HURON COUNTY – Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement that a snowstorm threatens to hit Huron County and much of southern Ontario on Thursday night and into Friday. This snow storm watch is expected to affect:
City of Toronto
Windsor – Essex – Chatham-Kent
Sarnia – Lambton
Elgin
London – Middlesex
Simcoe – Delhi – Norfolk
Dunnville – Caledonia – Haldimand
Oxford – Brant
Niagara
City of Hamilton
Halton – Peel
York – Durham
Huron – Perth
Waterloo – Wellington
Dufferin – Innisfil
Grey – Bruce
Barrie – Orillia – Midland
Belleville – Quinte – Northumberland
Kingston – Prince Edward
Peterborough – Kawartha Lakes
Stirling – Tweed – South Frontenac
Bancroft – Bon Echo Park
Brockville – Leeds and Grenville
City of Ottawa
Gatineau
Prescott and Russell
Cornwall – Morrisburg
Smiths Falls – Lanark – Sharbot Lake
Parry Sound – Muskoka
Haliburton
Renfrew – Pembroke – Barry’s Bay
Algonquin
Burk’s Falls – Bayfield Inlet.
An Alberta clipper currently tracking southeastward through the Dakotas is expected to track across the us midwest tonight and Thursday then track just south of Lake Erie on Friday.
Snow ahead of this clipper will start spreading into Southern Ontario from Michigan and Lake Huron on Thursday with perhaps a couple centimetres of snow by Thursday evening in a swath of regions extending from Lake Huron to western Lake Ontario.
As the clipper gets closer, latest indications suggest it will intensify Thursday night, with an expanding area of heavier snow expected to move into most of Southern and Eastern Ontario.
Some freezing rain and ice pellets are possible over the extreme southwest.
Snow, heavy at times is now expected to continue into Friday as the clipper sails by just south of the Great Lakes.
Many parts of Southern and Eastern Ontario may receive 15 cm of snow from this system. Some areas may receive higher amounts, depending on the exact track and intensity of this low. Snow amounts will be somewhat lower over the extreme southwest due to some freezing rain and ice pellets. Extreme northern areas from Parry Sound to the Renfrew area will be closer to the northern edge of the system and may escape with less snow as well.
Brisk easterly winds will also result in blowing snow in exposed areas Thursday night and Friday.
Travelling conditions will deteriorate and become hazardous in the snow and blowing snow Thursday night and Friday. There may be a significant impact on the commute to work on Friday morning in areas of heavier snow.
There is still some uncertainty as to the exact track and intensity of the low, which will affect where the heaviest snow falls. Some of the latest computer models have been suggesting a more intense version of this snowstorm is possible.
Environment Canada is closely monitoring this situation. Watches and warnings may be issued as this event draws closer.
The public is advised to monitor future forecasts and warnings as warnings may be required or extended.
