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This could be “the nastiest storm of the winter,” says David Phillips, who ought to know as Environment Canada’s senior climatologist.
Still, he actually has some good things to say about it.
It’s snow, not freezing rain. Not too windy. Not too cold. And lasting one day only.
For real misery, he says, look down the road to Montreal and Cornwall, which are likely to get “ugly” freezing rain that should miss Ottawa.
This is a big storm that has pulled moisture all the way from the Gulf of Mexico and up through the Eastern United States. It’s rain most of the way, changing to snow in New York State. The Deep South had tornadoes.
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But Ottawa?
“You did have 20 centimetres of snow before New Year’s. This could be 30 cm,” Phillips said Tuesday morning.
“But I think in many ways Ottawa is lucky. We see that in Montreal there could be eight or nine hours of freezing rain. You (Ottawa) might get some ice pellets this afternoon,” but the air will stay “cold enough at the surface that the precipitation might change to ice pellets but not to freezing rain.”
Montreal and the St. Lawrence Valley will be a little warmer, causing freezing rain and then regular rain, “a much messier situation for most of Quebec.”
“Ottawa is going to stay in the cold air, and that’s why it’s going to be mostly the white stuff that you can deal with.”
“Its not a big, strong wind event,” he added.
“Typically in Ottawa you get one 20-cm snowfall a winter. About once every five years you get 30 cm. You’ve already had the one (of 20 cm) but as you know you can get four or five in one year, or not any.”
“I know in Ottawa you enjoy the outdoors. It’s going to freshen the snow up. A decent snowpack is going to cover all those warts and blemishes… The city’s never going to look more beautiful.”
Easy for him to say. Phillips is going to Florida in March.
tspears@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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Still, he actually has some good things to say about it.
It’s snow, not freezing rain. Not too windy. Not too cold. And lasting one day only.
For real misery, he says, look down the road to Montreal and Cornwall, which are likely to get “ugly” freezing rain that should miss Ottawa.
This is a big storm that has pulled moisture all the way from the Gulf of Mexico and up through the Eastern United States. It’s rain most of the way, changing to snow in New York State. The Deep South had tornadoes.
Related
But Ottawa?
“You did have 20 centimetres of snow before New Year’s. This could be 30 cm,” Phillips said Tuesday morning.
“But I think in many ways Ottawa is lucky. We see that in Montreal there could be eight or nine hours of freezing rain. You (Ottawa) might get some ice pellets this afternoon,” but the air will stay “cold enough at the surface that the precipitation might change to ice pellets but not to freezing rain.”
Montreal and the St. Lawrence Valley will be a little warmer, causing freezing rain and then regular rain, “a much messier situation for most of Quebec.”
“Ottawa is going to stay in the cold air, and that’s why it’s going to be mostly the white stuff that you can deal with.”
“Its not a big, strong wind event,” he added.
“Typically in Ottawa you get one 20-cm snowfall a winter. About once every five years you get 30 cm. You’ve already had the one (of 20 cm) but as you know you can get four or five in one year, or not any.”
“I know in Ottawa you enjoy the outdoors. It’s going to freshen the snow up. A decent snowpack is going to cover all those warts and blemishes… The city’s never going to look more beautiful.”
Easy for him to say. Phillips is going to Florida in March.
tspears@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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