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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 6:40 A.M. EDT FRIDAY 28 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      CITY OF TORONTO

      MISSISSAUGA - BRAMPTON

      HALTON HILLS - MILTON

      BURLINGTON - OAKVILLE

      MOUNT FOREST - ARTHUR - NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY

      GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY

      HANOVER - DUNDALK - SOUTHERN GREY COUNTY.



SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:

      PICKERING - OSHAWA - SOUTHERN DURHAM REGION

      VAUGHAN - RICHMOND HILL - MARKHAM

      BRUCE PENINSULA - SAUBLE BEACH - TOBERMORY

      SAUGEEN SHORES - KINCARDINE - SOUTHERN BRUCE COUNTY.



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==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN LIKELY SATURDAY NIGHT 

OR SUNDAY MORNING. 



WHAT: 

POSSIBLE ICE ACCRETION OF 3 TO 5 MM. 

POSSIBLE UTILITY OUTAGES. 

SLIPPERY SURFACES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES FROM ICE BUILD-UP. 



WHEN: 

TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING. 

ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

THERE IS A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT, POSSIBLY INTO SATURDAY 

MORNING, AS TEMPERATURES WILL BE NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. A SECOND 

ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY AS 

TEMPERATURES COOL BELOW THE FREEZING MARK. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE POSSIBLE AS THE EVENT DRAWS NEARER.



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. 



TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN ONTARIO, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM.



HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA



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