NEXT WINTER STORM IN THE SERIES TONIGHT INTO SUNDAY.. AFTER A BRIEF BREAK TODAY FROM NASTY WINTER WEATHER IN THE WAKE OF FRIDAYS WINTER STORM THE NEXT DISTURBANCE IN THE SERIES WILL THREATEN TO INTENSIFY INTO A WINTER STORM TONIGHT AND SUNDAY AS IT MOVES FROM THE US MIDWEST INTO SOUTHERN ONTARIO. THIS WINTER STORM IS EXPECTED TO HAVE AN EXPANDING AND INTENSIFYING AREA OF SNOW AS IT MOVES INTO SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO TONIGHT AND THEN RACES INTO REMAINING REGIONS OVERNIGHT AND SUNDAY. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 5 TO 15 CENTIMETRES OVER SOUTHWESTERN AREAS AND NEAR 15 CENTIMETRES IN THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE AREA AND SKI COUNTRY. HIGHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE QUITE POSSIBLE THIS TIME OVER EASTERN ONTARIO AS THE STORM INTENSIFIES ON SUNDAY. WHILE SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO MAY BE QUITE MARGINAL VERY STRONG WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SUNDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM CENTRE AS IT MOVES NORTHEAST ACROSS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES. HENCE WIDESPREAD BLOWING SNOW MAY BECOME A SIGNIFICANT PROBLEM ON SUNDAY PARTICULARLY FROM GODERICH TO TORONTO AND NIAGARA SOUTHWEST TO WINDSOR. WINDS MAY ACTUALLY BECOME STRONG ENOUGH SUNDAY TO REACH WIND WARNING CRITERIA ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE ERIE. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED ONCE AGAIN TO ALTER TRAVEL PLANS FOR TONIGHT AND SUNDAY ACCORDINGLY. TRAVELLING CONDITIONS WILL AGAIN DETERIORATE QUICKLY BEGINNING TONIGHT WITH DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM WHITEOUTS IN BLOWING SNOW AND HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TO DEVELOP. SNOWSQUALLS MAY ALSO BECOME AN ISSUE TO THE LEE OF LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONTINUES TO CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY OR TONIGHT AS THIS STORM DRAWS CLOSER.
And here I thought I’d be in the clear. For the record, I do believe this is the same storm that cancelled buses out of Rochester earlier this morning. Mother nature, burn in hell. The deepest level of hell.