Instant Weather Ontario

There are some school bus cancellations this morning (Nov. 23, 2020). An up to date list of cancellations and school closures can be found here: https://instantweatherinc.com/news/bus-cancellations-mwmcl **Refresh your page every few minutes to receive the latest update**... - Brennen P.

Plunge Into Winter After Record-Breaking Wind Storm; Snow Squalls East of Georgian Bay & Lake Huron to Bring Up to 15cm on Monday Valid: Monday, November 16th, 2020 Full forecast: https://instantweatherinc.com//plunge-into-winter-after-re... Squalls could redevelop again Tuesday morning but will affect regions south of Georgian Bay and northeast of Lake Huron (Kincardine, Owen Sound etc.). We’ll continue to monitor that and issue a forecast if necessary. - Brennen P.

Hi everyone! How are you making with this messy weather over the past 12-16 hours? Some areas saw over 15+cm of snow accumulation or a mix of freezing rain and regular rain. As the storm winds down in most areas across Southern Ontario except for Eastern Ontario, we thought this would be a good time to ask for you to tell us what you experienced. Your crowdsourced reports help us better learn how we can make a more accurate forecast.... You can fill out your snowfall report here: https://instantweatherinc.com/snowfall-report/11222020 If you're still experiencing snow from this event (like in Eastern Ontario) please wait until the morning to send in your final report. We're releasing this tonight as the snow will likely begin to melt in the morning in the more southern areas so we want to get an accurate measurement before that happens. We have already seen many reports in the comments but please send them through that link above. That way everything is in one place where we can easily analyze the data. Thanks! <3 - Brennen P.

We’d like to take a moment to thank all of the wonderful hydro crews working out in the wind and rain to get everyone back on the grid. We appreciate you!! - IWO

Snow Day (Bus Cancellation) Outlook for Monday, November 23, 2020 Details here: https://instantweatherinc.com//snow-day-bus-cancellation-o Stay safe!... - Brennen P.

How’d our app perform for you today? We hope everyone affected by these damaging winds stayed safe! - Adam

Okay, who ordered the snow? Big fluffy flakes coming down in Bracebridge, Ontario this afternoon. Even starting to see some accumulation and wet slush on the ground. Are you seeing any snow today? Looks like a portion of Central and Eastern Ontario will see their first snowfall of the season today, but accumulation will be minor if any at all.... - Brennen P.

We know many are looking for our 'snow day' (bus cancellation) forecast for Monday morning. Well, it's coming very soon we promise! :) Hope to have it posted within the next hour. Stay tuned!... - Brennen P.

UPDATED TIMELINE FORECAST Valid: Sunday, Nov. 22 - Monday, Nov. 23, 2020 It sure looks like this snowstorm is going to exceed expectations in most areas. Now looking at widespread totals between 15-25cm possible from London through K/W, York Region, Peterborough and into the Renfrew/Ottawa area.... Those closer to the lakeshore including Toronto, Hamilton, Oshawa and Kingston will see around 10-15cm. Today is a great day to just stay home if you don't need to be out on the roads. Also, we received so much positive feedback on our new timeline graphic that we've decided to put together an updated one for the rest of the storm. As you may have noticed, the storm ended up starting a few hours earlier than expected which meant our timeline forecast from yesterday was off for some areas. This goes to show that the timeline graphic won't be perfect and could differ by a few hours. Mother Nature has a mind of her own sometimes but we'll try our best to pin it down. :) What are you experiencing? - Brennen P.

Sorry in advance... The First Snowfall Possible Saturday Morning for Parts of Southern Ontario As the Season’s First Snowstorm Takes Aim at Northern Ontario This Weekend Full forecast here: https://instantweatherinc.com//the-first-snowfall-possible... - Brennen P.

