Freezing rain warning ends for Toronto
Posted November 22, 2011 5:46 am.
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A freezing rain warning issued for Toronto has ended, Environment Canada said Wednesday morning.
The warning also included York-Durham and Halton-Peel regions.
“A prolonged period of freezing rain, about 3 to 6 hours, is likely for most of the warned areas. 2 to 5 mm of ice build-up is possible,” the agency said Tuesday.
Road conditions were poor Wednesday morning, with slippery conditions in the province — and it was worse in eastern Ontario. That region saw some freezing rain as well as ice pellets and snow.
“The first areas to see any ice accumulation will be porches, cars, handrails, driveways — things that are cooler than the air temperature. Roads will have to cool down for an hour or two and then the ice accretion will begin there and make things quite treacherous,” said CityNews meteorologist Natasha Ramsahai.
“Downtown Toronto has a risk of brief freezing rain but will likely be the first area to switch back over to rain through tonight. The further you are from the lakeshore, the more prolonged the freezing rain is expected to be.”
Ramsahai added that there have already been reports of significant ice build-up in Kitchener, Guelph and Whitby.
“If we see freezing rain, we’ll dispatch out patrollers to dispatch our salters and we’ll continue salting if we see ice build-up,” said Myles Curry, Dir. Transportation Services, City of Toronto.
Many drivers were busy Tuesday getting their cars ready for the tough weather ahead.
“I have just spent $1000 on this car, doing breaks, tires and I’m ready to go,” said driver Robert Craggs.
