In the past 24 hours, Ottawa has seen drizzle, heavy rain, and even fog. Now, brace yourself for snow and sub-zero temperatures as the capital’s weather roller coaster continues.
Sunday’s heavy rainfall is expected to turn to snow overnight, with Environment Canada predicting about two to four centimetres combined with winds gusting up to 60 km/h. Window panes across the city were already starting to rattle on Sunday evening as winds began to pick up, threatening blowing snow overnight.
Across the city, people took to social media to discuss the strange weather patterns that the city has seen this winter.
Nobody lives in Ottawa for the weather
— Succerpunched (@drewxedge) January 10, 2016
Rain during January! The weather just gets weirder and weirder.. Be careful tonight when it all freezes over!! #Ottawa #weirdweather
— Victor Margheriti (@vb8i) January 10, 2016
need a boat to go down our side street and then skates after the flash freeze. #ottweather
— amanda james (@AMJames0123) January 10, 2016
Adjust your driving to the changing weather conditions. @SROttawa #otttraffic #ottweather #ottcity pic.twitter.com/5L2BkrUIk4
— Ottawa Police (@OttawaPolice) January 10, 2016
Monday’s outlook will also come as a bit of a shock to those who were just getting used to warm temperatures again after an icy blast last week. Environment Canada says Monday’s high will be -7 Celsius and there is a 40 per-cent chance of flurries in the morning. Wednesday is expected to be the coldest day with a high of only -10 Celsius.
And even more snow is on the way, with high chances of flurries forecast every day this week.