Ontario is bracing for yet another round of severe winter weather just days after a historic storm brought record-breaking snowfall across the GTA and led to hundreds of cancelled flights, disrupted transit services, and school closures.
The upcoming multi-day winter weather event is expected to impact much of southern Ontario, bringing snow squalls, blizzard conditions, and dangerously reduced visibility to snow belt regions, according to a new report from The Weather Network.
Environment Canada has issued a mix of blizzard warnings, snow squall watches, and blowing snow advisories across the province. Areas just north of Toronto are under a snow squall watch, while much of southwestern Ontario is under a blizzard warning.
Communities near Lake Huron and Georgian Bay will be particularly affected, with 70 to 90 km/h wind gusts and snowfall amounts between 20 and 40 cm. Prince Edward County is currently under a blizzard warning, with anywhere from 20 to 30 cm of snow expected by Tuesday morning.
Niagara Falls, Welland, and Fort Erie are also under snow squall warnings, with similar wind gusts and anywhere from 10 to 20 cm of snowfall.
Although blowing snow is expected to ease up by Tuesday, another system from the Prairies will bring more snow to southern Ontario by mid-week, with 5 to 10 cm expected in the GTA.
To top it all off, heavy precipitation is set to be accompanied by frigid temperatures this week, and some northern parts of the province could see lows approaching the -40 degrees C mark.
Icy temperatures will stay put throughout the weekend, with daytime highs remaining in the minus teens on Saturday and Sunday. Throughout the rest of January, the Arctic air is expected to keep temperatures below seasonal averages.
The good news is that we’re only about two months away from spring, so for now, stay warm and bundle up, but just know warmer days are coming.
