with the wind.

Lovely March day here in time shifted TO :rolleyes: plus 5 and sunny.

Very sunny and very windy, but -1C is fine with me at this point in Jan.

Up to 7 now very windy and with lots of rain coming our way apparently. THAT is a good thing after the drought tho losing snow cover is not.

Muskoka is in meltdown. YouTube - January Meltdown (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_rnUwFKhs8)
Our lawn is all water. Our house sits on a rock on a hill, with a river running through it. OK, not a river, a small stream. The snow has just about melted. People have had to move out of their houses in Huntsville. http://www.jilks.com/photos/January08/Thumbnails/40.jpg

Cool video clip. My lawn is all snow. My dogs walk about 3-4 feet above street level. When the mound gets to be over 10 feet, I start to worry.

Can't for the life of me get to sleep tonight so I think I will give up, chuck on some shorts and thongs and go for a walk on the beach.:cool:

Brat ...now you make me want to visit my friend in SA who complaining about +30.

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Orangeville getting flooded pretty hard too. 6 here and very dark for midday.

Damn! I keep forgeting it's winter over there! (not):D

Am tempted to do a "Nelson impersonation", Ahh,.... why not!... Ha ha !

PS: Just a comment, prefer the layout style of the forums here

IDE to Compact Flash adapters - in Macs? - MacTalk Forums (http://forums.mactalk.com.au/showthread.php?t=42697)

everything's at the top, no scrolling, other than that, great forum. (oh!... and all the Canadians.;) )

Great Day here in the wind tunnel. Light clouds, +3°C, and you can safely walk out side without any extra ballast.

You are very kind! The video isn't as cool as I would like it be. I am pissed off with Sony and their relationship with Microsoft. The Sony camcorder I just bought is no where near as user friendly as ones I have used when teaching. Canon is great with iPhoto and all the other i-stuff! But this one had night vision, which is crucial here in the north when photographing the raccoons (http://www.jilks.com/photos/Oct13/Oct13.html) is a bit of a lark!

Not only that but when they reinvent for example, iMovie they have to make it more sophisticated and less user-friendly, drag and drop than in the past. I have taught gr. 4 students to create web pages with Claris Home page Nightmareweaver (Dreamweaver!) was hopeless for them. I fought and lost the battle to keep it simple in my previous school board.

The young kids wanted simple, as did the teachers. I led a number of workshop with students and teacher-peers and we all created web pages (portfolios (http://www.jilks.com/portfolio)) of work that was laudable. Dreamweaver just flumoxed them.

I am so glad to be retired and launching into a new career.

I think complaining about yard duty at -30 has some dignity! +30 not a hope!

-16 on the way to -6 in the sunshine today.

Cloudy and 3C at nearly 1PM, going up to 7C. A bit of sun and cooler tomorrow, which shall be the calm before Tuesday's "major nor'easter snowstorm", which translates at meaning 35-75cm ................. or more. We shall see.

7C and foggy here.

Pretty dull, snowy and wet. We are sending some more weather east, too. Sorry!http://www.jilks.com/photos/January08/2008002z.jpg

jj, St.John's is bracing for a massive storm on Tuesday. My neighbor, who is a meteorologist and who provides some info for the Meteorological Service of Canada and the NL Offshore Industry, is predicting a major storm like the one we had a couple of years ago that dumped 83cm of snow on St.John's and closed the city for nearly two days. We shall see.

A sunny -11 currently. Temps are moving into the "normal" range for the next few days (lows of -20 to 25). No shorts and sandals here.:D

5C and pouring rain here at midnight. Luckily, the rain is taking some of the snow away.

-12 and calm on the ay up to -4 under sunny skies today.

2C and a bit of sun. We lost over a foot of snow in last night's rain storm. It stayed at 5C until about noon today, and then started to get colder. Still, everyone has been outside shoveling some room for the new snow expected in Tuesday's snowstorm.

An absolutely beautiful sunny day under a clear bright blue sky at -3 this afternoon.

Much warmer this morning at -6 and we may get above 0 today under scattered cloud.

Cold and relentlessly grey. Although, in the GTA, we are blissfully snow free, unless you live beside an arena.

-2C and sunny at 1PM. I may be the calm before the storm. Only 6 inches are being predicted, but if the sleet turns to snow, then we can add on another foot. We shall see.

I think we have more snow now than we had before the big melt. I seems we get 10 to 15 cms a day and it doesn't let up:-( Temps are at least near or above normal for this time of year.

