A Nasty Commute

If you think my Microsoft Paint skills are nasty...wait until you see the weather tomorrow morning. That (crudely drawn) system you see in the pic above pushing in from the south west and is packing high winds and a lot of precipitation. Luckily for us, most of it should fall as rain. So here is what you can expect for tomorrow. The snow will start up late this evening with windy conditions through the overnight. Expect a snowy (heavy snow at times) start to the day tomorrow with high winds and blowing snow. After some mixing late into the morning the snow should change to rain by 10am. Showers continue throughout the day with blustery conditions until around 7pm as the rain changes back to snow. We'll be to the west of the low tomorrow night so expect a cool down and snow to continue into the overnight. As for snowfall totals (and they're very tough to call with the rain involved) expect over 10cm here in Peterborough and you could see in excess of 15cm to the north. Keep in mind that the more rain we see the better. This is why we are currently under a Winter Storm Warning for the entire region. My advice...take it easy on the drive in and give yourself plenty of time to get to work tomorrow. Oh...and if this system tracks further south than expected we may see a lot more snow than rain. Luckily for us that doesn't look to be the case.

Here Comes Santa Clause

I love this pic! Carl Hoskisson sent me this one last year when I had a chance to meet Santa at Peterborough Square...although I can't explain the stupid look on my face. I chose this pic for today's blog because this weekend is a big one featuring the "big guy." It's the first weekend of December! Shoppers will be hitting the malls and stores, the corporate types will be partying it up at their office Christmas parties and the Kinsmen Santa Clause Parade wil be making its way down George Street.

The weather looks to be great for the parade but you will need to bundle up. By the time the parade gets underway you can expect the temperature to be a few degrees below freezing, but that's where we should be for an early December evening so it's hard to complain. (Although it will feel colder factoring in wind chill). The parades official start time is 4:45pm and more details can be found by clicking here and don't forget to bring your non-perishables. I know that the Flemming College Folk Committee will be collecting for their hamper campaign.

Also this weekend, be sure to help out the Peterborough Army Cadets who are having their "Tag Day" this Saturday from 9am until 3pm. Cadets will be at stores across the city collecting funds to support various cadet activities so please help them out. The Salvation Army's Christmas Kettle campaign is underway as well so have your change handy and finally, this Sunday Junior Achievement Peterborough is holding their big fundraiser based on the movie "The Bucket List." Come check out their silent auction this Sunday evening at the Holiday Inn. The items up for grabs include amazing trips, getaways and even the chance to spend the day with some of Peterborough's most interesting people...I somehow managed to get on that list so if you'd like to work in the "CHEX Weather Centre" for a few hours please place a bid. For ticket info please call the Kawartha FEST office at (705) 874-6960.

Have a great weekend!

Singing in the rain...

Please note that I am not actually encouraging anyone to go outside and sing in the rain. It's not that I'm worried someone will drown...you'll just really annoy your neighbours. As for the rain, that system you see in the pic to the left (part of the same system that brought snow to Texas), well that Low is packing a lot of moisture. Ahead of the Low we saw a nice southerly breeze and a 10 degree daytime high. Well now that it's here we can expect 20 to 30mm of rain overnight and a big cool down tomorrow. Not only are we going to be hit hard with showers, this system's departure finally allows that arctic air to the north to sink south and bring us back down to the kinds of daytime highs we should be seeing in December. As for a silver lining...if it wasn't for the warm weather tonight 20-30mm of rain could easily have fallen as 20-30cm of SNOW! So maybe rain is not all that bad. Now there's something to sing about!