Environment Canada warns of freezing rain for Waterloo Region, Guelph for Thursday

Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for Waterloo Region, Guelph and Wellington County for Thursday.

The agency is warning that a storm will arrive Thursday morning and that the areas could see several millimetres of icy buildup from the freezing rain.

The weather is expected to transition into snow in the afternoon and Environment Canada’s forecast calls for the area to see up to 5 cm of snow in Waterloo Region while Guelph and Wellington County could see twice that amount.

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The nasty weather is expected to continue right into Thursday night.

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