Components of Southern Ontario, together with Barrie and Innisfil, are beneath snow squall warnings as a powerful winter storm makes its method via sure areas, with as much as 25 centimetres of snow doable by Wednesday night.
Atmosphere Canada issued the snow squall warnings for Barrie, Goderich, Innisfil, Owen Sound, Blue Mountains, Northern and Southern Gray County and Stratford, amongst just a few others.
Canada’s climate company says there will likely be heavy snowfall with extra accumulations of 10 to twenty cm regionally by this night.
“Lake effect snow squalls will continue to affect the area today. Heavy snow and local blowing snow can be expected at times,” Atmosphere Canada stated. “The snow squalls are expected to ease to lake effect flurries this afternoon or early [Wednesday] evening.”
The alert provides that visibility might be diminished to close zero in heavy snow and blowing snow. Journey is predicted to be hazardous as a result of diminished visibility in some areas.
Different elements of the province, together with Fort Hope and Fort Severn, are beneath excessive chilly warnings.
Toronto and the GTA aren’t anticipated to see accumulating snow till Friday when a climate system may drop round 5 cm to cap off the week. It stays chilly, nevertheless, with daytime temperatures in Toronto anticipated to hover round -7 C on Wednesday, although it would really feel extra like -14 with the wind chill.
Some sunshine is predicted in Toronto on Thursday, with a forecasted excessive of -4 C.
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