This Valentine’s Day kicks off another warm spell in southern Ontario.
Starting Saturday, daytime highs in Waterloo Region will climb to 2 C, and by Feb. 17, it could reach as high as 6 C.
Steven Flisfeder is a meteorologist with Environment Canada, and tells 570 News Radio this increase in temperatures is due to a shift in patterns.
“The past weeks we’ve been stuck under this ridge of high pressure that was kind of blocking any new warmer air masses from making their way towards southern Ontario,” he said. “That is now weakening and pushing off to the east, which will allow new air masses to make their way to southern Ontario…bringing those temperatures to the positive side.”
Those temperatures will indeed move into the positive range by quite a bit.
Highs of five and six degrees are well above seasonal averages, which are usually around -2 C.
So will this warm weather stick around? Just until about Tuesday, according to Flisfeder.
“Following that, there will be a decline back to the negative side, but it’s not expected, at least not now, to be those deep freezes we saw over the past couple of weeks. It’s going to be a return to more of what is normal for this time of year.”
Waterloo Region might experience some mixed precipitation on Wednesday, including rain.
The Grand River Conservation Authority (GRCA) is monitoring local waterways closely since there’s potential for flooding; however, the extent and timing are still uncertain at this point.
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