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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:42 P.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.



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==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE TONIGHT. MORE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN 

THREAT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO 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 MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

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

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

AND MORE SIGNIFICANT ROUND OF FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED SATURDAY 

NIGHT INTO SUNDAY MORNING 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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