TORONTO – If you packed away your snow shovel and winter coat, you may need to haul them out again as winter delivers one more cruel blast across southern and eastern Ontario.
The warm air that recently enveloped the region is being pushed out by a sharp Arctic cold front accompanied by stiff northwesterly winds.
Environment Canada said temperatures would plunge to below freezing by the morning in some areas and during the day on Tuesday.
WEATHER
Rain showers changing to snow mixed with ice pellets and ending late this morning then a mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of flurries. Risk of freezing rain early this morning. Snow and ice pellet amount 2 to 4 cm. Wind northwest 20 km/h becoming light this afternoon. Temperature falling to minus 1 this afternoon.
More on current weather conditions and a 7-day forecast.
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TRAFFIC AND TRANSIT
Roads: Click for the latest Toronto traffic.
Mass Transit: Click for TTC and GO Transit Updates.
Sports:
Raptors:
The playoff-bound Raptors topped their record for franchise wins with victory No. 48 on Monday, a 110-100 defeat of the lowly Milwaukee Bucks – their most recent milestone achieved on a night that started with the unfurling of their Atlantic Division banner.
IN THE NEWS…
A visitation is being held today for Jim Flaherty at the Abilities Centre in Whitby, Ont.
An apparent fight between two brothers led to a violent stabbing Monday night in Scarborough.
The chief prosecutor in the murder trial of Oscar Pistorius has ended his cross-examination after challenging the athlete for five days of testimony.
The search area for the missing Malaysian jet has proved too deep for a robotic submarine.
ALSO COMING UP TODAY…
Consumer Services Minister Tracy MacCharles and Don Valley East MPP Michael Coteau make an announcement about the towing and vehicle storage industries. (9:15 a.m. at Stellar Roadside Assistance, 185 Bartley Road)
Transport Minister Glen Murray and area MPPs Joe Dickson and Tracy MacCharles will make an announcement about highway improvements. (1 p.m. at MPP Joe Dickson constituency office, 50 Commercial Ave.)
Justice Minister Peter MacKay makes funding announcement (1:30 p.m. at Central Toronto Youth Services, 65 Wellesley Street East, Group Room)
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