TAF CYOW 301139Z 301212 07008KT 3/4SM -RA BR OVC002
TEMPO 1213 5SM BR OVC008
FM1300Z 23015G30KT 6SM -RA BR OVC020
TEMPO 1315 3SM -RASN BR OVC008
FM1500Z 24020G35KT P6SM OVC030
TEMPO 1517 2SM -SN BLSN OVC020
FM1700Z 24020G35KT P6SM BKN030
TEMPO 1721 6SM BLSN
BECMG 2224 24015G30KT
FM0500Z 24012KT P6SM SCT040
RMK NXT FCST BY 15Z

Translation: Stay in bed. (I know I wish I could!)

Basically, the forecast is saying it’s going to be very windy throughout much of the day with rain, rain and snow, snow and blowing snow at various points during the day. Freezing rain isn’t listed (in fact, the freezing rain warning ended a little over an hour ago), but as of the time of this post the civil forecast still has a flash freezing warning in effect, so there’s a chance things could get quite messy.

I imagine the afternoon rush hour is going to be a lot of fun.

METAR CYOW 072300Z 18004KT 0SM R07/1000FT/N R32/1000FT/N FG VV001 06/06 A2998 RMK FG8 SLP157=

Translation: It’s foggy in Ottawa.

I took a few photos on the way home from work. To see all the pictures, click here.

I’m heading to Toronto with my boss today to visit our regional office and observe collection of a survey. Because we’re only going to be there today and tomorrow, we decided to fly to maximize the time we could spend in the office.

Naturally, the weather in both Ottawa and Toronto is terrible and flights are delayed at both airports.

The aviation weather observations in Ottawa are:

METAR CYOW 221600Z 01013KT 1SM -SN DRSN VV006 M05/M05 A2979 RESN RMK SN8 /S03/ SLP093=

SPECI CYOW 221627Z 36014KT 1/2SM R07/2600FT/N R32/2600FT/N SN DRSN VV005 M05/ RMK SN8=

The observations at Toronto Pearson are:

METAR CYYZ 221600Z CCA 36017G22KT 1SM R33L/P6000FT/N R33R/5000FT/U -SN BKN009 OVC021 M03/M05 A2984 RMK SN4SF2SC2 SLP111=

Basically, it’s snowing, windy and the visibility sucks.

TAF CYOW 221440Z 221512 36015KT 1/2SM SN VV003 TEMPO 1516 2SM -SN
OVC006
FM1600Z 36012KT 1SM -SN OVC005 TEMPO 1621 2SM -SN OVC008
FM2100Z 34012KT 6SM -SN SCT008 OVC020 TEMPO 2103 3SM -SN OVC008
FM0300Z 31012KT P6SM OVC025
RMK NXT FCST BY 18Z=

TAF CYYZ 221440Z 221512 01015G25KT 1/2SM SN OVC004 TEMPO 1516 1SM -SN
OVC012
FM1600Z 01015G25KT 1SM -SN OVC004 TEMPO 1617 2SM -SN OVC008
FM1700Z 01015KT 2SM -SN OVC007 TEMPO 1721 5SM -SN OVC010
FM2100Z 33012KT 6SM -SHSN SCT008 OVC012 TEMPO 2123 2SM -SHSN
OVC008
FM2300Z 34012KT P6SM BKN030 TEMPO 2301 4SM -SHSN OVC020
RMK NXT FCST BY 18Z=

And it’s going to be like this for a while.

At least we’re sitting in the Air Canada Maple Leaf Lounge, so there’s food and drink.

I caught the tail end of a segment on The Weather Network that made me do a double take, so I checked the aviation weather observations for Buffalo, NY:

KBUF 130154Z 25008KT 1/4SM +TSSN FG OVC001 01/M01 A2973 RMK OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV NE SNINCR 2/4
KBUF 130054Z 27010G19KT 1/2SM TSSN BR OVC003 01/M01 A2971 RMK OCNL LTGIC OHD TS OHD MOV NE TSB51
KBUF 130045Z 28014G19KT 3/4SM -SN BR BKN003 OVC007 01/M01 A2970

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