****0000001688**** WWCN11 CWTO 300324 FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 11:24 P.M. EDT SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR: CALEDON NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION DUFFERIN - INNISFIL BRUCE PENINSULA - SAUBLE BEACH - TOBERMORY OWEN SOUND - BLUE MOUNTAINS - NORTHERN GREY COUNTY BARRIE - COLLINGWOOD - HILLSDALE. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== FREEZING RAIN CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY MORNING. WHAT: TOTAL ICE ACCRETION OF 5 TO 10 MM. POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. ICY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. WHEN: NOW INTO SUNDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT WILL COME TO AN END FOR ALL AREAS BY MIDDAY SUNDAY. SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS WILL BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. CONSIDER POSTPONING NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. ICE BUILD-UP MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK. PUBLIC SAFETY CANADA ENCOURAGES EVERYONE TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY PLAN AND GET AN EMERGENCY KIT WITH DRINKING WATER, FOOD, MEDICINE, A FIRST-AID KIT AND A FLASHLIGHT. FOR INFORMATION ON EMERGENCY PLANS AND KITS GO TO HTTPS://WWW.GETPREPARED.GC.CA/. 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 END/OSPC