yellow warning - snow squall - in effect
Snow squalls continuing into this evening.
What:
Local snowfall accumulations of 15 to 30 cm.
Near zero visibility at times in heavy snow and blowing snow.
When:
Continuing through this evening, and possibly into early Tuesday morning for Northumberland County to Greater Napanee.
Additional information:
Westerly winds gusting up to 70 km/h will result in areas of near zero visibility in blowing snow this afternoon. There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic. Travel on Highway 401 may be hazardous at times.
Conditions improve overnight for most areas, however, lake effect snow squalls off Georgian Bay may impact Northumberland County to Greater Napanee overnight into early Tuesday morning.
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Travel will likely be hazardous. Visibility will likely be suddenly reduced to near zero at times. Roads and walkways will likely be difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.
Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #ONStorm.
For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.
Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.
Varoitus voimassa ma klo 19:31 - ti klo 11:31
