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AWCN11 CWTO 071812
Weather summary for all of southern Ontario and
The national Capital region
Issued by Environment Canada Toronto at 12:35 PM EST Wednesday 7
January 2009.

Winter storm continues to March through southern Ontario today.
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==weather event discussion==
A winter storm which is sliding across the lower Great Lakes today
brought snow across southern Ontario.  The snow started Tuesday
Night and will continue today. Eastern Ontario will see bursts of
heavy snow today and they remain under a snowfall warning. Total
snowfall amounts can reach between 15 to 20 centimetres by this
evening. This bulletin will be updated as more snow amounts are
reported.

Conditions over southwestern Ontario east to the greater Toronto
Area have improved. The band of snow which was at times mixed with
freezing rain and ice pellets has moved out of the area. These
regions will continue to see light snow fall through the day and
tonight with an additional 1 to 2 centimetres of snow possible. In
general most regions did see around 10 centimetres of snow fall from
this system as expected.

Snowfall amounts received by Environment Canada as of 1 PM are found
in the table below.

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Location                snowfall amount (cm)

Toronto (Pearson)       10 (mixed with freezing drizzle)
Toronto (Downsview)     9 (mixed with light freezing drizzle)
Toronto (Buttonville)   12 (mixed with light freezing rain)
Richmond Hill           6-8 (mixed with ice pellets as of 7 AM)
Brampton                10
Kitchener               10
Orillia                 7
Caledon                 15
Trenton                 8 (mixed with ice pellets and freezing rain)
Cornwall                10-12 (as of 11 AM)
Kingston                9 (mixed with ice pellets and freezing rain)
Ottawa                  10 (as of 1 PM)
Gatineau                10 (as of 1 PM)

Hamilton                6 hours of light freezing rain
London                  9 hours of light freezing rain, ice pellets

Please note that this summary contains the observations at
The time of broadcast and does not constitute an official
And final report of the weather events or the high
Impact events attributed to the weather events.

END/OSPC