Many have been asking us on when the wind storm will end. The good news is that for most regions the worst is behind us - this is except for the Kingston and Prince Edward County area which are just seeing the winds pick up. Damaging wind gusts occasionally reaching 85-100km/h inland and 100-120km/h along the shorelines will continue for several more hours throughout Southern Ontario. We’ll begin to see the winds ease around midnight for most areas. Although strong winds wil...l linger into Monday morning ranging from 60-80km/h (areas along the shoreline may still see a few 90km/h gusts). It will finally end by sunrise tomorrow morning. We hope you all are staying safe this evening! - Brennen P.

#BREAKING: Friday’s Storm Produced at Least One Confirmed EF0 Tornado With 130km/h Estimated Wind Gusts Details: https://instantweather.ca//breaking-fridays-storm-produced - Teresa, Adam, & Brennen... #Thornbury #Collingwood #OwenSound #WasagaBeach #Barrie #Ontario #Onstorm #OntarioCanada #OntarioWeather

Good morning everyone! As some places have begun to receive rain and/or snow from this system, I'd like to take a moment to clear up a few things about the new timing graphic you may have seen posted with our forecast for this storm. We've had a lot of feedback and this is probably the easiest way to address any concerns you may have. 1. This new graphic will not be replacing the maps that we produce for forecasts. If you love the maps we make, don't worry because they are no...t going anywhere! These graphics are meant to supplement the maps and illustrate the timing for storms much easier than a text-heavy written forecast. 2. We understand that not all areas are listed and it may be a bit tough to determine the timing for your specific area given the choices we have listed. For the first iteration of this graphic, we chose to focus on 12 different areas. Since this is a widespread event, we tried to cover as much of the province as possible. The graphic will be specific to each system we use it to cover and the areas listed will change to reflect that. If we use it to cover a storm only impacting Eastern Ontario, for example, we would not be including places such London and Windsor. These graphics are still new so please bear with us as we iron out any kinks and I hope I was able to address any concerns! - Alannah F.

VALID: 12:24AM - Monday, October 26, 2020 Do I see blue on the radar? Yes, it looks like flurries are occurring throughout parts of Northern Muskoka into the Algonquin Park area tonight. Also seeing some scattered flurries around the higher elevations through Orangeville and Chatsworth.... Not expecting much in regards to accumulation but don’t be surprised if you wake up with a dusting of s*** on your yard in the morning. Even into parts of Eastern Ontario and maybe the Ottawa region! - Brennen P.

Storm Discussion & Exciting App News! (Fri, Oct 16, 2020) Watching for some strong wind gusts along Lake Huron with the storms moving in this afternoon and especially later this evening. There's a marginal (low) risk for some isolated damaging wind gusts with these storms so we'll be watching closely for isolated power outages and reports of limbs and perhaps some weak or dead trees could come down.... Questionable if the wind gusts will reach the severe threshold of 90km/h but they may come close and could cause a bit of wind damage. Huge thank you to those who send us stars, which are $0.01 each. We really appreciate your support and thank you to those who use and promote our free app InstantWeather! InstantWeatherApp.com Be safe folks! - Adam

INCREDIBLE Video of What Appears to Be a Tornado From Thornbury, Ontario During Friday’s Storm: Video of what appears to be a tornado, filmed by Kim H.G. from Thornbury as it moved northeast over Georgian Bay on Friday, Oct 23, 2020. In our option, this appears to be a tornado based on the rotating wall cloud above, the trailing rear-inflow jet or ghost train, the strong rotation evident on radar, and the fact that #Thornbury residents have reported significant damage from ...this storm. Also, if you turn up the volume, there’s quite the howl. This is simply our opinion and thankfully, the NTP and Environment Canada are currently investigating the damage and we’ll let you know what the results of their survey are ASAP. Our thoughts are with those affected by Friday’s storms. - Adam P.S. Big thanks to Justin M. @justinmweather for bringing this video to everyone’s attention on Twitter. P.P.S. Original video https://www.facebook.com/groups/804942793375017/permalink/871421950060434/

Over 210k Hydro One customers are without power at ths hour as of 5:15 PM. That’s over 15% of Ontario who are served by Hydro One without power And the number keeps climbing with every update. This is going to be a long night for many. Stay warm! - Brennen P.

