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Sajó
Member
06-18-2007
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 1:17 pm
I think we had thunderstorms last night.
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 1:39 pm
SW Ontario Yes we did have T-storms last night Sago - it was 45F this morning at 6am and it has now dropped to 35F. Our watch has now been upgraded to a warning A SIGNIFICANT PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A WARNING THAT AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
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Sajó
Member
06-18-2007
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 1:41 pm
Winter storm warning for: Halton - Peel Issued at 3:14 PM EST TUESDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2008 SNOW WITH ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS. YET ANOTHER MOISTURE-LADEN WINTER STORM IS TAKING SHAPE OVER EASTERN OKLAHOMA THIS AFTERNOON AND IS SETTING ITS SIGHTS ON SOUTHERN ONTARIO. AS THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES NORTHEASTWARD TOWARDS THE OHIO VALLEY TONIGHT IT IS EXPECTED TO TAP INTO A LOT OF MOISTURE AND ENERGY FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO. AS A RESULT IT IS LIKELY THAT THIS LOW WILL INTENSIFY INTO A SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. ALTHOUGH THIS STORM SEEMS TO BE FOLLOWING THE SCRIPT OF MANY PREVIOUS STORMS THIS WINTER SEASON..THIS ONE WILL BE A LITTLE DIFFERENT. AS THE LOW TRACKS NORTHEASTWARDS TONIGHT..INCREASING WINDS ARE FORECAST TO TAP SOMEWHAT COLDER AIR FROM A BUILDING HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A BAND OF POTENTIALLY SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SARNIA TO HAMILTON AND A MIXTURE OF SNOW AND ICE PELLETS FROM GODERICH TOWARDS THE GREATER TORONTO AREA TO JUST NORTH OF LAKE ONTARIO. REGIONS FARTHER NORTH WILL LIKELY RECEIVE SOME SNOW BUT BELOW THE WARNING THRESHOLD OF 15 CENTIMETRES PER 12 HOURS. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN THIS EVENING IN THE SOUTHWEST AND QUICKLY ENVELOP MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO BY DAWN..MAKING FOR A POTENTIALLY HAZARDOUS WEDNESDAY MORNING COMMUTE. A RELATIVE BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION LASTING ABOUT 6 HOURS IS EXPECTED TO PASS THROUGH SOUTHERN ONTARIO DURING THE LATE MORNING TO EARLY AFTERNOON. DURING THIS BREAK FREEZING DRIZZLE AND PATCHY FREEZING RAIN WILL IMPROVE VISIBILITIES BUT MAY CAUSE ICY CONDITIONS TO PERSIST. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS THE PRECIPITATION WILL INTENSIFY AGAIN AND SWITCH OVER TO SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES WITH ABOUT 5 TO 10 CENTIMETRES ON TAP ACROSS MOST DISTRICTS. SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION OVER AREAS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM SARNIA TO HAMILTON AND TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 25 CENTIMETRES NORTH OF THIS LINE CAN BE EXPECTED BEFORE THIS STORM EXITS THE REGION LATE WEDNESDAY. TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ALTER PLANS ACCORDINGLY AGAIN AS DRIVING CONDITIONS ONCE AGAIN WILL DETERIORATE SIGNIFICANTLY ON WEDNESDAY.
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Escapee
Member
06-15-2004
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 2:46 pm
It is absolutely beautiful in Northern California today.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Tuesday, February 05, 2008 - 6:12 pm
Freakishly weird weather February here in the KC area today. We had loud thunderstorms all morning, and now expecting 3-6 inches of snow. Thank goodness it wasn't all snow or we would be under a couple feet or more. This is weird weather, I just saw on the news here in KC that was are supposed to get "thundersnow" Apparently, snow with thunder, I have never heard such a thing!
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 10:30 am
No school (work) today!
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Dfennessey
Member
07-25-2004
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 11:27 am
Stacey I live in Massachusetts and we have had thundersnow before. It is raining today then tonight we are expecting a dusting to about 2 inches of snow. crazy I tell you
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 7:36 pm
Has anyone hear how Slinkydog is doing? Yesterday she had to shut off her computer and hunker down for tornado warnings. Doesn't look like she's posted today in the Election N&V where I would think she would be excited at some results.
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Biscottiii
Member
05-29-2004
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 8:08 pm
Nevermind, I found Slinkydog posted this morning and I was checking the wrong archive. Whew! My niece in TN is okay and so is Slinky. So I can stop worrying.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 8:48 pm
Bisc I'm glad that your niece AND Slinky are doing fine. 
