TAF CYOW 272338Z 280024 VRB03KT P6SM FEW040 BKN200
FM0800Z 34008KT P6SM -RA BKN025 OVC100 TEMPO 0814 6SM -RA BKN012
OVC025
FM1400Z 34012G22KT P6SM -RA BKN012 OVC025 TEMPO 1420 4SM -RA BR
BKN008 OVC020
FM2000Z 33015G25KT 3SM -RASN OVC012 TEMPO 2022 1/2SM SN VV005
FM2200Z 32015G25KT 1/4SM +SN VV003
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So, it looks like the snow is going to start around 16:00 localtime and then be in full blizzard mode by about 18:00 tomorrow.  Well, maybe not an official blizzard per Environment Canada’s definition (four or more hours of snow or blowing snow with winds of 40 km/hr or more, visibility reduced to less than one km. in snow and/or blowing snow, and a windchill of -25 or colder) but definitely lots of snow and wind.

This just in from Environment Canada:

WINTER STORM WATCH ISSUED For Ottawa BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
BULLETIN ISSUED AT: 3:50 PM EDT MONDAY 27 OCTOBER 2008
THE FIRST MAJOR SNOW STORM OF THE SEASON LIKELY LATE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.  THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.

The civil forecast for tomorrow afternoon/evening is suggesting:

Snow at times heavy. Amount 15 cm. Blowing snow overnight. Wind west 50 km/h gusting to 70. Low zero.

So, the commute home tomorrow could be quite exciting.

Sigh.

Tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 19:59 Eastern (23:59 UTC), the bounty for a location-based BlackBerry profile manager expires and I refund the money added to the original bounty to the donor.

It’s too bad because I think there would be a market for a profile manager that automatically sets the active profile based on where you are.