Tuesday, June 7, 2022, 9:56 am – Heavy rain extends across Ontario through Tuesday, with some heavy rainfall rates affecting travel times.
You want to leave plenty of extra time for your trip on Tuesday, as heavy rains and storms affect travel across parts of southern Ontario. Widespread special weather reports and rain warnings cover the region, with a maximum of 50 mm possible in some of the worst-hit areas that see storms. Due to the slow nature of storms, forming in their nature, the threat of localized flooding is quite high in parts of the south. Rainfall will gradually decrease until Tuesday evening, although the possibility of a downpour sometimes adjusts to the forecast for much of this week. Learn more about weather and impacts below.
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UNTIL TUESDAY: EXTENDED WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND STORM THREAT
Heavy rain and uneven fog will continue from Windsor through the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) and into Ottawa until Tuesday. A low-pressure system moved to Ontario on Monday afternoon, causing heavy rains across the region and an increased risk of localized flooding. Special weather warnings and rain warnings remain in effect.
In the late morning, the rain will have come out of the shores of Lake Huron and southwestern Ontario and the rain will end in the early afternoon at the GTA, although it will remain east of the GTA. ‘Ontario for most of the day.
Some storms embedded within the rain band are also possible.
In all, there is likely to be between 30 and 60 mm of rainfall in the hardest hit areas, along the shores of Erie and the 401 Corridor that stretches across the northern part of Greater Toronto Area, with locally higher amounts possible in areas that do see storms.
As the cold front climbs the golden horseshoe, the winds will increase in the afternoon, with possible gusts of 40-50 km / h.
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Conditions will improve greatly on Tuesday night, although the threat of a downpour sometimes lasts until the end of the week. Widespread fog is also likely to develop on Thursday morning.
A higher-level trough will continue to keep conditions unstable close over the weekend in Ontario, as temperatures also remain cool over the weekend.
A flashback to this time last year and Toronto’s Pearson Airport had already recorded three days of temperatures above 30 ° C just one week after June. A couple of warmer days are expected in the middle of next week, although followed by cooler temperatures once again next weekend.