Special Air Quality Statement | Wildfire smoke blankets Ottawa for a third day

It's that early spring kind of weather, starting off as wet flurries and turning into showers, all while a blanket of grey hovers overhead.
Environment Canada's weather forecast for Ottawa includes a few flurries in the morning Sunday changing over to rain in the afternoon. The high Sunday is 5 C, right on par with the average for this time of year.
This comes after a brief blast of wintry weather Saturday that left a few centimetres of snow behind.
It's still the season of cold nights, with a low of -6 C overnight and into Monday morning as the sky clears up.
Expect a good deal of sunshine Monday with a high of 4 C.
Tuesday is also looking sunny with a high of 6 C.
Wednesday's outlook is mainly cloudy with a chance of a few flurries and a high of 2 C, but a sunny day is back in the forecast for Thursday.
Some flights into the New York City area on Wednesday were delayed and some briefly halted because of reduced visibility from wildfire smoke from Canada.
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