
Heavy snow squalls will continue hitting Ontario into Sunday
A multi-day snow squall event continues through the end of the weekend as totals pile up across the traditional snowbelt regions
Expect dangerous travel conditions again Saturday night into Sunday as snow squalls continue meandering across southern Ontario.
Extensive blowing and drifting snow could make travel next to impossible at times. "Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve," says Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) in its snow squall warning.
Snowfall observation reports since Friday include 24 cm east of Wasaga Beach, 20 cm in Mount Forest, 21 cm in Markdale and 6 cm in London.
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Due to the snowfall in Barrie, Ont., the city declared a significant weather event Saturday that will impact travel and services throughout the municipality.

Keep an eye on local weather alerts and highway conditions before you hit the roads.
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Snow squalls will be on the move Saturday
Snow squalls have meandered north and south over the past couple of days, bringing near-whiteout conditions from Orillia to Goderich and many communities in between.
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Bands of lake-effect snow will persist of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay heading into the day Sunday. It’s possible for flurries to reach the GTA at times as the squalls meander about. But accumulations here will be minimal compared to the knee-deep totals expected beneath the heaviest squalls.
The snow squalls are expected to finally come to an end on Sunday after bringing 30-60 cm of snow to the hardest-hit areas.

The low that we have been watching for Sunday night and Monday will track too far south to bring any significant snow to the region, but this storm will have a major impact on travel across the U.S. Midwest, the mid-south and the mid-Atlantic states.
Colder-than-normal temperatures are expected to dominate the first few weeks of the month, so it will certainly be feeling like winter once again.
Visuals of the significant snowfall event have been circulating on social media. Below is just a selection of what is making the rounds so far.