On Jan 30, 2:37*pm, "Colin Youngs" wrote:
"mittens" schreef in ...
: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.

Funnily enough I had just noticed this and was going to post about it !

Even more dramatic in Torontohttp://weather.noaa.gov/weather/current/CYYZ.html

Cold front that passed through Brussels today was feeble in comparison.

Colin Youngs
Brussels

Yes, Colin, the weather changes rapidly here in the winter. In
contrast, the summer can have the same weather (sunshine and similar
temperatures) day after day.
Unless you are truly a snow lover, there is much more to do if you
vacation here in the summer.

Bob