Hi guys,
On a side note, if you must go out during the day today, I suggest taking immediate precaution as a vigorous developing low pressure system over Arkansas is shifting to the Northeast. This, in combination with the sharp cold front coming through as I type this, is going to contribute to an extensive amount of freezing rain (still a question of how much at this point). It's actually a complex scenario and I've been watching it for the past week and seeing how it will progress. Now, it looks like it will make landfall instead of heading East of the Appalachians. Therefore, it will bring us freezing rain; the cold air will rush the warm air circulated from the low coming from the South and force it aloft (warmer air overrides the colder air at the surface due to differing density).
As a result, freezing rain, or ice pellets, is imminent and you should be careful out there if you have to be outdoors. Moreover, the wind velocity, due to a deep pressure gradient and sharp temperature fluctuation, will be gusty at times, so be aware of that as well.

If you're in Toronto and Southwest, it's more of a rain event, though Toronto is a little tricky as it is on the border sector to where there is rain and freezing rain. I wouldn't be surprised if Toronto did in fact receive freezing rain since the computer models, according to the meteorologist, tend to underestimate the actual propensity of how far the cold air will sink South. Also take note that we will probably be getting between 5-10 centimeters of snow in the evening while the winds could be very gusty to dangerous. In essence, a lousy and messy day and I think it's safe to say that our warm Heaven has come to a tragic end.
Well, it appears December means December; we're getting our first Winter storm later on, which is quite identical to what happened on December 1st, 2004. Sorry to say that it will indeed feel like December this week, or so they say...I shall be vigilant! In any case, it did hit between 17 to even 20 Celsius (unbelievable) around noon yesterday (a fair assumption of a reasonable range), but later on tonight, it will plummet to 0 C i.e. a sudden transition between late Spring to Winter in less than 24 hours; a classic proof of how fast our weather can really change. There were even some impending thunderstorms embedded since there were some convective rains sporadically distributed; I just wished that we heard some thunder for the last day of November.
Regards,
Trav.
