After record-breaking cold temperatures, Environment Canada is issuing another special weather statement warning of heavy snow this weekend.
On Friday, London saw a low of -20.8 C, breaking its previous record for January 3 of -19.5 C. Cities including Kitchener, Hamilton and North Bay also broke record lows.
Now, forecasters are warning of heavy snow on Sunday, with wind and bitterly cold temperatures on Monday along with blowing snow and lake effect snow squalls.
The warning extends from the Windsor area in the southwest all the way to Ottawa in the northeast.
Environment Canada says a low pressure system is forecast to develop over Oklahoma on Saturday then intensify and track northeastward to cross southern Ontario Sunday night.
Snow is expected over all regions on Sunday, becoming heavy over southwestern Ontario Sunday afternoon and over the remaining regions Sunday evening.
The snow is expected to taper off overnight Sunday, but will persist into Monday morning over eastern Ontario, where it may change to freezing rain.
Many places could see snowfall amounts of 15 to 20 centimetres.
Bitterly cold west to northwest winds will follow the storm, producing blowing and drifting snow with snow squalls forecast to develop off Lake Huron and Georgian Bay Monday and continuing until mid-week.
