A weather system moving into Ontario this morning is bringing a combination of rain, freezing rain and ice pellets.
For anyone who remembers the ice storm of 1998, that spread up to 120 mm (5 inches) of freezing rain across areas of eastern Ontario, southern Quebec and the Maritimes, seeing the words 'potential for a major ice storm' in your forecast might send a chill down your spine.
That's the word from the latest Environment Canada forecasts though, as a weather system moves into Ontario this morning, bringing a combination of rain, freezing rain and ice pellets for today, tonight and into Friday morning. As a result,
weather warnings have been issued for regions across the southern part of the province.
Freezing rain has already started to fall across areas of southwestern Ontario, with reports of ice build up on roads and sidewalks from the Kitchener-Waterloo/Cambridge/Guelph area through parts of the Greater Toronto Area. Ice pellets and snow are mixing in with this in some areas, and this mix of precipitation is expected to press eastward throughout the day.
Icy roads along the 401 corridor from east of London, through the Greater Toronto Area are expected to make for a difficult commute this morning, and possibly even a worse time later as the freezing rain continues, sometimes heavy at times, throughout the day.
