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Plows have been busy in London, Ont., which has already received more than a metre of snow in December.
A winter storm hitting Ontario with a sloppy mix of snow and rain Sunday will be quickly followed by a blast of strong winds and cool temperatures, forecasters say.
Environment Canada said the storm that brought blizzard conditions to the U.S. Midwest on the weekend was moving across Ontario on Sunday and would likely reach southern Quebec by Monday morning.
Dropping temperatures triggered a flash-freeze warning on for several regions in southern Ontario on Sunday afternoon, including Toronto. A flash freeze occurs when moisture and accumulated snow creates icy conditions when the temperature falls quickly.
Areas northwest of a line from Grand Bend, Ont., on Lake Huron, to Renfrew, Ont., in the Ottawa Valley were expected to receive 15 to 25 centimetres of snow, while other parts of eastern Ontario, including Ottawa, were hit with freezing rain.
The weather office issued winter storm, snow squall, and flash- freeze warnings and watches, depending on the region. Most of southern Ontario is under watches or warnings, stretching into northern Ontario as far as the Timmins-Cochrane-Iroquois Falls region.
London, which has received more than a metre of snow in December already, was forecast to get another five to 10 centimetres Sunday and two more overnight.
Places close to Lake Ontario, including Toronto, were expected to see rain with wet snow or freezing rain mixed in at times.
Temperatures in Toronto were expected to drop to as low as -8 C Sunday night, with winds gusting to 60 km/h. In Ottawa, Environment Canada warned that snow squalls would develop quickly Monday in the wake of the storm.
