A messy mixture of snow and ice has blanketed the Greater Toronto Areaand far of southern Ontario, on Thursday morning after a winter storm moved by way of the area in a single day.
Snowfall and ice pellets started Wednesday and intensified into the night and in a single day hours.
The realm was predicted to see between 15 and 25 cm of snow. As of midnight, Pearson airport reported 15 cm of snow and ice pellets.
On Thursday morning, Setting Canada issued a “freezing drizzle warning” for Toronto as icy and slippery circumstances are anticipated because of sub-zero temperatures when the precipitation falling is predicted to freeze on contact and over time, create icy surfaces.
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“Heavy snow has tapered off,” the climate company famous. “Nevertheless, temperatures are nonetheless beneath the freezing mark and intervals of freezing drizzle, at occasions blended with ice pellets, are anticipated this morning and presumably this afternoon.”
In addition they warn surfaces reminiscent of highways, roads, walkways and parking heaps might turn into icy and slippery.
“Freezing drizzle can produce skinny, hard-to-detect layers of ice. Take additional care when strolling or driving in affected areas,” Setting Canada stated.
In the meantime, some GTA faculty boards to the west of Toronto reminiscent of Halton, Hamilton, Niagara, Waterloo have introduced colleges are closed as a result of climate. All faculty buses within the GTA had been cancelled.
College buses are cancelled for each Toronto public and Catholic faculty boards, however colleges are open.
After the storm strikes by way of, climate forecasters say chilly, frigid temperatures are anticipated Friday and into the weekend.
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