It’s Valentines Day! I’m wishing all of my readers a Very happy Valentines Day! I hope everyone celebrating tonight will have a great time! I Completely forgot that Valentine’s day was coming, or I would have done some fancy graphics for today. The weather is still quite cold here in Ottawa. Lots of snow, it’s been snowing all day. There are weather alerts for blowing snow and reduced visiblity on the roads. It’s not the best weather for today.

I am looking forward to it to start warming up, I can’t wait for that!

We have a Weather Alert, Issued by Environment Canada:

A WINTER STORM NOW CENTRED NEAR LONG ISLAND WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD TODAY. SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE TO OVER PARTS OF EASTERN ONTARIO THIS EVENING BEFORE THE SNOW AREA ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORM PULLS AWAY EAST OF ONTARIO BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 10 TO 20 CENTIMETRE RANGE HAVE FALLEN ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. FLURRIES WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE NIAGARA REGION TONIGHT IN THE NORTHERLY FLOW OFF LAKE ONTARIO. AS THE STORM TRACKS TOWARD THE MARITIMES IT WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. THIS WILL RESULT IN HEAVY SNOW OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN ONTARIO TODAY AND TONIGHT ESPECIALLY ALONG THE ST LAWRENCE RIVER. LATEST ANALYSIS INDICATES THAT AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM OTTAWA TO SMITHS FALLS TO KINGSTON WILL SEE THE HIGHEST SNOW FALL AMOUNTS IN THE 15 TO 20 CENTIMETRES RANGE…AND LOCALLY UP TO 30 CENTIMETRES TOWARDS THE CORNWALL AREA BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. LOW VISIBILITIES CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED WITH BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW. BEHIND THIS STORM WINDS WILL GRADUALLY SHIFT TO THE NORTHWEST THIS EVENING. THE COLD AIR OVER THE RELATIVELY WARM GREAT LAKES WILL ALLOW SNOWSQUALLS TO DEVELOP TO THE LEE OF LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY. LOCAL SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES ARE LIKELY WITH REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. THE STRONG WINDS WILL ALSO USHER IN EVEN COLDER AIR THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT AND RESULT IN WIND CHILL VALUES BELOW -30 FOR MANY REGIONS. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY MORNING. ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONTINUES TO MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY AND WILL ISSUE OR UPDATE WARNINGS ACCORDINGLY.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

Tempuratures are currently hovering around -14°C With a windchill factor of about -23°C, and it could get colder.

I’m very much looking forward to warmer weather!

Happy Valentines Day!