10:00am UPDATE—- 14 hours until it begins.
More data continues to roll in and the storm is NOT weakening, if anything it has intensified. The Sault still looks on target for 20-35cm, possibly more with winds blowing 50-80km/h during the day Wednesday. Initial snowfall may be a little heavy and not blow around as much as the snow that falls after noon on Wednesday.
Snow is expected to start by midnight and then intensify for the morning hours. There will be a weakening in snowfall amounts late Wednesday but snow will be blowing around with strong winds. Lake effect snow could come right behind the storm and rejuvenate snowfall by early Thursday morning.
Here is the latest snowfall map…
(note: snowfall values below the dotted black line may not occur as rain could be mixed with snow and melt most accumulation.)
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Morning post—
The storm continues to bear down on the region. Latest snowfall projections now say 15-25cm for the Sault, even more to the east of the region with over 30cm possible along the #17 east corridor.
Up until now the strength of this storm has been measured in terms of snowfall amounts but that is becoming a moot point. With sustained winds between 40-50km/h tomorrow and gusts to 70km/h, the snow will be blowing so hard that it’ll drift around and not fall as an even blanket across the region. So expect large drifts on the westward side of obstacles (as the winds will be blowing from the east) and north/south roads will see the worst drifting.
Visibilities will be near zero and travel may come to a crawl, or even standstill, across the regions rural roads. I would not be surprised to see highway closures by late Wednesday as well as power outages due to heavy snow and wind on failing trees.
Here is the latest snowfall map but keep in mind that winds will make measuring of this snow nearly impossible…..
