Storm brings widespread graupel to southern Ontario
Digital Reporter
Sunday, October 5, 2014, 8:47 PM -
The cold front that moved through Ontario overnight sent temperatures plummeting, after a day of rain and strong winds.
"The winds will shift to strong westerly Saturday morning into the early afternoon, with the strongest winds likely over Lake Erie," Weather Network meteorologist Tyler Hamilton said early Saturday morning. "Up to 80 km/h wind gusts are possible for Long Point by the afternoon and evening."
As for the rain, it's been variable, with more than 50 mm recorded in some parts of northern Ontario, down to around 10-15 mm along the 401 corridor in the south.
Hamilton says lake effect showers will continue to be likely through the south, and on-and-off over the next few days until Wednesday.
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SOUTHERN ONTARIO "HAIL"
Meanwhile, residents across southern Ontario took to Twitter to share photos of what appeared to be hail in their area on Saturday.
"What most people took for hail, was actually graupel," says Brett Soderholm. "Hail formation requires a convective process most commonly found in thunderstorms [of which there were only an isolated few over the lakes on Saturday]."
Graupel is precipitation that forms when supercooled droplets of water are collected and freeze on a falling snowflake, forming a 2–5 mm (0.079–0.197 in) ball of rime.
Here's a look at some #onstorm photos as shared by our viewers:
#onstorm RT @nthindle: @weathernetwork Fort Erie right now! #hail pic.twitter.com/v571MkjpqB
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) October 5, 2014This is how much hail we just had in Whitby, ON @weathernetwork #onstorm pic.twitter.com/HthSwXbDrM
— Jorge Mori (@Jorge_MS) October 4, 2014#onstorm RT @Jorge_MS: Didn't expect this much hail before my afternoon run! @weathernetwork pic.twitter.com/R0PREZPwNy
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) October 4, 2014@weathernetwork #onstorm hailing in Port Burwell pic.twitter.com/yIVrL5ZWvs
— sandy keep (@SandyKeep) October 4, 2014#onstorm RT @Lostinab: @weathernetwork clouds over #Hamont pic.twitter.com/YTxsB5QQD4
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) October 4, 2014POSSIBLE Waterspout:
Great shot! #onstorm RT @MicDanbrookk: @weathernetwork Lake Erie, ON pic.twitter.com/krVXlqKUau
— The Weather Network (@weathernetwork) October 4, 2014
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