I haven't posted for a couple of days due to illness. Now I'm up and
running in time to report an abrupt weather change in southern
Ontario, much like what Colin experienced in Montreal in 1988. Rapid
winter weather change is a hallmark of the Canadian climate.

Yesterday morning we had a freezing rain warning as rain fell with a
temperature of minus 2C. Eventually the temperature rose to plus 4C,
so the warning was dropped. The weather remained rainy and plus 4C
until nearly 7 am today, when a sharp cold came through bringing with
it wind gusts of 100 km/h, whiteouts in heavy snowsqualls and a rapid
freeze of melting snow and rainwater on roadways. From 7:00 am to noon
the temperature fell from plus 3C to minus 8C with a minus 20C
windchill. This is nothing like the Canadian Prairies where it has
been minus 40C without the windchill, but it is cold enough.

Bob