The City of Toronto has been put under a snow squall watch by Environment Canada for Tuesday evening, while other areas of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) continue to battle winter weather.

The squalls are not expected to bring significant snowfall to the city, but visibility may be heavily reduced at times by bursts of heavy or blowing snow, according to an alert issued by Environment Canada late Tuesday afternoon.

A snow squall is a sudden, intense and short-lived burst of heavy snow and strong winds that causes near-total whiteout conditions and rapidly freezing road surfaces.

Residents are asked to prepare for the possibility of quickly changing, and deteriorating travel conditions.