CBC News | Posted: March 6, 2025 12:01 PM | Last Updated: Just now
Temperature drop expected west to east starting this morning
Image | walking on ice in ottawa
Caption: Thursday morning and evening should feel quite different in eastern Ontario, with a early rain quickly turning cold. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)
A rainy, foggy Thursday morning in eastern Ontario is expected to turn icy later on, according to Environment Canada.
What was first a mix of weather alerts about fog, rain and a sudden drop in temperature had by 9 a.m become flash freeze warnings across eastern Ontario.
The freeze is expected to start late morning in the northwestern corner of the region, reach communities including Pembroke and Kingston by afternoon and reach the capital by late afternoon or early evening.
Petawawa is forecast to go from 3 C at noon to –8 C at midnight, for example. At midnight its wind chill is expected to make it feel like –17.
Wednesday was the first day this year year that the temperature at Ottawa's airport didn't dip below freezing. It bottomed out at exactly zero degrees.