Significant damage and incredible story from the Thornbury Harbour during Friday’s likely tornado (still under investigation). So glad you stayed safe, Mike! - Adam

9:08 AM - Fri, Oct 16, 2020: Uhm... Blue = S*** ... - Adam

4:52 PM - Sun, Nov 15, 2020: Significant damage to a house earlier today in #Kingsville, which is in Essex County, west of #Leamington. The resident was thankfully safe. We sincerely hope everybody is staying safe! ... https://www.facebook.com/groups/2152228338326227/permalink/2721524431396612/?sfnsn=mo

11:56 AM - Thu, Oct 15, 2020: Rain continues to slowly push across the region in green (light rain) and yellow (heavy rain). Occasional lightning isn’t completely out of the question and it’s pretty gusty out there for some of us.... What are you experiencing? - Adam

7:38 PM - Mon, Oct 12, 2020: Happy Thanksgiving to all those who celebrate it! Line of heavy rain , lightning , and gusty winds are moving in overnight. Should remain below severe levels but some wind gusts could get pretty intense.... We’re so thankful to have such a wonderful community! Thank you all from the bottom of our hearts. - Adam & the IW team

Video of what appears to be a tornado, filmed by Kim H.G. from Thornbury as it moved northeast over Georgian Bay on Friday, Oct 23, 2020. In our option, this appears to be a tornado based on the rotating wall cloud above, the trailing rear-inflow jet or ghost train, the strong rotation evident on radar, and the fact that #Thornbury residents have reported damage from this storm. Also, if you turn up the volume, there’s quite the howl. This is simply our opinion and than...kfully, the NTP and Environment Canada are currently investigating the damage and we’ll let you know what the results of their survey are ASAP. Our thoughts are with those affected by Friday’s storms. - Adam P.S. Big thanks to Justin M. @justinmweather for bringing this video to everyone’s attention on Twitter. https://www.facebook.com/groups/804942793375017/permalink/871421950060434/

We are humbled by the flattering thoughts of Dr. David Sills, Executive Director of the NTP regarding Instant Weather & our extraordinary community members! At the recent CMOS (Canadian Meteorological & Oceanographic Society) webinar about Coping With Extreme Weather, Dr. Sills shared some incredibly flattering thoughts about Instant Weather and our extraordinary community members. Thank you so much, Dr. Sills! For those who don’t know, Dr. Sills is a very skilled and high...ly regarded Meteorologist who spent the majority of his weather career at Environment Canada as a tornado research scientist before accepting the Executive Director position at Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) which assists Environment Canada by investigating and confirming tornadoes and downbursts across Canada. Thanks again to Dr. Sills, members of CMOS, the NTP, Environment Canada, and our extraordinary community members that are essential in raising awareness about tornadoes and severe weather! - Adam P.S. To view the full webinar, visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCDde8kiOrI

9:38 AM - Sun, Oct 25, 2020: Pretty spooky radar image near #OwenSound... Blue = ... Green = Winter = coming soon to a province near you... - Adam #Ontario #OntarioWeather #OntarioCanada

Wednesday Storm & Today's Rain Update (Tue, Oct 6, 2020) ***Turn on sound*** Wednesday could certainly get interesting with strong gusty winds, heavy rain, perhaps some ice pellets, and even embedded thunderstorms.... More details ASAP! - Adam P.S. Huge thank you to those who send us 'Stars'! For those who don't know, each star = $0.01 so it's basically like a tip jar. It's much appreciated! <3

Hearing of two areas of potential tornado damage from yesterday (so far): #THORNBURY: TREES AND POWER POLES DOWN NEAR #BAYSVILLE: TREES DOWN, UNCONFIRMED REPORTS OF A TORNADO ... Please let us know if you know of any other damage. Thank you! - Adam

