A 'potent spring ice storm' is likely headed for Toronto later this week, Environment Canada says.
A pedestrian waits to cross the street towards Trinity Bellwoods Park in Toronto on Tuesday, February 12, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Tijana MartinIn a special weather statement issued Wednesday afternoon, the federal agency said up to 15 millimetres of “significant ice accretion from freezing rain” is possible starting late Friday, adding that it could even go past 20 millimetres in some areas.
“The swath of maximum ice accretion is still uncertain at this point, but confidence is highest for areas of central and eastern Ontario between Parry Sound and Kingston,” the weather agency says, adding warnings will be issued as the storm breezes in. “The Canadian has much bigger swings of temperature, changing the precipitation type,” he said.Mixed precipitation and freezing rain is also possible on Sunday and Monday morning, Coulter said.
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