WEATHER SUMMARY FOR ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO AND
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA TORONTO
 AT 5:17 PM EST SUNDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2008.
 A GOOD TASTE OF WINTER FOR PARTS OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO.
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==WEATHER EVENT DISCUSSION==
   A RAPIDLY DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE AREA THAT RACED FROM OHIO
ACROSS THE EASTERN TIP OF THE PROVINCE INTO CENTRAL QUEBEC BROUGHT A
LARGE AREA OF SOAKING RAIN TO SOUTHERN AND EASTERN ONTARIO ON
SATURDAY. A GENERAL RAINFALL OF 15 TO 30 MM WAS REPORTED WITH A FEW
LOCALES PARTICULARLY IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO RECEIVING 30 TO 50 MM
IN A COLD SOAKING WIND DRIVEN RAIN.
  AS COLD ARCTIC AIR ON THE STORMS BACK SIDE SWEPT IN FROM THE
NORTH THE RAIN TURNED OVER TO SNOW WITH BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW HAVING
BEEN OBSERVED AS FAR SOUTH AS LONDON WOODSTOCK AND KITCHENER LAST
EVENING. HEAVY SNOW WAS QUITE PREVALENT FROM THE DUNDALK HIGHLANDS
NORTHEAST ACROSS BARRIE AND ORILLIA INTO ALQONQUIN PARK WHERE
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 12 TO 22 CM WERE REPORTED.
  THE TABLE BELOW SHOWS THE RAINFALL AND SNOWFALL AMOUNTS RECEIVED
BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AS OF 5.00 PM. IN CASES WHERE THE RAIN TURNED
OVER TO SNOW NEAR THE END THE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WERE ESTIMATED AND
INCLUDED WITH THE TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS.
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LOCATION        EVENT DESCRIPTION
                SNOWFALL AMOUNTS
WATERLOO            3-7 CM
ORANGEVILLE          12 CM
MOUNT FOREST       5-10 CM (EST'D)
BARRIE            18-22 CM
SHANTY BAY
 (NE BARRIE)         15 CM
ORILLIA              22 CM
BEATRICE             15 CM
MINDEN               12 CM
ALGONQUIN PARK       16 CM
PARRY SOUND           7 CM
POWASSAN           14.6 CM
NORTH BAY            10 CM
LOCATION             RAINFALL AMOUNTS
WINDSOR              45.2 MM
HARROW               37.4 MM
DELHI                38.7 MM
SARNIA               44.5 MM
LONDON               34.9 MM PLUS 4 CM OF WET SNOW
KITCHENER            27.5 MM PLUS 1-3 CM OF WET SNOW
ELORA                26.2 MM PLUS 5 CM OF WET SNOW
HAMILTON             25.6 MM (SOME WET SNOW AT END)
GRIMSBY MOUNTAIN     36.7 MM (SOME WET SNOW AT END)
BEAMSVILLE           25.6 MM
VINELAND             35.1 MM (SOME WET SNOW AT END)
WELLAND              18.3 MM (SOME WET SNOW AT END)
TORONTO PEARSON ARPT 31.8 MM (SOME WET SNOW AT END)
TORONTO ISLAND       31.0 MM (SOME WET SNOW AT END)
TORONTO DOWNSVIEW    36.4 MM (1 CM WET SNOW AT END)
MARKHAM              29.2 MM (1 CM WET SNOW AT END)
BARRIE               26.1 MM PLUS 18-22 CM OF SNOW
MINDEN               29.0 MM PLUS 12 CM OF SNOW
WIARTON              12.0 MM (1 CM WET SNOW AT END)
MUSKOKA              24.0 MM (PLUS EST'D 5-10 CM SNOW)
COLLINGWOOD          36.1 MM (1-2 CM WET SNOW AT END)
PETERBOROUGH         29.9 MM (SOME WET SNOW AT END)
TRENTON              23.0 MM
OTTAWA               19.0 MM
KEMPTVILLE           24.1 MM
PETAWAWA             22.0 MM (EST'D 2 CM WET SNOW AT END)