Hold On To Your Hats: Toronto Avoids Snow But Wind The Next Big Weather Maker
Tuesday November 27, 2007 CityNews.ca Staff
The good news is we dodged a big weather bullet. The bad news is Mother Nature's winter gun is still loaded.
On Monday we told you about two approaching fronts, one warm, the other cold, that collided over Ontario, bringing a mixture of wet snow and rain. While there were predictions some of it could accumulate in the outlying areas of the GTA and beyond, the temperatures mostly stayed above the freezing mark, and what fell late into the evening and overnight mostly melted as soon as it hit the ground. That made for a much easier morning commute.
But there could still be complications on Tuesday, only this time it won't be snow or rain but wind. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for a wide swath of southern Ontario stretching from Windsor to the Niagara region, and including Toronto and areas surrounding the GTA.
It centres around an intense low over Lake Superior that's bringing with it very strong winds. By mid-afternoon, we could be seeing gusts between 50 to 70 kilometres an hour, enough to potentially bring down weak tree branches.
And once again Toronto is getting off easy. Those in the Lake Huron and Georgian Bay areas could feel winds blowing up to 90 kilometres an hour and flurries, creating the potential for whiteout conditions.
The big breezes are expected to start just after noon. And while highs here will stay in a range of 3C or 4C, those stiff westerlies could make it feel considerably chillier than that.
It will be very cold overnight with lows hitting -8C and bitter wind chills. And you may have to get used to the biting winds. They're not expected to decrease much until Thursday.
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