Loves it ☺️ hopefully we can expand the BlueSky usage for Wx info

@cyclone-fogarty.bsky.social yes I do, for some reason it didn’t get pinned on top of the Canadian one. Here is the link to the post I made about it:

bsky.app/profile/robl...

10pm update… rain continues, snow compact is really tight now. Still 0.75cm though on the board. It is almost at saturation, I’d expect that it will be gone within the next few hours. Unless I see another phase change, I will not be out again tonight to do an official update
#NSStorm #NSwx #Halisky

9pm update… we’re now seeing rain and drizzle, which is melting the previous snowfall accumulation. Made a measurement and had 0.75cm of snow accumulation remaining on the ground. Driveway is down to the pavement with just abit of slush. #NSStorm #NSwx #Halisky

7pm update… after abit of a lull, I decided to take a core sample. From 2.25cm of snowfall (remeasured to be sure) I got 3.1mm of water. This is giving a ratio of 7.26:1

Walking in with my core sample, I was noticing freezing rain actively occurring.
#NSStorm #NSwx #Halisky

6pm update… measuring approximately 2.25cm of snowfall. One interesting note is that the snowfall is not accumulating vertically even though we have light winds. Station is mounted at 0°N and is accumulating more on the SE section of my station. #NSstorm #NSwx #Halisky

4:50pm update, snow is back and falling consistently. Should have some accumulations within the next few hours. I’ll update with my first measurement then going forward talk about phase change and accumulations #NSstorm #NSwx #Halisky

4pm update… flurries have stopped giving us a bit of a lull, looking at radar (@wxwise.app) it looks like there’s a small pocket affecting us which will be filled in shortly.

3pm update… larger snowflakes are continuing to fall. No significant accumulation yet to measure. #NSstorm #NSwx #Halisky

That’s coming

I know here in Canada a lot of observers will do a speci when a record temp is recorded.

Just nice to see the metar to see what other conditions are more easily.

SYNOPs are always awesome to see but I agree, most people don’t know what it says… but I think METAR is easier to understand for most people.

Would’ve been nice to capture a METAR showing this, but I got this screen cap off Windy.