A significant snowfall hit Waterloo Region on Sunday, causing icy roads and an increase in reported accidents.
Rob Kuhn, a meteorologist with Environment Canada’s Ontario Storm Prediction Centre, noted that Kitchener set a new daily snowfall record for Nov. 9 with 14 centimetres of snow, surpassing the old record of 10.2 cm from the early 1900s.
“I think this was a bit of a wake-up call for folks contemplating whether to put the snow tires on yet or not,” said Geoff Coulson, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada. “Looking at the longer range forecast, we do settle back to more seasonal temperatures as we get towards the end of the work week and head into the weekend.”
The snow fell throughout the day, with the University of Waterloo’s weather station recording 6 cm by 10 a. m., followed by about half a centimetre per hour until around 11 p. m.
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for Waterloo Region on Sunday, and forecasters expect scattered flurries on Monday.
“Even though the bulk of what we were expecting fell yesterday, there’s still scattered flurry activity, there’s blowing and drifting snow with strong gusty winds as well,” said 570’s Weather Specialist Denise Andreacchi. “We’re still dealing with the impacts of this early-season snowfall.”
Andreacchi added that dropping temperatures throughout Sunday created some slippery conditions on roads.
“At first, yesterday’s snow melted on contact, then it started to stick to the ground, but we did have a lot of wet surfaces; it wasn’t just snow,” she said.
In a statement to 570 News Radio, Waterloo regional police reported responding to 20 collisions on Sunday, up from eight reported crashes the previous Sunday.
The regional police mentioned that there were no injuries resulting from those collisions on Sunday.
Temperatures are expected to drop to feel-like -12 overnight on Monday before rising to 5 C with showers by Wednesday.
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