Jay Scotland - weather nut

While I work out, I watch the news. I flip around, finding shows to take my mind off the workout. I seem to have developed a short attention span in my old age. Weather particularly interests me, since it affects my outdoor activities.

CBCNN's weather man, meteorologist Jay Scotland, is leaving the national network to go to CBC Toronto. I didn't have a good time watching CBC Toronto news when we lived in Muskoka. I argued with the forecaster for years, since they'd give the temperatures of, say, Etobicoke and downtown Toronto, and he would fail to cover Muskoka weather. "Didn't have time" he wrote.

 Now, many folks drive to and from Toronto for meetings. When I was on a CAS Board of Directors, we had to go to TO for provincial meetings.  We would have a million cottagers driving from TO to the Muskoka region on a long weekend. It was important to know if there would be a small barrier, such as 160cm of snow, say...

Weather coverage - a rant on disparities

It is so difficult getting accurate weather forecasts AND weather conditions up here in Central Ontario!

This is the problem living anywhere far from the big cities. Jay Scotland, despite doing a National weather report and forecast, managed to cover several cities from coast-to-coast.

Jay was trending Friday across Canada after he announced his move to CBC TO! Since he and his wife had a baby, he seemed to be doing some interesting activities. I don't think he was jumping the shark, although there is much competition for audience share.

Trendsmap Canada ‏@TrendsmapCanada    Canada

Jay Scotland, @jayscotland is now trending in Canada http://trendsmap.com/ca 

Jean-Michel Duval ‏@jmduval83  Friday

@JayScotland You're well liked across Canada Jay & you will be missed by many Canadians on @CBCNews Network. All the best! @TrendsmapCanada

I tweeted Jay, who is going to TO news:
@JayScotland Remember to look after Muskoka! @CBCToronto

Batten down the hatches, a storm is on its way!

goldfish pond is working,
alewives are moving about!

You know I love my radar information. Hubby watches the weather for us all the time. Especially when we are planning a Daycation trip.

alewives who appeared in my hand-dug pond!
They mated with the goldfish!

This is what is coming. The snow is already falling in Toronto, according to the weather watchers on Twitter.

Winter Storm Warning for: Smiths Falls - Perth - Eastern Lanark County

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 4:46 AM EDT THURSDAY 11 APRIL 2013

Summary
A wintery combination of snow, ice pellets and freezing rain on the way. Colder air is moving into the region and will coincide with an approaching low currently over Illinois. Several centimetres of ice pellets are expected today for regions from Lake Huron towards Lake Ontario and will change to freezing rain later today or tonight. It may very well fall heavy at times. It should taper off by Friday morning with temperatures rising above freezing. Of greater concern is the risk of widespread power outages due to downed tree limbs and power lines from significant ice accumulation combined with northeast winds gusting to 60 km/h. There is a risk that this could be a major ice storm. For regions east of Georgian Bay towards Eastern Ontario including the nation Capital region, snow mixed with ice pellets is expected to begin tonight and continue through much of Friday. The majority of the precipitation should be ice pellets with up to 10 to 15 centimetres expected. Free zing rain is also a threat for these regions, although is not expected to be as widespread as regions farther to the south.

  Jay Scotland (CBC Toronto) shows us what he thinks will happen today and tomorrow.

Ice pellets and snow warnings!

I tweeted the photo and suggested we NOT shoot the messenger! 

Jay Scotland: Rain, sleet, snow!  

You can see how all of our snow was gone and I have the pump going in the pond. The osprey are back, and on their nests. I recall a late snow up in Bala. We wrote a story about Eddie & Eva, as they sat on the end of the dock in the snow.

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2009 –"It's your fault"

"IT'S YOUR FAULT": Eddie & Eva, the geese