Environment Canada: Freezing rain likely

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Environment Canada has issued another special weather statement for Chatham-Kent, Sarnia-Lambton and much of Southwestern Ontario.

Officials say some freezing rain is likely for Saturday.

“A weak disturbance will bring some freezing rain to Southwestern Ontario beginning early Saturday morning in the Windsor area and late Saturday morning for the Kitchener Waterloo region,” Environment Canada officials stated.

“The duration of the freezing rain should be rather short as southwesterly winds will nudge the mercury towards zero. However some areas could see several hours of freezing rain before temperatures rise above zero changing the freezing rain to rain.”

Officials say current indications suggest this disturbance will bring total precipitation amounts of less than 5 mm with much of that falling as rain or drizzle rather than freezing rain.

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