Ottawa starts digging out from snow, ice pellet mix
Posted Dec 16, 2016 06:43:03 AM.
Last Updated Dec 18, 2016 10:41:37 AM.
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OTTAWA — The capital is going from shivering to shovelling.
A winter storm that packed a frostbite advisory and snowfall warning into three days starting Friday is set to come to an end Sunday.
Friday started out with bitterly-cold morning temperatures and wind chills that then gave way to a nasty mix of winter-like weather, which isn’t supposed to officially start til Wednesday.
Friday morning began with a temperature of -26 at 6 a.m., with a wind chill of -31, prompting a Frostbite Advisory from Ottawa Public Health.
Temperatures rose slightly on Friday but was then followed by a snowfall warning, with about 14 centimetres of snow recorded at the Ottawa airport as of Sunday morning.
A mix of ice pellets and snow also started Saturday night.
The winter weather was all thanks to a Colorado low and affected most of south-eastern Ontario, including Lanark County, Brockville and Cornwall, and a snowfall warning for Arnprior, Calabogie, Renfrew and areas up to Petawawa.
With the wind chill, temperatures are set to feel like -30 on Monday.
