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Snow coming to southern Ontario

According to meteorologist Steven Flisfeder, a low-pressure system is moving over Lake Ontario, which will bring snow to southern Ontario.

“Everybody’s getting some snow,” he said.

Snow is expected to begin falling in southern Ontario in the late afternoon/early evening Friday, with five to 10 centimetres expected to fall by Saturday morning. The snowfall should end by Saturday afternoon, he said, adding the rest of the day will likely be cloudy with possible localized sunny breaks.

Drivers urged to be more cautious on roads

Heavier amounts, but not significantly so, are possible on the north shore of the eastern half of Lake Ontario, including from Oshawa and further east and parts of the Bruce Peninsula and Bruce County.

“It’s been a while since we’ve seen accumulating snow in parts of southern Ontario, including in the GTA and extreme southwestern Ontario, like Chatham-Kent and those areas, so it’ll be important for drivers to be a little more cautious,” he said.

Drivers should be aware of potentially slick roads and keep a greater distance between the car in front.

Reprieve from very cold wind chills

Temperatures this weekend are expected to return to near normal for this time of year with daytime high temperatures of a few degrees below 0 C.

“It’ll be a bit of a reprieve from the past several days of very cold temperatures, very cold wind chills,” he said.

The weekend could end with flurries, particularly in areas to the east of Georgian Bay, through the GTA and southwestern Ontario, but the Sunday snowfall is not likely to be significant.