Bolor, I know what you are going through. Hopefully, there will be a break in the snow, or at least it will not come as a major storm (i.e., 35-75cm in one storm). Bon chance, mon ami.

Dr.G., did the leaves arrive? The Doxie Express came and went and I'm hoping a blanket of soggy Toronto leaves will bring a brief reprieve.

Mrj, yes, the leaves arrived and were spread out in my back garden yesterday. The doxies had a grand old time running through the piles of leaves. Sadly, last night we got 20cm of new snow which covered most of them, and today, we are getting this --

"Warnings
St. John's and vicinity
5:11 AM NST Tuesday 15 January 2008
Snowfall warning for
St. John's and vicinity continued

Snowfall accumulations of 15 to 25 centimeters expected today and tonight.

This is a warning that significant snowfall is occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements."

We might only get about another 15-20cm of snow, since we will be getting some freezing drizzle, freezing rain and ice pellets instead of the entire 25cm of new snow. Leaves under 40cm of snow won't be seen until June. Still, I shall rake them up and compost them for the back garden. Merci, mon ami.

-7 with a high of +2 with a high wind warning in effect. Visibility on area roads is zero in blowing snow:

Strong winds of 60 gusting 90 km/h expected today.

A low pressure system in Saskatchewan continues to generate strong northwesterly winds of 60 gusting to 90 km/h across east central Alberta. These winds may combine with fresh snowfall to give reduced visibilities in blowing snow. The strong winds are expected to diminish later this afternoon.

Dr.G., glad to hear they made it. Although I had no doubt seeing the no nonsense crew of the Doxie-Express. Also glad they will become mulch for what seems to be a very short growing season.

The snow has returned to Toronto today as well. Not in epic proportions as is in your neck of the woods but enough to wipe that smug grin off all of our collective faces. Yes, it is still winter. Sigh.

About 9" of moderately heavy snow here in southwestern AB. No wind and about -7°C, but all that shovelling makes it feel a lot warmer.:)

[QUOTE=MacDoc;139293]Can I make a suggestion to add to this idea as I was considering it last night...something in the water perhaps...Not only a weather note but also a clip of interesting news specific to the area - ie someone from Halifax might have an update on the cleanup from the big storm :D

That's a great idea MacDoc...but should the interesting news be weather related in some way? Or anything that happened that day/moment/etc? And incidentally, it's almost noon here in TO and the weather is STILL grey and depressing. I've lived in Vancouver and TO has grey stretches that rival and surpass those of Vancouver. It's also much more interesting to look at clouds surrounding the peak of a mountain than obscuring a whack of skyscrapers in dt TO. Does anyone know if the sun is on sabbatical here?
Ciaochiao :)

-16 and headed for -6. Not bad if the wind stays down.

Sunny and 1.5C today in St.John's. Flurries are predicted for each day until this weekend (flurries here in St.John's translates to be 3-5 inches each day). This weekend brings on yet another huge storm. We should pass the two meter mark of Winter 2007-08 snowfall by Sunday morning. We are on track to break the record of 21 feet of snow, set in the 2000-01 winter, which was also the last La Nina year. We shall see.

-4 and dropping all day long to -16 by evening. Snow and freezing rain have made city streets very slippery causing traffic chaos this morning.

Cloudy and -1C at 4PM. Flurries off and on most of the day, which means an accumulation of only about 3-5 inches of fresh snow. Beautiful sunshine and -3C temps forecast for tomorrow ................ and blizzard conditions for Saturday and Sunday are also forecast. We shall see.

Timmins 5 Day Forecast

Tonight:Periods of snow. Amount 5 to 10 cm. Wind south 20 km/h becoming light overnight. Low minus 7.

Friday:Periods of snow ending early in the afternoon then cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Amount 2 cm. Local blowing snow in the afternoon. Wind northwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming light in the afternoon. Temperature falling to minus 14 in the evening.

Friday night:Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries early in the evening. Clearing in the evening. Low minus 29.

Saturday:Sunny. High minus 22.

Sunday:Sunny. Low minus 32. High minus 21.

Monday:Sunny. Low minus 32. High minus 21.

Sigh

Gorgeous weather here today, (gorgeous one day, perfect the next!) heading for 30 degrees in the shade.:cool:

Bolor, we shall have about 4 times your snowfall this weekend, but a tenth of your coldness. Man, those are cold temps, and I don't want to imagine the windchill that might go along with these frigid temps. Bundle up.

An icy -25 on the way to -9 in the sun today.

