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rgray

St. John's should be holding the Winter Olympics.......... You've got lots of what Raincouver doesn't, namely snow....

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-9° this morning with clear skies and a high of 0 today.

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-3 right now, and up to 1C is the best for today..

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Looks like a nice sunny day. May even go positive.

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True ............... except Friday's opening ceremony would be snowed out. Snow and sleet is forecast for Thursday night, and on into Saturday, with 25 to a possible 75cm of snow before it is all over. Winds will only be gusting to about 60km/h, so there won't be the drifting. Still, 75cm of wet snow is heavy.

Thus, we will have the snow ............. but too much of it to hold the Olympics here in St.John's.


Currently sunny and +3C here.

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rgray

What a concept - Winter Olympics snowed out !!!!

That would be truly pathetic if it were to happen!

That said, I do remember (too) many years ago when I was involved in the Canadian WINTER Rally, we were closed down halfway through due to snow....

Strikes me as the worst kind of wimpy to cancel a winter event because it was being, uh, winter. Strikes me that that is exactly the point of winter events - to do battle with Mother Nature on her terms. Otherwise we might as well just stay home with a case of beer.

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My wife lived in Calgary back in 1988 and the lack of snow was a concern for them. Luckily, it was cold enough to make snow.

Of course, the St.John's Winter Olympics would have different sorts of events.

For example, the snow shoveling event to see who could shovel out an average six car driveway using nothing but one shovel.

The pot hole jumping event to see who can jump over the pot holes.

Cross city skiing following the snowplow around the city

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Knock, knock.
Who's there?
Snow.
Snow who?
Snowmeggedon .......... and I'm heading due north right at you.

http://www.weatheroffice.gc.ca/data/...n_1070_100.jpg

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Dr.G.

Snowmeggedon may or may not be headed our way (I love how Environment Canada hedges its bets), but tonight, it is just over 0C and there are stars out in the night sky. A beautiful night.

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Dr.G.

Place your bets, ladies and gents ................ Will St.John's just get 15cm of snow ........ followed by a few hours of freezing rain ................. or just get 50-75cm of snow????? Place your bets, SVP.

Beautiful sunrise this morning, and it is currently -3C with sunny blue skies.

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