A little warmer

Anybody have a scraper! A CBS News photo of a water main break in
New York City icing up an SUV.
(Photo/Steve Sandberg - CBS NYC)

The temperature this morning is about 10 degrees warmer than yesterday at this time. An Alberta clipper has produced some light snow overnight, just enough to cover roads and slow down the morning commute. I expect a fluffy 2 or 3cm by mid-day when it will taper off. The wind is a little brisk this morning out of the northeast between 10-20km/h. With a -18C reading at the airport this is producing wind chills in the -27C range. It is damp this morning as well, and in many ways, it felt colder than yesterday morning.

Skies will clear out this evening with the temperature continuing to moderate. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and warmer all the way up to -6 or so. Of note, Toronto this morning is all the way up to -3C, but that mild air will slip south of the lower lakes and remain away from eastern Ontario and southern Quebec.

The next weather system will be another big east coast storm expected to impact southern and eastern New England. At this time the snow associated with this low pressure area is expected to remain well south and east of Montreal. Look for a swath of heavy snow to develop from interior portions of New Jersey and Pennsylvania across southern New England and into Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.