'Impactful' winter storm headed for Southwestern Ontario, making for a messy commute
CBC
Environment Canada says Southwestern Ontario is in for a messy mix of wintry weather, beginning Wednesday evening and continuing into Friday morning.
About 10 to 25 mm of rain going is expected to fall on Wednesday night into Thursday afternoon, with the possibility of transitioning into freezing rain mixed with ice pellets.
The rain or freezing rain turns into potentially heavy snow on Thursday night. Snowfall amounts of 10 to 15 cm are possible overnight.
"This particular storm is kind of a merger of a system that's further north," said Environment Canada meteorologist Steven Flisfeder.
"The cold front from that system is merging with a low pressure system from the southern United States, and it's giving that abundance of moisture and warmth to southern Ontario."
Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for London, Windsor, Chatham-Kent and Sarnia.
With the storm starting as rain and warm temperatures, Flisfeder said drivers will see cooling on the roads from both rain and snowmelt. Then there will be a freezing period, leading to slippery conditions.
The storm's final transition to snow will create visibility issues on Wednesday evening commutes through to Friday morning.
"We're expecting fairly decent amounts of rain, so any water pooling due to sewer drains being covered, it's going to exacerbate the issue on the roads," said Flisfeder.
"So we're looking at some possible roadway closures due to impassable roads and then the slippery road conditions behind that with the freezing rain and snow. We're looking at some very difficult commutes and possible road closures over the next few days."
Storm chaser Adam Skinner, whose passion led him to create online groups Instant Weather Ontario and Ontario Storm Watch, said he has his eyes on the incoming system.
"It's a really impactful storm," said Skinner.
He said storm watchers are already observing winds of somewhere between 60 to 90 kilometres in some parts of Southwestern Ontario, and are working to determine exactly how much snow ends up accumulating.
He said it all depends on the transition from rain to ice pellets.
Run 3 Space | Play Space Running Game
Traffic Jam 3D | Online Racing Game
Duck Hunt | Play Old Classic Game
As the Calgary Stampede kicks off, health experts are warning about the risk of measles exposure and are urging parents with babies and unimmunized children — along with other vulnerable Albertans — to sit this one out.
An unhealthy municipal water system in the Bell Island community of Wabana is slowly being rid of contaminants like arsenic, manganese and iron, with 150 households being removed this week from a quarter-century-old boil order.
Environment Canada is warning of a multi-day heat event in parts of northwestern Ontario that's expected to stretch into Friday. The agency issued heat warnings early Thursday morning for the Kenora, Dryden and Fort Frances areas.
Toronto police say youth firearm arrests have declined so far this year — a welcome shift after last year's spike, though major concerns remain, including the rise of gang recruitment on social media.
Arkansas resident Amy Beaver decided to take a trip earlier this year— but not just anywhere. She wanted something that felt familiar
Cancer patients who usually get treatment in Summerside will have to travel to P.E.I.'s capital over the next several days, while those who need a medical oncologist will need to go to Charlottetown until September.
An environmental group says not enough testing is being done to determine the extent of contamination from so-called "forever chemicals," especially in the North.
When Prime Minister Mark Carney met with automotive sector CEOs Wednesday about U.S. trade negotiations, one of the key issues the industry said they wished to discuss was the government's zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate.
Sales of Ontario wine have increased by over 60 per cent since the LCBO pulled American products off its shelves earlier this year, signalling a shift in buying habits among consumers in the province, the retailer says.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's path back to the House of Commons runs through a rural Alberta riding that has become a hotbed for Western discontent and the independence movement — a potentially tricky situation to navigate for a leader with national ambitions.
Despite a lagging market for green hydrogen, the Newfoundland and Labrador government says it still plans to collect royalties from the province's nascent renewable energy industry.
A lumber mill in New Ross, N.S., has been destroyed by fire.
The People's Alliance has once again de-registered as a political party — but this time, it's for good.