Messy system arrives in Ontario this week; Snow, freezing rain and frigid temperatures expected
Digital Reporter
Sunday, November 9, 2014, 7:33 PM - Winter comes early to parts of Ontario this week.
A low pressure system developing over the U.S. Plains will begin to track northeast into Ontario Monday afternoon.
"This low will bring heavy snow to the Nickel Belt and northern Ontario followed by a period of mixing, ice pellets & freezing rain Tuesday evening for the Greater Sudbury area," says Weather Network meteorologist Kelly Sonnenburg. "Above-freezing temperatures will prevent southern Ontario from seeing any mixing or snow but a possible thundershower is not out of the question as the system passes."
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Snow will begin to move into the Nickel belt Monday afternoon ahead of the warm front. Sudbury, Sault Ste. Marie, Wawa and surrounding areas will start seeing snow move in late afternoon/early evening Monday.
"Two heavier rounds of snow are expected," says Sonnenburg. "The first will be associated with the warm front Monday evening into the overnight. The second will come as the low passes through the region Tuesday evening."
During these times, Sonnenburg says 1-2 cm of snow per hour is possible in some areas.
Current radar indicates that the heaviest snowfall will be in the Sudbury, Timmins, Kapuskasing and Sault Ste. Marie regions -- with 10-15 cm of snow possible for Sudbury and 20-30 cm for Timmins and surrounding areas.
"Tuesday evening through the overnight, as the low passes by the Greater Sudbury area and with temperatures hovering around the freezing mark, ice pellets and freezing rain could become a threat," cautions Sonnenburg.
Due to the track of the low, southern Ontario will remain in the warm sector of this system resulting in only rainfall. There is even the chance of possibly seeing a non-severe thundershower as the cold front passes through Tuesday evening.
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