Fog Blog Atlantic Storm Log: St. John's Nf-Lab Get Hurricane Winter Storm!:

ST. JOHN'S IS THE BULLS EYE FOR AN AGGRESSIVE WINTER STORM......WHICH COULD BE CALLED A WINTER HURRICANE.......WEATHER NETWORK PERSONNEL ARE THERE REPORTING! THIS STORM IS BRINGING UP TO 75 cm OF SNOW WINDS UP TO 125 km/h AND BLIZZARD CONDITIONS!..........Early Friday, the system met the official 'weather bomb' criteria. The term applies to rapidly-developing severe storms in which the barometric pressure at its centre drops by a minimum of 24 millibars over 24 hours.In the late afternoon, VOCM reported the St. John's Regional Fire Department was responding to an avalanche in the Battery area, though there is no further information at the moment.Weather Network reporter Chris Murphy is live on the scene, reporting strong winds, widespread closures and empty streets