Is The Weather Network's idea of a joke?

[3Jack]

I've got a Ping fitting at GT East tomorrow at 2 PM, so I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

[3Jack]

Ok, the Weather Network is backing off a bit, for now...

"From Friday Morning to Friday Overnight we expect close to 10 cm of snow." and then for Saturday they are saying "close to 5 cm".

So, only 15 total over the next two days?

Environment Canada says 5 to 10 today, then another 20 on Saturday. Essentially, this doubles the amount predicted by TWN.

[Kilroy]

The A-Channel is saying this morning that it will be a massive storm, but there is some uncertainty as to it's path. If it slides south east of us TWN will be right. If it hits us EC will be right.

[Hacker]

Ok, the Weather Network is backing off a bit, for now...

Hmmm - I'm seeing this on the Weather Network site....

"Winter storm watch for: City of OttawaIssued at 5:02 AM EST FRIDAY 7 MARCH 2008

..WINTER STORM EXPECTED TO GIVE HEAVY SNOW SATURDAY.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
A STORM IS CURRENTLY ALABAMA AND WILL PUSH NORTHWARD TODAY THEN GIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW TO MOST OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO. IT APPEARS THAT THE SNOW WILL COME IN TWO DOSES. THE FIRST SHOT WILL BEGIN AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND LATER TODAY IN EASTERN ONTARIO. WE MAY HAVE A BRIEF REPRIEVE OVERNIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING WHERE SNOW MAY BECOME LIGHT AND MORE INTERMITTENT. THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL IS THEN EXPECTED IN THE SECOND SHOT BEGINNING MIDDAY SATURDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST AND IN THE AFTERNOON OVER EASTERN ONTARIO. KEEP IN MIND THAT THE SNOWFALL DURATION WILL BE ABOUT 36 HOURS BUT THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL BE SATURDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. SNOWFALL WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FROM LONG POINT TO THE NIAGARA PENINSULA DUE TO SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 CENTIMETRES AHEAD OF THE STORM. THESE AREAS WILL LIKELY BE UPGRADED TO A WINTER STORM WARNING DUE TO ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW AS THE STORM APPROACHES. STORM TOTALS MAY BE 20 TO 30 CENTIMETRES ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LONG POINT TO THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE THEN TO PETAWAWA. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR 30 TO 50 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW OVER THE NIAGARA PENINSULA AND PARTS OF EASTERN ONTARIO. AREAS WEST OF THE LONG POINT TO PETAWAWA LINE SHOULD SEE BETWEEN 10 TO 20 CENTIMETRES WITH LESSER AMOUNTS NEAR LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY. BEHIND THIS SYSTEM STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS TO 70 KM/H ARE POSSIBLE. ON SATURDAY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH FRESH SNOW WILL CAUSE BLOWING SNOW TO LOWER VISIBILITIES AND CREATE DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. WHITEOUT CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE SO TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ALTER THEIR PLANS ACCORDINGLY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL DEPEND ON THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM AND THE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AVAILABLE TO CONVERT TO SNOW. THERE IS STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY AS TO THE EXACT TRACK OF THIS STORM. ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CLOSELY MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND ISSUE SNOWFALL OR WINTER STORM WARNINGS AS REQUIRED WITHIN THE NEXT 24 HOURS. 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."

[mpare]

My money's on EC. They tend to be correct more often than not. Keep in mind, though, that at this point it's still a weather watch for this area. They don't know for certain that this storm will run over us.

The A-Channel is saying this morning that it will be a massive storm, but there is some uncertainty as to it's path. If it slides south east of us TWN will be right. If it hits us EC will be right.

[GarthM]

TWN does not issue weather watches or warnings, only EC does, and TWN only posts whatever warning or watch EC produces. That said, TWN does it's own forecasting, which is why you will see the differences in accumulations/temperature etc.

[Indio]

Hey Hacker, when did you take over the role of 'Grim Reaper' ?

[Kilroy]

They are already calling ths storm "Big Juicy"

[Hacker]

Hey Hacker, when did you take over the role of 'Grim Reaper' ?

What do you mean 'Take Over'

On a related note.......how much would you pay to know when I'm coming to 'visit' you??

[leftylucas]

Acutally I rather get all the snow over with now so that we do not get a nice 20cm dumping in April (I hope) when the ground is starting to dry out and we start playing golf again. There is nothing worse to think that the white stuff is all gone then whammy, welcome to Canada!!

