We've got similar weather coming! I'm worried about my new mare, she doesn't have a run-in shed and I can't get a blanket on her. She'll just have to suffer out there in the snow. She has a big round bale though to munch through so I'll just get all the water filled up, Luna's new chunky winter blanket on her and call it a day.
Our winter warning..
WINTER STORM WATCH: Stirling - Tweed - Madoc Issued at 10:57 AM EST TUESDAY 8 DECEMBER 2009
..SIGNIFICANT WINTER STORM APPROACHING SOUTHERN ONTARIO....SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
A WINTER STORM CURRENTLY OVER THE SOUTHWESTERN STATES IS EXPECTED TO MOVE TOWARDS THE UPPER GREAT LAKES. SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL LIKELY BEGIN AS EARLY AS THIS AFTERNOON IN SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO, IN THE EVENING IN TORONTO AND REACHING THE NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION JUST BEFORE DAWN ON WEDNESDAY. STRONG WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE SNOW TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY SIGNIFICANTLY LOWERING VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW. PERIODS OF HEAVY SNOW ARE ALSO LIKELY. SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES. LESSER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY ALONG THE SHORE OF WESTERN LAKE ONTARIO AS SNOW COULD BE WET. SNOW WILL END OR CHANGE TO RAIN FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE DAY WEDNESDAY. MORE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE STORM NEARS.