Another round of heavy snowfall is headed for parts of Ontario

On January 9, 2025By Littum

Parts of southwestern Ontario are getting a cold blanket of the fluffy white stuff as heavy snow showers come off Lake Huron.

Environment Canada has issued snow flurry watches for areas including London, Parkhill, most of Middlesex County, north to Goderich and south to Watford and eastern Lambton County.

“The blizzard watch is likely to be upgraded to a warning this afternoon, highlighting the increased threat of blizzard activity tonight and tomorrow,” said Peter Kimbell, warning preparedness meteorologist with Environment Canada.

The shower is expected to last until Wednesday evening with snowfall from 15 to 25 centimeters in some areas.

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The national weather agency warns that there is a possibility of heavy snowfall.

“Visibility can be suddenly reduced at times in heavy snow. Surfaces such as highways, roads, footbridges and parking lots can become difficult to navigate due to snow accumulation,” the weather agency warns.

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This comes just days after parts of the cottage country, including Bracebridge, Owen Sound and Kawartha Lakes, also experienced heavy snow showers. The warning also covered the Barrie, Orillia and Peterborough to Bellville areas, which saw anywhere from 25cm to 60cm of fall over the weekend.

Kimbell says areas like Markdale, Ont., southeast of Owen Sound, saw between 60 and 70 cm of fall.

Weather advisories were also issued for the Parry Sound area and parts of southwestern Ontario, including Kitchener, Waterloo, Guelph and Stratford to Grand Bend, which saw between five and 10 cm of snow.

“This is kind of par for the course in January. Especially when we get a flow of cold, unstable air over the Great Lakes, we get that kind of weather, so it’s not uncommon at all,” Kimbell says.

—with files from Global News’ Gabby Rodrigues