Saturday Briefing

It is a bitter cold night in Southern Ontario and temperatures are low around the -20 degree mark. A slight wind brings the wind chill another 5 degrees lower as Canadians gather around their fireplaces for a quiet night around the tv, or a keg if you're a partygoer. Nevertheless, whatever your plans may be, some dark clouds may be lurking in the distance. Dark enough to cast a shadow on some of the plans of Canadians readying their Saturday night. These dark clouds are beginning to churn and move east off of Georgian Bay and Lake Huron. With broiling madness, these clouds will approach Southern Ontario and unleash it's anger on thousands of people along Georgian Bay and Lake Huron coast lines. Breathing out snow like a freezing cold dragon, the winds start to pick up creating zero visibility from blowing snow. This same snow and zero visibility will destroy some of the most bright and exciting plans that Canadians have made. Environment Canada has seen these dark threatening clouds forming off the lakes and have scrambled to issue snowsquall watches and warnings in order to save lives. These watches and warnings extend down the shorelines of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Yet in the rest of Southern Ontario, Canadians will continue with their Saturday night plans with only a few snowflakes from the remaining squalls that travel more inland.

Just a quick note in regards to next weekend's storm. The weather models are still playing around with different scenarios. I cannot offer any other information on this potential storm other than the fact that NAO values are dropping for the storm date and the European short range model has also picked up on this storm. Only time will tell on where this storm will develop and track.