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 9:10 pm
We've gotten over 13 inches of snow today, and it's still snowing! DH got stuck in our driveway (it's 700+ feet long, and was totally blown shut). I'd done some "drift-busting" w/my Jeep when I got home, but in the hour between our arrivals, it blew shut again! We've got tons and tons of rural/unpaved roads in our district, so I'm hoping we have a snow day tomorrow to dig out. I must say, though, I'll take our snow and wind ANY day over those terrifying tornadoes and storms south of us.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Wednesday, February 06, 2008 - 9:35 pm
Wow that is crazy teach I would take the snow any day as well My gramma is in Arkansas and she had a tornado 11 miles from her I was going through a slide show showing the damages from the tornadoes and it is just heart breaking I never did hear any of the thundersnow last night but I guess that where ever it thunders and it is snowing it dumps more snow in that area. Such an odd concept to me
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Jasper
Moderator
09-14-2000
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:10 am
I stayed home today. This all came down last night.
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Mameblanche
Member
08-24-2002
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 11:13 am

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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 8:37 pm
-53 today. I hate cold! I hate snow! Did I say I hate cold? Cuz I really, really hate cold.
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Stacey718995
Member
07-06-2007
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 8:49 pm
-53? holy cow, I will never be able to truly complain about the cold again
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Thursday, February 07, 2008 - 10:09 pm
Yeah. Although I have to admit that once it gets about -30 it's all cold and -50 doesn't really feel any different. You just feel it faster maybe. Did I tell you I hate cold?
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Mak1
Member
08-12-2002
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 7:05 pm
I hate cold too, Chili, and your brutal temp today is evil! That's the biggest reason I'm in Florida right now. It was in the low 70s today and felt chilly tonight at 60 degrees. I hate it when people in Florida tell me it's cold when it's 60. LOL!
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 9:09 pm
I have to stop sniveling about the -53 now because it has warmed up to -30 and I just heard on the news that it is -72 in Chicken. Don't ask me where is Chicken cuz I don't know but if it's -72 there I don't need to know. Did I mention I hate cold?
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Friday, February 08, 2008 - 9:33 pm
It's a balmy 30 here, but that arctic air is coming tomorrow night. Fortunately our big lake 10 minutes west of us, keeps us warmer than inland areas, and will prevent those -50 degree readings, too! (Of course, it brings more snow w/the warm water, but hey, who doesn't love snow days? Oops, right -- not Chili! LOL) HAHAHA! What timing - they just showed on the news, a bunch of college kids in Grand Rapids diving into the water through the ice hole they drilled out. Obviously we don't take the cold nearly as seriously as they would in Florida. 
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Chiliwilli
Member
09-04-2006
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 12:40 am
We don't have snow days. I would love a snow day. Our schools are ALWAYS open and we ALWAYS work. Believe it or not, the only time I know of in the 33 years I've lived here that the schools were closed was when it rained in January and then froze that night. The roads were too icy to trust the buses going into the hills for the kids. Our kids are required to have outside recess until it's colder than -20 and it has to be -50 to keep your kid home without it counting against their attendance but the school is still open and the teachers are still required to be there. Did I ever tell you guys I hate cold?
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Skootz
Member
07-23-2003
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 5:46 am
SW Ontario Well the storm that wasn't we had this week...in our area, they seem to be crying wolf way too much. This morning we are having wonderful snow come down, it looks very beautiful. The temp is 32. It is 7:44 am and the kids are heading outside to enjoy it..never know around here if it will last very long as it has been melting only days after each snowfall.
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Holly
Member
06-19-2005
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 7:21 am
-50??? Good God! Where DO you live Chili--the Artic? I'm in Florida and when it gets down to 50+, we really do freeze. People get all bundled up when it's in the 50's, lol. The coldest I've ever been in (up in Canada) was -10 and I just about died. I cannot even imagine -50. Yikes. Right now our weather is glorious. I love the winters here. Summers you can keep, but the winters rock.
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Lumbele
Moderator
07-12-2002
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 7:21 am
Southern Manitoba is really windy and cold this morning. It's -25C/-13F with -41C/-42F windchill and no promise of it warming up. They are even predicting a windchill of -53C/-63F for tonight. Dang, I think I'll need to put some socks on today.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Saturday, February 09, 2008 - 11:47 am
It's 51 here (we're in for a week and a half or so of nicer, mid to upper 60's) and Dakota's already outside in jeans and a tank top. Still a bit cool for me, I won't be happy til it gets at least upper 60's but I do have some windows open.
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