Toronto/CMEDIA: Environment Canada reportedly issues snow storm warnings of up to 60 centimetres for the most affected areas in parts of southern Ontario Thursday.
With Barrie, Collingwood, Midland, and Wasaga Beach expected to get the worst of it, the heavy snow blowing at gusts of up to 60 km/h in those areas could make for poor visibility at times over the next 24 hours.
“Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow. Rapidly accumulating snow will make travel difficult,” Environment Canada said in its warning.
Also included in the warning are areas east of Toronto, such as Cobourg and Peterborough expecting 25 centimetres of snow over the next day.
Weather advisories west of the city are in effect for Kitchener, Guelph, and Stratford, where up to 10 centimetres of snowfall is expected.
Environment Canada is forecasting that the lake effect snow will move south Friday morning before returning this weekend over some areas.
Toronto with a high of 1 C today and low of – 3 C is currently not under any weather warning or advisory, but according to the weather forecast there is a 70 percent chance of flurries with the possibility of blowing snow in the city to continue overnight and into early next week.
