Mix of snow, freezing rain forecast for Ottawa
Posted Jan 16, 2017 09:14:56 AM.
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OTTAWA – It could get messy on the roads during the afternoon rush Tuesday.
While there are no weather worries in Monday’s forecast, with a high near 1C under sunny skies, it’s a different story for Tuesday.
According to 1310 NEWS meteorologist Jill Taylor, we’ll see a mix of snow and freezing rain, starting around 4 p.m.
As for the rest of the week, flurries are in the forecast for Wednesday and Thursday, while a cloudy day is forecast for Friday. Temperatures will range between 0 and 2C.
Jill Taylor’s Ottawa Forecast:
Today: Mainly sunny.
Wind out of the southwest to 25km/hour
Guaranteed high 1.
Tonight: Partly cloudy.
Low near minus 9.
Tomorrow: Cloudy and windy for morning and most of the afternoon and then snow or freezing rain beginning around 4 p.m.
Wind out of the east-north-east to 25km/hour.
High near minus 1.
Wednesday: Flurries.
High near 0.
Thursday: Flurries.
High near 2.
Friday: Mainly cloudy.
High near 2.
Record high: 7.2 (2005)
Record low: -32.5 (1994)
Greatest rainfall: 11.4mm (1995)
Greatest snowfall: 12.7cm (1943)
Average high: -6
Average low: -16
