Southern Ontarians are probably in for a messy Thursday morning commute as combined precipitation consisting of freezing rain and snow is within the forecast.
“It’s not huge amounts of snow, but it’s the timing that is the issue. The morning commute is going to be impacted for many areas of southern Ontario,” Atmosphere Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson stated Wednesday, Feb. 5 morning, forward of the climate occasion.
What is going to the climate be like?
The forecast for southwestern Ontario requires snow combined with ice pellets or freezing rain, impacting communities comparable to Windsor, Sarnia and London, in addition to communities alongside Lake Erie proper to Niagara, with the climate occasion anticipated to start round midnight or early Thursday hours.
The very best probability of freezing rain is in excessive southwestern Ontario, impacting the Windsor and Essex County areas.
As much as 5 centimetres of snow is anticipated within the above areas.
Communities nearer to Toronto and alongside the north shore of Lake Ontario, together with Trent and Kingston areas, usually tend to see solely snow, however there may be some danger of freezing rain or drizzle late Thursday morning or early afternoon.
Additional north, away from the Nice Lakes, the climate occasion is most definitely going to provide solely snow. Communities from Peterborough to the Ottawa Valley might see 5 to 10 centimetres of snow on Thursday.
Jap Ontario, together with the Ottawa Valley, will probably expertise the climate system in a while Thursday morning, so the morning commute will probably be nice, however the night commute might be impacted.
“This is a midnight-overnight issue for extreme southwestern Ontario, morning commute issue for the GTA and then more of an afternoon commute issue as you get into eastern Ontario,” Coulson stated.
Residents ought to look ahead to climate alerts of their communities.
Weekend climate forecast
That is not the tip of the winter mess for us, as we’re in for snow this weekend in Ontario.
A big climate system south of the Nice Lakes is anticipated to hit a number of U.S. states, and it’ll impression Ontario.
Whereas it’s nonetheless early to provide a exact weekend forecast, Coulson stated Ontarians can anticipate snow Saturday evening into Sunday daytime hours.
Quantities will fluctuate by neighborhood, however jap Ontario will probably get probably the most of it, with communities alongside the St. Lawrence River presumably getting 15 or extra centimetres of snow and the Ottawa Valley within the vary of 10 to fifteen centimetres.
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