On the road again … Snow's over for the commute home

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It’s time to turn around and do it all over again.

City plows have been out mopping up the mess all day but our ever-helpful friends at Environment Canada warned Monday morning that five cm more snow would fall by the time the storm passed Ottawa.

The grand total could hover around 20 cm.

Be prepared for more “winter travel conditions” into the afternoon, according to the Environment Canada weather statement covering Kanata to Orléans and south to Richmond and Metcalfe. The statement was lifted shortly after noon Monday.


Can't wait for the drive home
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also can't wait to shovel all the snow #sarcasticmonday #thrilled #ottawa

— Asif Deen (@deenasif) December 12, 2016


By the lunch hour, city police had reported 30 motor vehicle collisions with damage and OC Transpo continued to warn commuters of potential delays, suggesting they consider taking an earlier trip.

It wasn’t until after 1 p.m. that OC Transpo tweeted “delays on the majority of the service are now over.”

After lots of red on the board of the Ottawa airport Monday morning, there was only a smattering of delays by afternoon and a couple of cancelled flights.

The Monday morning commute trended on Twitter and had even pedestrians gnashing their teeth.

The snowfall record for Dec. 12 is 21.8 cm in 2000 while 2007 got the nod for the most snow on the ground with 51 cm.


Preliminary (airport) storm total as of 11AM: 15? (4? yesterday, 11? today). Today's record is 21.8? [2000-12-12]. #OttWx

— YOW Weather Records (@YOW_Weather) December 12, 2016


Schools were open Monday but buses were cancelled at the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, the Ottawa Catholic School Board, the two French-language school boards that cover Ottawa and eastern Ontario, the Upper Canada District School Board, the Renfrew County District School Board and the Renfrew County Catholic District School Board.


2:27pm – first snowplow of the day #snowday #ottawa #manoticknews

— Matthew Holmes (@semimatte) December 12, 2016


All district-wide sporting events were also cancelled.

Overnight, there’s a 40 per cent chance of flurries and an expected low of -9 C.

GALLERY:
Photos: A snowy December 13 in Ottawa


December 13 snow storm in Ottawa.


  • Obviously a glass-half-full kind of person, Danika Gourgon, seemed thrilled with the snow on her way to school at U of O Monday (Dec. 12, 2016). "It really is pretty," she said of the 16 centimetres that had fallen by noon. Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Snowplows, seen here on both sides of Range Road, were out in full force following 16 centimetres of snow by Monday (Dec. 12, 2016) Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Fifteen centimetres of snow clogged the city Monday morning, but the view over the Rideau River in Manotick was like a picture postcard. Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Snowploughs were out in full force Monday morning following 15 centimetres of snow, slowing the roads and early-morning commute. Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • - A stranger lends a hand to a woman exiting a bus downtown and struggling over the snowbank. Snowploughs were out in full force following 16 centimetres of snow by Monday (Dec. 12, 2016) at noon, slowing the roads and early-morning commute. Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Mary Erramu clears her driveway along Byron Ave as the region is blanketed with fresh snow overnight. Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia


  • With sidewalks still piled with snow Fiona McNeill walks on the roads en route to school at the University of Ottawa in the Sandy Hill area. Snowploughs were out in full force following 16 centimetres of snow by Monday (Dec. 12, 2016) at noon, slowing the roads and early-morning commute. Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Robyn Kowalchuk puts her shovel to work, clearing her driveway on Russell Avenue in Sandy Hill. Snowploughs were out in full force following 16 centimetres of snow by Monday (Dec. 12, 2016) Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Despite 16 centimetres of snow and slick roads, cyclists were still making their way around downtown Monday morning (Dec. 12, 2016). Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Courtney Pollard warms the paws of Wembley, her nine-year-old Schnauzer, who didn't care for the 16 centimetres of snow that fell Monday (December 12, 2016) while on their morning walk along Range Road. Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Despite 16 centimetres of snow and slick roads, cyclist Alan Pattison was still determined to get out on his bike for some exercise along Laurier Avenue in Sandy Hill Monday morning (Dec. 12, 2016). Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Snowplows were out in full force Monday morning following 15 centimetres of snow, slowing the roads and early-morning commute. Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • Snowplows were out in full force Monday morning following 15 centimetres of snow, slowing the roads and early-morning commute. Julie Oliver/Postmedia Julie Oliver/Postmedia


  • A woman walks past a snow covered car parked on Byron Ave as the region is blanketed with fresh snow overnight. Wayne Cuddington/Postmedia





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