The Arctic Front Arrives

BLOWING SNOW WARNING FOR

Peterborough County
City of Kawartha Lakes
Haliburton County
York and Durham Region

The Cold front we've been talking about for 3 or 4 days now, has finally arrived. Temperatures since midnight have dropped 10 degrees.

Peterborough Airport.

TIME-TEMPERATURE/ WINDCHILL

Midnight- 0/-6

2:00am -1/-7

5:00am -2/ -6

8:00am -3 / -11

10:00am -7 / -15

1:00pm -10/ -20

The winds have really been gusting in from the West... and like we talked about on Friday... some Lake Effect bands have been setting up as a result.

Image Courtesy: http://weather.cod.edu/

Image Courtesy http://www.weather.ec.gc.ca/

As you can see, there is one really strong Lake Effect Band coming from Georgian Bay, which is bringing snow through Bracebridge then down through the Minden, Miners Bay, Moore Falls and Norland Area. That band continues east through the Kinmount area and all the way to the Apsley area. That band is bringing nasty white out conditions and heavy snow at times.

The top wind speed in Peterborough has been 65 km/h, which is why the windchill feels -20.
Blowing Snow and Lake effect flurries will continue to be an issue into the overnight hours with winds at times 20-25 km/h... even into tomorrow morning. So, all that fresh new snow will continue to drift and blow.

Tomorrow's temperature will struggle to hit -10 and it's going to FEEL much colder than that!

Ryan.