MMMM....My Annual Holiday Dinner--For The First Time!

My mother...every Saturday following Christmas...makes this Holiday dinner and this was my first year headed there.

It was AMAZING!!! I mean, I've never tasted more delicious food.

The Meal:

Appetizer:

• shrimp cocktail
• salmon
• crackers/cheese
• veggies
• HOMEMADE dip (yum!)

Dinner:

• pork
• duck ... my appologies to any vegetarians
• potatoe salad
• rice
• potatoes (roasted)
• veggies cooked

Desert:

• fruit
• AND MY NEW FAVOURITE...The World's Best Homemade/Handmade Tiramisu (my mom's was better than the picture)

Thanks mom for Everything! Dinner was delicious...amazing...wonderful! Can't wait till next year. With love forever mommy!

Chris

Weather Specialist

PS: I'll have a weather blog tomorrow.

HOLIDAY FORECAST

This blog's photographs and forecasts is provided by The Weather Network.

Let's start with the Holiday Forecast. The link provided gives you the 14-day trend, Holiday travel and how to manage STRESS! To check another city, other than Toronto for your holiday forecast, click here.

The average high temperature for New Year's Eve is -1.1C, the average low is -9.2C and the average precipitation is 1.9mm. It's predicted that the temperature will be -4C, which is in the middle. Holiday Safety Tips and the 14-day trend can be found here.

To view the Winter 2007-2008 Outlook, click here.

"Your Weather" features pictures and videos of weather across Canada. Some photos and videos of Your Weather can be found here.

Wishing you a great Boxing Day trip...whether it'd be shopping or staying at home!!

Chris

PS: I'll be blogging a lot before '08, we are trying to reach 100 Blogs by the end. So far, we're at 88.

Most Are Off....Some Are Still Blogging

I know for a fact that most meteorologist's are off for the Holidays. Except for me. I have my holidays: Christmas, New Years and about one or two days within the two weeks, but other than that, the blogs are on me.

Truth be told, Christmas is my favourite time of year--the weather, but most of all...the time we spend with our families. My gift to you is a prayer to keep the true meaning of Christmas:

A Christmas Prayer by Robert Louis Stevenson

Loving Father, Help us remember the birth of Jesus, that we may share in the song of the angels, the gladness of the shepherds, and worship of the wise men.
Close the door of hate and open the door of love all over the world. Let kindness come with every gift and good desires with every greeting. Deliver us from evil by the blessing which Christ brings, and teach us to be merry with clear hearts.
May the Christmas morning make us happy to be thy children, and Christmas evening bring us to our beds with grateful thoughts, forgiving and forgiven, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

May the spirit of Christmas be with you and your family. From my home to yours...

Chris

Merry Christmas!!

Your Christmas Forecast

TORONTO:
With temperatures warming up, the chances of a White Christmas are slim--although the White Christmas production is playing at the Sony Centre.

To the forecast: for Christmas Eve Day, we'll see some white flurries--no major storm--with highs of -1C. For the Eve, we'll see temps at around -6C. Winds will travel at 40km/h...so keep those presents tight. For Christmas Day, we'll see some PARTLY cloudy skies with temperatures reaching a high of 0C. The lows will be -5C. Winds calm down to 15km/h. Boxing Day, not only will it be hectic but also warm with highs of +1C.

All in all, we'll see a good Christmas forecast, but it could change in a flash. I'll keep you updated with recent changes.

I invite you to take a look at some of the Best Christmas Houses from Michael Kiss' blog.\

Happy Holiday's...from my family to yours!

Chris

Weather Specialist/Meteorologist

CityWeather

city.weather@yahoo.ca

What Happened This Weekend?

Did everyone enjoy the 20 centimetres of snow?

Stop and think for a minute that in Nova Scotia, they've been getting snow for 15 days straight...and the snow banks reach their houses.

Back in Toronto, many were out cleaning and shoveling. I'm seeing a "vague" low coming through which may mean for a storm on Sunday....


GOTTA GOOO!!! RUN!!!!!


Chris

Snow Update I.

Here comes the snow-all dressed in white. That makes sense for what is about to happen.


Courtest of The Weather Network, here are the updates.


Issued by ENVIRONMENT CANADA
Winter storm watch for: City of Toronto
Issued at 3:14 PM EST FRIDAY 14 DECEMBER 2007
..MAJOR WINTER STORM APPROACHING SATURDAY EVENING.. THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
A MAJOR WINTER STORM CURRENTLY DEVELOPING IN TEXAS WILL MAKE ITS WAY NORTH TOWARDS SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OVER THE REGIONS ARE LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. IT IS POSSIBLE WINTER STORM WARNINGS WILL HAVE TO BE ISSUED FOR SOME REGIONS DUE TO LOCAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 25 CENTIMETRES IN LESS THAN 24 HOURS. THE HIGHEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL LIKELY BE IN THE HAMILTON AREA WHERE EMBEDDED LAKE EFFECT SNOW WILL ADD TO THE MOISTURE OF THE SYSTEM. THERE WILL ALSO BE SIGNIFICANT BLOWING SNOW AND POSSIBLY FREEZING RAIN OVER THE REGIONS. THE SNOW WILL SPREAD NORTHWARD AND EASTWARDS OVER MOST OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO SATURDAY NIGHT AND THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING. THIS WILL MAKE TRAVEL ON THE ROADS EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS AND TRAVELLERS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTREME CAUTION SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY IF THEY HAVE TO USE THE ROADS. ENVIRONMENT CANADA IS MONITORING THE SITUATION CAREFULLY AND WILL ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE WEATHER WARNINGS AS THE STORM EVOLVES. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES.PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

Also, go to www.citynews.ca and click on BLOGS and follow the links to weather. www.CityNews.ca/weather has updates as well.

Stay tuned for Part II.

Chris

Weather Specialist (Meteorologist in Training)

PS: I'd love to see your pics. Send them to city.weather@yahoo.ca. I've been assigned to 24 hour on-call, meaning I need to be up when I'm needed for the Storm Watch. I'll be blogging continuously.

I'm also off from December 18 to 21.

THE HIT WEEKEND

The Daily Bread Food Bank.

Christmas Time.

HELP!

There are several out there who use and need the Daily Bread Food Bank and they need your help. For every one person who has a Christmas dinner, seven don't!

Donate. Food or funds. Anything. Just help...please!

My personal goal is to collect 1000 lbs of food...

My hit weekend is December 14-17. Make it yours too!


www.dailybread.ca