Tuesday, February 10, 2009

Freezing Rain Update


At left: Interstate 94 in North Dakota during freezing rain and fog there yesterday. The same system will affect us today.

The freezing rain is spreading across eastern Ontario this morning and moving into the Ottawa Valley and the St. Lawrence Valley. Look for the rain to overspread the Montreal region by noon. It may be fairly steady for a few hours, with 2-4 mm of ice accumulation expected. All school buses across the eastern Ontario region from Brockville to Ottawa and east to the Quebec border have been cancelled today as a result of the freezing rain. Freezing rain warnings are in effect for all our regions from Kingston and Smiths Falls east towards Montreal and the Laurentians.

The freezing rain will taper from west to east by midnight tonight. Travel will be impacted today but will improve for Wednesday as temperatures warm above freezing. Wednesday and Thursday morning will be mild and foggy with rain before a cold front sweeps the area on Thursday with some snow and slightly cooler temperatures.

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