[mberube]

Screenshot taken Saturday, March 1, 10 AM.

51 cm! I guess they were bang on. I hope that was the last of it.

[3Jack]

Quite amazing actually!

[Slammin' Stever]

I heard a comment on one of the T.V. stations commenting about the weather. For us golfers, talk about one of he most depressing facts. Statistics show that in the Ottawa region on the average one out of every three years there will be a snow fall in MAY!

I am not a betting man but I hope we are not overdue!

Stever

[3Jack]

I heard a comment on one of the T.V. stations commenting about the weather. For us golfers, talk about one of he most depressing facts. Statistics show that in the Ottawa region on the average one out of every three years there will be a snow fall in MAY!

I am not a betting man but I hope we are not overdue!

Stever

If it does snow in May, the accumulation doesn't usually last more than a day... I remember a few (five or six) that it snowed in early May, perhaps a centimeter or two was on the ground, but it was gone within a few hours. Here's hoping anyway!

[rezadue]

Easy for you to say Luc. You have already played 11 rounds in the spring of 08...

Acutally I rather get all the snow over with now so that we do not get a nice 20cm dumping in April (I hope) when the ground is starting to dry out and we start playing golf again. There is nothing worse to think that the white stuff is all gone then whammy, welcome to Canada!!

[Indio]

What do you mean 'Take Over'

On a related note.......how much would you pay to know when I'm coming to 'visit' you??

You already did..... I am off work again

[big mac]

You already did..... I am off work again

What do you mean--"your off work again"? ---just got in off the course ---going for a massage. Oh life is good

[Indio]

What do you mean--"your off work again"? ---just got in off the course ---going for a massage. Oh life is good

I have to work from home.... knee swells up to much with all the walking I do at work so doc said stay away.

[Kilroy]

Working at home is not "off work" It's just a far shorter commute!

[Indio]

Working at home is not "off work" It's just a far shorter commute!

I am soooooooooooo sick of sittig on the couch working from home...... Besides there is no one to irritate here during the day except the cats and they ignore me (like everyone else)

[byerxa]

Had my second round of golf down here in Myrtle Beach no snow here!

What amazed me on the drive down Friday morning is that by Syracuse the snow was almost completely gone. We have been literally 2*C on average away from rain instead of a lot of that snow.

[little brit]

I am soooooooooooo sick of sittig on the couch working from home...... Besides there is no one to irritate here during the day except the cats and they ignore me (like everyone else)

Home can be anywhere there is internet for some. That is why we are in Barbados and it is again 28 deg. as it is every day. Hubby spends quite a lot of time online working from here. Works pretty good

You just need a location change Indio.

[spackler]

Had my second round of golf down here in Myrtle Beach no snow here!

What amazed me on the drive down Friday morning is that by Syracuse the snow was almost completely gone. We have been literally 2*C on average away from rain instead of a lot of that snow.

Some friends drove through Syracuse yesterday on their way home, and they said there wasn't hardly any snow at all on the south side of town. The weekend storm missed them. I'll be happy to drive a few hours for a round in Syracuse if the snow sticks around here for a while.

[big mac]

Hey Maureen---have you coaxed Mike out for golf yet? If not Diane said she's going to post last years pics from the fun day

[Weazl]

I smell a road trip to Malone soon!!!!!

Some friends drove through Syracuse yesterday on their way home, and they said there wasn't hardly any snow at all on the south side of town. The weekend storm missed them. I'll be happy to drive a few hours for a round in Syracuse if the snow sticks around here for a while.

[Indio]

Home can be anywhere there is internet for some. That is why we are in Barbados and it is again 28 deg. as it is every day. Hubby spends quite a lot of time online working from here. Works pretty good

You just need a location change Indio.

Unfortunately for the next 6 weeks I can't travel

[ironmaster15213]

Did you need me to travel up there to harass you in person??? I mean since you can't travel and all of that Hey I'll bring my skiis and practice downhill jumps from your roof, god knows you got enough snow up there.

[Indio]

Did you need me to travel up there to harass you in person??? I mean since you can't travel and all of that Hey I'll bring my skiis and practice downhill jumps from your roof, god knows you got enough snow up there.

From my roof to the snowbank is only about 2 feet so you definitely won't hurt yourself on the landing!

[John]

Did you guys move to Barbados Little Brit or just a vacation?

I was down there in 2000 and i'm dying to get back, I love Barbados!!

[ironmaster15213]

Did you install the ski lifts yet? Hard to climb that hill with our bad knees and all