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WWCN11 CWTO 281851
ORANGE WARNING - FREEZING RAIN
FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 1:51 P.M. EST SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER 2025.
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ORANGE LEVEL WARNING - FREEZING RAIN - FOR:
CALEDON
NEWMARKET - GEORGINA - NORTHERN YORK REGION
UXBRIDGE - BEAVERTON - NORTHERN DURHAM REGION
MOUNT FOREST - ARTHUR - NORTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY
DUFFERIN - INNISFIL
HANOVER - DUNDALK - SOUTHERN GREY COUNTY
OWEN SOUND - BLUE MOUNTAINS - NORTHERN GREY COUNTY
BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND.
YELLOW LEVEL WARNING - FREEZING RAIN - ENDED FOR:
HALTON HILLS - MILTON
KITCHENER - CAMBRIDGE - REGION OF WATERLOO
GUELPH - ERIN - SOUTHERN WELLINGTON COUNTY.
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IMPACT LEVEL: HIGH
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH
==DISCUSSION==
ICE STORM CONTINUES TODAY INTO THIS EVENING.
WHAT:
FREEZING RAIN LEADING TO ICY SURFACES.
ICE ACCRETION OR BUILD-UP OF 10 TO 20 MM.
WHEN:
CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON AND ENDING THIS EVENING OR OVERNIGHT.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN LATE THIS EVENING
AS TEMPERATURES CLIMB ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK.
ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL WILL
LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS AND SOME ROUTES WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE.
PROLONGED UTILITY OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL SHOULD BE
AVOIDED.
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.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALERTING PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT:
HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/EN/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENT/WEATHER/SEVEREWEATHER/WEATHER-ALERTS/COLOUR-CODED-ALERTS.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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