12:47 PM - Thurs, Oct 1, 2020: EF1 Tornado confirmed from yesterday storm in the Strabane area of Hamilton. We hope everyone stayed safe! The NTP tweeted: The @westernuNTP storm survey team confirms that a brief tornado caused a narrow path of damage in the Strabane area of Hamilton, ON at 4:30 PM yesterday. Outbuilding destroyed, barn roof shifted/damaged, trees snapped, truck overturned. Max wind of 150 km/h, rated EF1. #ONstorm... - Adam Original tweet link: https://twitter.com/westernuntp/status/1311707815040421890

Yesterday was pretty crazy! We hope everyone stayed safe. Of course, one of the most active events of the year in Ontario coincides with a backlog of old alerts... Thankfully, the old alerts cleared just in time for the tornado warnings and from what I can tell, those and our Instant Updates were sent super fast.... Besides that hiccup, how did the app perform for you yesterday? - Adam P.S. We really need an auto-expire on our Updates. I just noticed several this morning and cleared them. Thankfully, they have the time and/or date!

4:28 AM - Thurs, Oct 1, 2020: Marie V. writes Around 5 this evening... Wainfleet, 5 minutes from lake Erie a wind gust ripped one of our open outer windows off, crossed through our bedroom and tore our bedroom door off the hinges. Anyone else in the area experience wind damage? Please let us know and we hope everyone stayed safe!... - Adam

VALID: 5:44PM - Friday, October 23, 2020 Massive line of strong to severe thunderstorms stretching from North Bay to Windsor continues to track eastward. Strong wind gusts in excess of 90km/h are the main threat although the tornado threat remains. That storm just east of Orillia remains a big concern as it could be producing a tornado but those prefrontal storms are starting to weaken. ... Please let us know what you’re experiencing only if it’s safe to do so. - Brennen P.

11:36 PM - Wed, Sept 30, 2020: Couple of noisy thunderstorms out there but not seeing anything concerning besides lightning. What are you experiencing? :)... - Adam

7:32 PM - Wed, Sept 30, 2020: This is from earlier today. We hope everyone’s okay! https://twitter.com/jeremycohntv/status/1311443732978335746

7:18 PM - Wed, Sept 30, 2020: Truck flipped earlier in #Strabane Ontario, northwest of #Burlington. We hope everyone’s okay! ... Please let us know if you have any further details from this storm. - Adam https://m.facebook.com/groups/133168247151419/permalink/996565817478320/?sfnsn=mo

6:54 PM - Wed, Sept 30, 2020: David T. Chapman @DTChapmanPics posted this incredible waterspout and wrote: Impressive waterspout that happened not that long ago, north of Vineland, Canada over Lake Ontario. One of the most intense waterspouts for motion I have ever seen. It appeared to have some supercell characteristics as it all came together. #onstorm #onwx #StormHour https://twitter.com/dtchapmanpi/status/1311423229500821513

VALID: 5:39PM - Friday, October 23, 2020 Tornado threat now moving into the Orillia and Atherley area. Seek shelter now!!... - Brennen P.

Winter is coming and that means we have to start talking about the s*** word... We're focusing on the potential for some snow across Northern Ontario starting Thursday morning. But some scattered flurries may creep into the forecast for parts of Central and Eastern Ontario as early as this weekend! Although this may change as we get closer. Stay tuned as we’ll release a more detailed forecast on that in the coming days.... More details: https://instantweatherinc.com//cold-start-to-october-for-o - Brennen P.

Friday, Oct 23, 2020: I’m in the basement in #Barrie. Are you? Be safe, folks!! - Adam

VALID: 5:07PM: Friday, October 23, 2020 This is a VERY serious situation!! Storm with a clear hook heading right into Barrie. If you aren’t already, this is the time to seek shelter. A tornado is very likely being produced by this storm along with large hail. - Brennen P.

VALID: 4:57PM - Friday, October 23, 2020 Gravenhurst and areas to the east such as Kahshe Lake and Houseys Rapids please seek shelter. Nasty looking storm heading through your area. A tornado and large hail is possible. - Brennen P.