Blowing snow could make for messy commute in GTA
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A winter weather travel advisory is in effect for this evening in Toronto, with 4 to 8 cm of snow expected to blanket the city.
A winter weather travel advisory is in effect for this evening in Toronto and Hamilton, with 4 to 8 centimetres of snow expected to blanket the region.
Environment Canada predicts the snowfall will cause reduced visibility, and icy road conditions beginning this evening into Tuesday morning.
“Rain showers are expected to quickly change to snow this afternoon or evening as colder air moves into southern Ontario,” a statement by Environment Canada reads. “Snow may become heavy at times this evening or overnight. Increasing northwest winds gusting from 50 to 60 km/h may result in localized areas of blowing snow in exposed areas.”
Environment Canada advises travellers to be prepared to adjust driving with changing road conditions this evening and to drive slowly as the sudden change in weather could become hazardous. Drivers should monitor visibility while driving, watch tail lights and be prepared to stop.
The City of Toronto says that it is monitoring the weather forecast and will deploy crews and equipment as required. Snow clearing operations, such as road salting and snow clearing, will start as soon as the snow starts to stick to the pavement and sidewalk plowing is anticipated to begin early Tuesday morning.
“We are seeing the rainfall change over to snowfall and while it is not a heavy snowfall, it will be rather persistent as we get through the evening,” CP24 Meteorologist Chris Potter said. “It will start to diminish over the overnight and by daybreak tomorrow no snow will be falling but with temperatures dropping it could create some icy roads.”
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