Weather Warnings Issued for Six Provinces and Territories

January 2, 2025 TruthUSA

Severe winter conditions have prompted weather warnings in six provinces and territories today with a mixture of snow, rain, and high winds expected across several parts of the country.

Environment Canada issued advisories for regions in Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and the Yukon.

Numerous communities are under warnings or advisories, as meteorologists predict frigid temperatures, blizzards, snow squalls, potentially destructive wind gusts, and heavy rainfall.

Here’s a look at what each province can expect.

Ontario

Snow squall warnings have been issued across a large swath of the province from Belleville in the east to Kincardine in the west, Aurora to the south, and Sault Ste. Marie in the north.

A snow squall watch is also in place for the London and Kitchener-Waterloo regions while a winter weather travel advisory has been issued for communities near Parry Sound as well as west of Toronto.

Barrie, Orillia, Collingwood, Owen Sound, and much of the Bruce Peninsula will be hit with lake effect snow squalls, northwest winds gusting up to 60 kilometres per hour, and snow accumulations of up to 60 centimetres, according to the advisory.

Residents of the region can expect poor visibility due to blowing snow to continue throughout the day and into Jan. 3.

Listowel, Hanover, Kincardine, and Saugeen Shores can expect slightly less snow but similar damaging winds with 60 kilometre per hour gusts. Blowing snow and up to 40 centimetres of snow are expected throughout the day.

Innisfil, New Tecumseth, and Georgina may receive as much as 40 centimetres of snow, falling today and into the following morning.

“The highest snowfall accumulations are expected over areas southeast and just south of Lake Simcoe,” Environment Canada said. “Due to the nature of lake effect snow, some areas further away from the lake may see little to no snow accumulations.”

Areas like Gravenhurst and Bracebridge, hard hit by snow early in the winter season can also expect lake effect snow squalls beginning this morning with accumulations of up to 25 centimetres.

Gravenhurst declared a state of emergency Dec. 1 after being hit with more than 140 centimetres of snow that resulted in motorists being stranded overnight in their vehicles on Highway 11.

Peterborough, Port Hope, Trenton, and Belleville can expect similar weather as lake effect snow squalls from Georgian Bay track inland. The squalls are expected to persist in both areas overnight with the snow moving further south tomorrow morning.

London, Stratford, Kitchener-Waterloo and the surrounding areas are under a squall watch with total accumulations of snow likely to exceed 15 centimetres, the weather agency said.

Brampton, Guelph, Caledon, and Orangeville are under a weather advisory with treacherous travel conditions and heavy snowfall up to 10 centimetres to begin this morning. The lake effect snow is expected to gradually weaken this afternoon but could continue into the evening hours, according to the advisory.

Further north, the Parry Sound area is under a similar advisory with “reduced visibility at times” due to heavy snow. Total accumulations of five to 10 centimetres are expected.

Northwest winds gusting up to 50 kilometers per hour are expected in the Sault Ste. Marie region of Northern Ontario with blowing snow and accumulations up to 20 centimetres.

This is a developing story, updates will follow.

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