The Weather

[lenaitch]

Wildfire smoke has reached the GTA.

Wildfire smoke blankets Ontario, widespread risk of severe storms

Wildfire smoke has made for some hazy skies in southern Ontario, prompting special air quality statements that will continue Tuesday, along with the continued risk for severe storms as a cold front sweeps through.

www.theweathernetwork.com

https://twitter.com/x/status/1416929617953296385

It's been kinda hazy up here (north Simcoe) for a couple of days - sort of a browny-orange. Sunrise this morning was just a dull red ball rising in the haze.

 

[gabe]

It's been kinda hazy up here (north Simcoe) for a couple of days - sort of a browny-orange. Sunrise this morning was just a dull red ball rising in the haze.

It's brutal, I was outside most of the day. I'm now feeling it in my nose and throat.

Thick blanket of haze accompanied by smoky smell in Toronto

A thick haze has rolled in to Toronto that at first was mystifying, then kind of pretty, and now feels like it's taking over the city along with a sm…

www.blogto.com

 

[Videodrome]

I was just out with the dog and all I can say is thank goodness for a mask mandate!

 

[W. K. Lis]

From link.

All clouds need a certain amount of smoke and dust in order for water droplets to condense. To understand the effects of heavy smoke over the Amazon, two groups compared satellite pictures of Amazon fires with measurements of smoke, rain, and water droplets in clouds. Meinrat Andreae of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry in Mainz, Germany, and colleagues report that a surfeit of smoke particles can delay rainfall, because small droplets form instead of fewer, larger ones. These small droplets don't fall as rain but rise higher up in the atmosphere, releasing energy as they cool. When the rain finally does fall, that extra energy can create especially violent thunderstorms. The thunderstorms in turn can suck even more smoke and heat energy into the upper atmosphere, creating a cycle of violent storms.

 

[gabe]

Another day of horrible dirty air.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1419642375106875394

 

[W. K. Lis]

Alright. Who's doing a live performance of "Shazam?

From link.

 

[AlbertC]

Putting this here as miscellaneous as it's not Toronto/Ontario related.

A friend shared this of the Northern Lights seen in Vancouved last week. The Aurora must have been incredibly strong as usually you need darkness to see them. I only saw them before in Iceland and it was like a mission to find the perfect spot and also needed a little luck.

 

[lenaitch]

^^ Darn I miss seeing those in Northern Ontario.

 

[AlbertC]

I remember a former colleague of mine who works up in Timmins remotely. She would say nonchalantly: "yeah, we see them all the time up here...".

 

[AlbertC]

Nothing quite like waking up and taking in the first notable snowfall of the year while we're still in November.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Nothing quite like waking up and taking in the first notable snowfall of the year while we're still in November.

I think we're a little late this year actually.

AoD

 

[AlbertC]

Snowy morning scenes from Davenport Village:

 

[AlbertC]

The freshly snow covered trees at Earlscourt Park:

 

[Coolstar]

Gonna be a snowstorm on Monday. Snow amounts highly depend on where you live. Still some uncertainty on how much Toronto gets.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1482503145410412549

 

[W. K. Lis]

When did the cities in Ontario start plowing their streets for the automobile? Used to be that the streetcar companies had their own streetcar plows to clear their tracks. Apparently there were disputes with businesses along streetcar routes from the snow windrows being plowed to the side. Of course, the streetcar plows were an expense for the streetcar companies, which gave the automobiles access when followed behind the plows.

Nowadays, the bus companies don't pay for a snowplowing fee that the city does for them.