Dear Lord, Please Make It Stop

Winter storm watch for: City of Toronto

Issued by Environment Canada at 5:02 AM EST FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2008

A STORM CURRENTLY OVER ALABAMA WILL PUSH NORTHWARD TODAY AND GIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO MOST OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN MIDDAY SATURDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST AND IN THE AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN ONTARIO. THE SNOWFALL DURATION WILL BE ABOUT 36 HOURS BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR NIAGARA REGION WHERE SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED. THIS AREA WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING DUE TO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW AS THE STORM APPROACHES. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 30 TO 50 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND PARTS OF EASTERN ONTARIO. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SO TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ALTER THEIR PLANS ACCORDINGLY. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND ISSUE SNOWFALL OR WINTER STORM WARNINGS AS REQUIRED. WINTER STORM WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN SNOWFALL OF 25 CENTIMETRES IS EXPECTED IN 24 HOURS OR LESS OR WHEN SNOWFALL COMBINED WITH BLOWING SNOW WILL CREATE SIGNIFICANT AND POSSIBLY DANGEROUS WEATHER RELATED HAZARDS.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.



We're growing ever more winter weary, Ms J. Oh, how we long for a sign of spring!

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