Ottawa North - Kanata - Orléans
7:09 AM EDT Monday 31 March 2008 Freezing rain warning for
Ottawa North - Kanata - Orléans continued
Several hours of freezing rain early this morning. Local amounts of 2 to 4 millimetres possible.
This is a warning that an extended period of freezing rain is imminent or occurring in these regions. Monitor weather conditions..Listen for updated statements.
An active early spring weather pattern will continue to send a conveyor belt of moist air towards the lower Great Lakes region. The leading impulse in this conveyor belt began last night with rain over much of southern Ontario. Surface temperatures are still just below the freezing point over most of eastern Ontario so that when the precipitation begins...It will initially take the form of wet snow and then freezing rain before the changeover to rain. At least 2 hours of freezing rain is expected in many areas before this changeover to rain this morning. A few locales may receive a freezing rain accumulation of 2 to 4 millimetres..However the impact of this event will be somewhat reduced by the relatively warm ground and any residual salt present on treated surfaces. However motorists and pedestrians are advised that any untreated surfaces may become quickly slick once the freezing rain begins.
The next impulse of this storm will be the Colorado low itself heading our way today and tonight. More rain will arrive this afternoon with heavier rain beginning this evening. Current indications are that the heaviest rainfall will affect regions from the Bruce Peninsula to Muskoka to Petawawa and north to burks falls and Algonquin Park. While 10 millimetres of rain may fall today..An additional 15 to 40 millimetres are likely tonight bringing total amounts to 25 to 50 millimetres. Regions to the south of the warned areas will also receive a significant amount of rain but these amounts are expected to stay below the warning threshold of 25 millimetres in 24 hours.
The airmass will be quite unstable so the odd rumble of thunder cannot be ruled out. Rain will taper to showers Tuesday morning.
Ottawa North - Kanata - Orléans
10:07 AM EDT Monday 31 March 2008 Freezing rain warning for
Ottawa North - Kanata - Orléans ended
An active early spring weather pattern will continue to send a conveyor belt of moist air towards the lower Great Lakes region. The leading impulse in this conveyor belt began last night with rain over much of southern Ontario.
Occasional wet snow or showers will give way to drizzle and patchy fog over most areas by early afternoon. Some localities..Especially over higher ground in the Algonquin Park to Petawawa to Ottawa areas..may see occasional brief periods of freezing rain over the next couple of hours before temperatures rise above zero around noon today. The freezing rain warning has been ended over all of eastern Ontario because the precipitation has become light and patchy.
The next storm impulse will be the Colorado low itself heading our way later today and tonight. More rain will arrive this afternoon with heavier rain beginning this evening. Current indications are that the heaviest rainfall will affect regions from the Bruce Peninsula to Muskoka to Petawawa and north to burks falls and Algonquin Park. While 10 millimetres of rain may fall today..An additional 15 to 40 millimetres are likely tonight bringing total amounts to 25 to 50 millimetres. Regions to the south of the warned areas will also receive a significant amount of rain but these amounts are expected to stay below the warning threshold of 25 millimetres in 24 hours.
The airmass will be quite unstable so the odd rumble of thunder cannot be ruled out. Rain will taper to showers Tuesday morning.