How much? Not Much...

With over half of February behind us (and not a lot of snow on the ground) I thought it would be great to take a look at how much snow has actually fallen so far in 2010…or should I say how little? Well it hasn’t been all that much. Here are the numbers:

· January - 34mm of precipitation.
· February - 3.5mm of precipitation (so far).

Let’s start with January as that total is a little deceiving. 34mm sounds like a healthy amount of precipitation but most of it did not fall as snow. 12mm of mostly rain fell on January 24th where Peterborough saw a high of 4.8 degrees and 17mm fell the following day almost entirely as rain with a high of 6.6 degrees and a low of just above the freezing mark. Even though all of February’s precipitation has fallen as snow there just hasn’t been that much. (Just 3.5cm over 19 days). Our next best bet for snow will likely be early next week but with daytime temperatures expected to exceed the freezing mark, some of that precipitation may fall as a rain and wet snow mix.

Snow for the weekend?

After a few flurries to start the week I thought we should talk about the weekend and what looks to be in store. That 1-2cm that fell yesterday really had folks talking. Winter enthusiasts were dissapointed with how little snow fell and snow haters were...well, they were hating even that small amount. Personally, I was dissapointed with the lack of snow and, after calling for 1-3cm the night before, was actually hoping to get it wrong and wake up to a winter wonderland. Sadly that was not the case. So will we see more snow this week? Likely a few isolated flurries...but not amounting to all that much. As for the weekend, looking at the latest NAM run (pictured above) the big snow will stay well to the east and, for the most part, we'll be under the influence of high pressure. Now there is a small chance for an isolated flurry or two on Saturday as a weak trough (which I've illustrated above) and a northwesterly flow of wind may lead to a few flurries. Most of that lake enhanced precipitation will likely be isolated to the southern shores of the big lakes though so don't expect much (if any) snow this weekend, just cloudier conditions for Saturday. Snow haters will be happy...although for you snow lovers there is a chance for some flakes if we see a more westerly component to the wind than expected so cross your fingers.