And so it begins...

GTA Braces For What Might Be The Worst One Day Storm In 60 Years
It happens at least once every winter - a storm so fierce and so serious that you'll remember it for years to come and maybe one day tell your kids how you lived through it. Whether that happens to be the storm that's coming Sunday remains to be seen. But forecasters are calling this a major weather event with potentially serious consequences. Others just call it a good old fashioned nor'easter.
Whatever your name for it - printable or otherwise - the system that started deep in the heart of Texas is expected to strike right in the face of southern Ontario and leave few areas spared. We could get up to 25 centimetres of snow or more if it tracks the way experts think, potentially making it the biggest such one day snowfall in Ontario for the month of December since 1944.
The weather experts' one sentence prognostication speaks volumes: "25 centimetres in 24 hours." That's more than a centimetre an hour.
Current projections indicate it will start with snow late Saturday night, along with the possibility of some ice pellets or freezing rain, along with gusty and cold winds that will blow it all around and make driving more than just an adventure. There could be whiteouts in spots as the new day dawns and the wind chills will add to the misery.
Here's how it may play out on Sunday:
Midnight-8am: 5 cm of light snow.
8am-1pm: Heavy snow, two-plus centimetres an hour, for a total of at least 10 cm more.
1pm-9pm: The worst is over, but there will still be light snow with another 5 cm or more possible.

courtesy of the fear mongers at http://www.citynews.ca

SIDE NOTE: Toronto has seen a total of 27 cm of snow to date this season. Last winter, it did not accumulate that much until Valentine's Day and temperatures were balmy at 12.5C at this time last year. The first snowstorm was Jan.8.

courtesy of the Toronto Sun