Weather advisory ends for Ottawa after burst of heavy snow
It will be a cold night in Ottawa, after Mother Nature delivered a quick blast of snowy weather.
Environment Canada lifted the winter weather advisory for Ottawa after a cold front moving through Ottawa brought a mix of heavy, wet snow and gusty winds over the dinner hour.
The weather advisory ended at approximately 8:40 p.m.
It will be mainly cloudy this evening with a 30 per cent chance of flurries. Skies will clear overnight and temperatures will fall to -11 C, but the wind chill will make it feel more like -15.
The record for coldest March 30 in Ottawa is -12.8 C, set back in 1941
It will be cooler in the capital tomorrow. Thursday’s forecast calls for a mix of sun and cloud and a high of 1 C. The wind chill will make it feel more like -14 in the morning.
Skies will clear Thursday evening and the overnight low will be -6 C.
On Friday – cloudy skies with a 60 per cent chance of rain showers or flurries and a high of 3 C.
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