Greater Toronto Area braces for frosty night, sunset milestone
The next 24 hours in southern Ontario will feature subzero temperatures and one last sunset after 6:30 p.m.
Conditions over the next couple of days will leave little doubt that fall is finally here across southern Ontario.
While we’re looking ahead to an ideal weekend throughout the region, we have to get through a spell of freezing temperatures first.
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We’ve already seen some hints of winter-like weather creeping into southern Ontario over the past couple of days. Lake-effect snow flurries and graupel were reported in some communities this week. Graupel is a soft pellet that forms when supercooled water droplets freeze onto a snowflake.
Widespread frost advisories are in effect as temperatures are expected to hover around or below zero across the Greater Toronto Area overnight Wednesday into Thursday.
This overnight chill includes the risk for subfreezing temperatures in Toronto proper. Only the immediate lakeshores might escape temperatures hitting the zero-degree mark.
Readings will bottom-out a few degrees below freezing farther inland and away from the urban cores. Kitchener is likely going to reach -4°C during the overnight hours.
“Take preventative measures to protect frost-sensitive plants and trees,” Environment and Climate Change Canada said in its frost advisory on Wednesday.
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If you’re a fan of the changing seasons, here’s some more good news for you. Wednesday evening will feature Toronto’s final sunset before 6:30 p.m. until we set the clocks forward again next March. The sun will continue setting earlier every day through the middle of December, when Toronto’s sunset reaches its earliest point at 4:40 p.m.
If you’re not a fan of the changing seasons, fear not! A gorgeous weekend coming up will feature comfortable temperatures and bountiful sunshine throughout southern Ontario. Make sure to take some time to soak it up.
Stay with The Weather Network for the latest on conditions across southern Ontario.