WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND THE NATIONAL CAPITAL
REGION ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO AT 12:42 PM EST
WEDNESDAY 10 DECEMBER 2008.
 WINTER STORM WITH HEAVY SNOW AND FREEZING RAIN.
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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==
A MAJOR WINTER STORM BLASTED SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO MONDAY
NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY INTO THIS MORNING. THE CENTRE OF THE LOW
PRESSURE SYSTEM ORIGINATING FROM TEXAS MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS
SOUTHERN ONTARIO LAST NIGHT AND HAS NOW MOVED INTO NORTHERN MAINE.
IT DEPOSITED A HEAVY BLANKET OF SNOW ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM
GODERICH TO BARRIE TO PRESCOTT IN EASTERN ONTARIO. SOUTH OF THIS
LINE MILDER AIR ARRIVED AND AFTER A INITIAL SHOT OF A FEW
CENTIMETRES OF SNOW..PRECIPITATION TURNED OVER TO RAIN WITH A
GENERAL RAINFALL OF 15 TO 25 MILLIMETRES OBSERVED.
SOME FREEZING RAIN ALSO OCCURRED NEAR THE RAIN-SNOW BOUNDARY IN MANY
AREAS. HOWEVER OVER THE OTTAWA AND ST LAWRENCE VALLEYS THE FREEZING
RAIN WAS PROLONGED AND LASTED FOR SEVERAL HOURS LAST NIGHT. ONE
STORM SPOTTER RECORDED 10 TO 15 MILLIMETRES OF FREEZING RAIN NEAR
AND NORTH OF CORNWALL.
THIS STORM SPAWNED A NUMBER OF SNOWFALL AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS
ACROSS SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO. REMAINING WARNINGS FOR EASTERN
ONTARIO WILL BE ENDED NEAR NOON AS THE BACK EDGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW
MOVES OFF INTO UPSTATE NEW YORK.
ON ANOTHER NOTE...TORONTO PEARSON AIRPORT HAS JUST MEASURED 974.4 MM
SO FAR THIS YEAR..MAKING IT THE WETTEST YEAR ON RECORD. THE PREVIOUS
RECORD FOR THE HIGHEST TOTAL PRECIPITATION IN A YEAR WAS 971.3 MM
SET BACK IN 1977.
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AS OF NOON ARE
FOUND IN THE TABLE BELOW. THIS WILL LIKELY BE THE FINAL REPORT.
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LOCATION           SNOWFALL AMOUNTS     PAST WEATHER
DORCHESTER                   6 CM          SNOW, RAIN
LONDON                       4 CM          SNOW, RAIN
CALEDON                     10 CM          SNOW, RAIN
FERGUS                      13 CM          SNOW, RAIN
KITCHENER STANLEY PARK       6 CM          SNOW, RAIN
WATERLOO AIRPORT             6 CM          SNOW, RAIN
OAKVILLE                     7 CM          SNOW, RAIN
TORONTO DOWNTOWN             6 CM          SNOW, RAIN
TORONTO DOWNSVIEW            6 CM          SNOW, RAIN
OSHAWA                       5 CM          SNOW, RAIN
MAPLE                       9-12 CM        SNOW, RAIN
BALDWIN (NEAR KESWICK)      13 CM          SNOW THEN RAIN
SOUTHAMPTON                 22 CM          SNOW
KINCARDINE                  13 CM          SNOW
BALACLAVA (E OWEN SOUND)    17 CM          SNOW
WIARTON                     24 CM          SNOW
THORNBURY                   14 CM          SNOW, SOME RAIN
ORILLIA                     25 CM          SNOW, SOME RAIN
COLDWATER CS                25 CM          SNOW, WET SNOW
SHANTY BAY (NE BARRIE)      16 CM          SNOW, SOME RAIN
BARRIE                      15 -20 CM      SNOW, SOME RAIN
MIDLAND                     15 CM          SNOW
MUSKOKA                     25 CM (EST'D)  SNOW
BURK'S FALLS                15 CM          SNOW
PARRY SOUND                 33 CM          SNOW
ALGONQUIN PARK              22 CM (EST'D)  SNOW
HALIBURTON                  32 CM          SNOW
MINDEN                      33 CM          SNOW
STIRLING                     9 CM          SNOW
KALADAR                     24 CM          SNOW
BANCROFT                    26 CM (EST'D)  SNOW
COE HILL (S BANCROFT)       23 CM          SNOW
PETAWAWA                    19 CM (EST'D)  SNOW
TRENTON                      7 CM          SNOW, RAIN, FREEZING RAIN
DRUMMOND CENTRE (SW OTTAWA) 21 CM          SNOW, FREEZING RAIN
OTTAWA                      29 CM          SNOW, FREEZING RAIN
RUSSELL  (SE OTTAWA)        OVER 19 CM     SNOW, FREEZING RAIN
CORNWALL                    25 CM          SNOW, 10-15 MM FREEZING
                                                 RAIN FOR 11 HOURS