Heavy snow will impact school, traffic, garbage collection

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Forecasters all predict a major a  major winter storm beginning tomorrow and dumping as much as 20 centimeters of snow — maybe more — by Wednesday.  Both days may be considered a write-off for business or socializing outside the home. The snow will begin Tuesday midday and intensify into the evening with the heaviest amounts of snow falling Tuesday night. Strong northeasterly winds will also give blowing snow especially in exposed areas and along the Lake Ontario shoreline. About 2 to 5 centimeters could fall Tuesday afternoon and then 10 to 20 centimeters during the night. As the wind shifts early Wednesday morning to northerly the snow will end. The City is said to be ready to begin salting There is scheduled garbage collection Wednesday for part of South Bayview. The pace of collection is uncertain and the  possibility of stranded containers and — or empty — seems real.

GRAUPEL ANYONE?

And the CBC has recounted a 5 p.m. or so onslaught of snow pellets (sometimes mistaken for hail) known as graupel (who knew?) The linked story also has many videos of which this is the best. CBC