Arctic air returns to southern Ontario

 TORONTO – Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement as arctic air returns to southern Ontario.

Precipitation from a disturbance approaching from the northern U.S., mixed with the cold air could bring some freezing rain from Collingwood through Orangeville and into Aurora, Environment Canada says.

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Further north towards the Ottawa Valley and Algonquin Park, snow and ice pellets along with some freezing rain is expected tonight and into Wednesday morning.

The following areas are under the special weather statement:

Newmarket – Georgina – Northern York Region
Uxbridge – Beaverton – Northern Durham Region
Dufferin – Innisfil
Barrie – Orillia – Midland
Belleville – Quinte – Northumberland
Kingston – Prince Edward
Peterborough – Kawartha Lakes
Stirling – Tweed – South Frontenac
Bancroft – Bon Echo Park
Brockville – Leeds and Grenville
City of Ottawa
Gatineau
Prescott and Russell
Cornwall – Morrisburg
Smiths Falls – Lanark – Sharbot Lake
Parry Sound – Muskoka
Haliburton
Renfrew – Pembroke – Barry’s Bay
Algonquin
Burk’s Falls – Bayfield Inlet.