It is supposed to get VERY windy and cold here today. We have a wind warning that was set only 25 minutes ago. It says it will be worst near London, which is only 20 minutes away.
I can already hear that its pretty windy outside.
This is what the warning says.
A POWERFUL COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BLAST SOUTHWARD TO LIE SOUTH OF THE LOWER LAKES BY NOON TODAY. A BLAST OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 70 KM/H WITH GUSTS NEAR 90 KM/H ARE EXPECTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND ARE LIKELY TO LAST NEAR 3 HOURS THEN DIMINISH TO 40 KM/H WITH GUSTS TO 60 KM/H. LOCAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TODAY ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING WITH THE HIGH WINDS. SNOW SQUALLS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED TO THE LEE OF THE GREAT LAKES AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE MOST INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS NEAR LONDON..THE GREY - BRUCE REGIONS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT INTO THE BARRIE TO INNISFIL AREA. LOCAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES RANGE ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY WHERE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING PRODUCING WIND CHILLS REACHING MINUS 35.
This is what the warning says.
A POWERFUL COLD FRONT HAS SWEPT ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO THIS MORNING AND WILL CONTINUE TO BLAST SOUTHWARD TO LIE SOUTH OF THE LOWER LAKES BY NOON TODAY. A BLAST OF VERY COLD ARCTIC AIR ACCOMPANIED BY VERY STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL FOLLOW THE FRONT. WIND SPEEDS OF 60 TO 70 KM/H WITH GUSTS NEAR 90 KM/H ARE EXPECTED IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE FRONTAL PASSAGE AND ARE LIKELY TO LAST NEAR 3 HOURS THEN DIMINISH TO 40 KM/H WITH GUSTS TO 60 KM/H. LOCAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE LIKELY TODAY ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING WITH THE HIGH WINDS. SNOW SQUALLS HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED TO THE LEE OF THE GREAT LAKES AND ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST TODAY AND INTO THIS EVENING WITH LOCAL WHITEOUT CONDITIONS POSSIBLE IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. THE MOST INTENSE SNOW SQUALLS ARE EXPECTED TO AFFECT AREAS NEAR LONDON..THE GREY - BRUCE REGIONS AND TO A LESSER EXTENT INTO THE BARRIE TO INNISFIL AREA. LOCAL SNOW AMOUNTS IN THE 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES RANGE ARE POSSIBLE BY THIS EVENING. EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED ESPECIALLY NEAR LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY WHERE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL CAUSE NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. VERY COLD AIR AND STRONG WINDS WILL PERSIST TONIGHT AND TUESDAY MORNING PRODUCING WIND CHILLS REACHING MINUS 35.
