A special weather statement has been issued in Chatham-Kent, as snow and freezing rain is expected tonight into Wednesday, then a brief thaw with strong winds and rain.
Forecasters say a Colorado low will track northeast across Lake Huron and Georgian Bay Wednesday, bringing a dramatic change in weather with it.
“A band of snow will move through the regions tonight with most areas getting 2 to 5 cm of snow,” Environment Canada officials stated.
“The snow will change over to a period of freezing rain later tonight. The freezing rain may last several hours before changing over to rain on Wednesday with the passage of a warm front. A brief thaw will arrive with temperatures soaring several degrees above freezing.”
Strong southwesterly winds gusting to 70 or 80 km/h are also expected later Wednesday.
Environment Canada is closely monitoring this situation.
Freezing rain warnings may be required by tonight as this event draws closer.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@canada.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