I doubt we got the 5 cms but it was hard to tell with the drifting. Wind chill at the -25 mark after the temps dropped in an hour from -7 to -15. Just aim the snow blower chute high and the wind took the snow across the street:D

Silver dreamer, at least where I live, we don't have to worry about sharks. That's the on;y positive comparison I can think of.;)

Sinc, it looks as though we are getting your weather now.

I doubt we got the 5 cms but it was hard to tell with the drifting. Wind chill at the -25 mark after the temps dropped in an hour from -7 to -15. Just aim the snow blower chute high and the wind took the snow across the street:D

Silver dreamer, at least where I live, we don't have to worry about sharks. That's the on;y positive comparison I can think of.;)

Rather put up with the 'Noahs Ark's" than than the polar bears. Besides, you can always stay out of the water.:D

If it make's you feel better, it's going to rain here today, and the Indians are trying to ruin our winning streak in cricket.:(

It's snowing, -15C wind chill -24C, but all said this has been a more "normal" winter around here. Heck, we've had 2 "snow days" already. cha ching. :P

It's snowing, -15C wind chill -24C, but all said this has been a more "normal" winter around here. Heck, we've had 2 "snow days" already. cha ching. :P

What's this "snow" stuff you all go on about?:D

It is 2C and sunny right now at noon here in St. John's, but it is the calm before the storm, according to Environment Canada.

St. John's and vicinity
10:52 AM NST Saturday 19 January 2008
Winter storm warning for
St. John's and vicinity continued

Total snowfall accumulations of up 35 centimetres for the Avalon Peninsula, with wind gusts up to 100kp/h.

-14 with a high today of -13, so little change and more snow to come.

Hmm, I was going to go outside, but it's -25C and the wind will make it -34C, I'll find something else to do...

There is a strange glowing orb that produces light in the sky. I don't recall what it is called.

Mrj, it is shining here at well. 2C and everyone is out shoveling their driveways in a desparate attempt to clear some space for tomorrow's blizzard. We shall see.

Snowing hard, blowing hard, around freezing, 2-4 inches of white death predicted. I really cringe at that particular range as the English translation is often 1-3 feet.

eMacMan, this is what I fear tomorrow. Last year, on Jan. 23rd, Environment Canada predicted snow up to 15-20cm, with winds up to 65kp/h. In 30 hours, we received 83cm of snow, whipped around by winds over 110kp/h. We lost one of our cars in a snowdrift in the driveway with drifts over my shoulder in places, down to my knees in other places. We could get worse tomorrow if the prediction is off once again. We shall see.

Brrrrrrr.

-10 - and me in my shorts......brrr indeed.

Short walk to the store was quite enough! Face frozen and legs stinging (no longjohns). Was going to walk to the pub but forget it.

Taxi!

-35 tonight and for the next 4 nights at least

Brrrrrr

We've been dropping all day long and will hit -26 tonight. Long as the wind stays down, it will be fine.

brrrrrrrrrrrrrrr outside.

A nice near moon is overhead, but it mocks us, since there will be no night sky visible for the next few days ................. lots of snow, but no night sky with the moon and stars overhead and visible.

We too are looking at overnight lows of about -20°C, for the next three nights. Don't even ask about the wind chill.

Where is global warming when we really need it (mid January).beejacon

-13 and very clear. Too nippy even for scampering to hot tub.

-16 with brisk winds make the wind chill severe out there and we are in the warmer part of the country today with a high of -15.

The orb is back again today. Two days in a row. Shocking! If it wasn't so %*&#^ cold I'd go out to greet it. But instead, I will stay in and take some vitamin D.

Wind Chill warning:

"Temperatures in the minus 30S tonight combined with winds of 15 to 20 km/h will again produce wind chills in the minus 40 to minus 45 range tonight and Monday morning."

Brrrrrrr

Hey Guys!.... Airfares ain't all that expensive!........:cool:

-11 - good day to huddle inside

Came across this video Dr. G =- strange place you live in..

YouTube - Newfoundland Frozen Waves (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8dPiG2b1Zc)

MacDoc, that is pack ice. It happens when the winds are strong out of the north east and it happens on the eastern coast of NL. I have pictures of pack ice that stretched out 81 miles. It was so thick, that Canadian Coast Guard Icebreakers got stuck in the ice as it got pushed it tight and then froze. They used skidoos to shuttle supplies to these ships that were stranded for a few days. Then, the wind shifted, the temps hit 0C, and you could then see open ocean once again.