{"id":1320,"date":"2026-04-12T15:30:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1320\/"},"modified":"2026-04-12T15:30:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-12T15:30:28","slug":"heavy-rain-on-tap-as-warm-air-spreads-into-southern-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/1320\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy rain on tap as warm air spreads into southern Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Published on Apr. 12, 2026, 12:21 AM<\/p>\n<p>Bouts of heavy rainfall will accompany temperatures in the 20s in the days ahead<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/warmth-and-showers-will-spill-into-ontario-this-weekend\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">grab your umbrella<\/a> before heading out over the next couple of days as a warmer pattern pushing into southern Ontario will bump up the chance for heavy rainfall.<\/p>\n<p>Some areas could see as much as 100 mm of precipitation through the week ahead.<\/p>\n<p>DON\u2019T MISS: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/la-nina-is-over-and-a-strong-el-nino-may-arrive-this-summer\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Forecasters concerned about a growing El Ni\u00f1o this summer<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Temperatures and rain odds rise into next week<\/p>\n<p>An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theweathernetwork.com\/en\/news\/weather\/forecasts\/multi-day-severe-storm-threat-builds-thunder-may-push-into-great\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">active and unsettled pattern<\/a> is in the forecast over the next couple of days. Several systems are expected to sweep across southern Ontario, including surges of remarkably warm temperatures for the middle of April.<\/p>\n<p><img url=\"\/\/images.twnmm.com\/c55i45ef3o2a\/3jT7F7x4sKib323jMykzjM\/f597337beb480f2434bffdcecaf66e7d\/Ontario_Rainfall_Next_7_Days.png\" alt=\"Ontario Rainfall Next 7 Days\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"fill\" style=\"position:absolute;height:100%;width:100%;left:0;top:0;right:0;bottom:0;object-fit:contain;object-position:center center;color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Ontario_Rainfall_Next_7_Days.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The first wave of heavy rainfall will accompany a warm front lifting across the region on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll see the heaviest pockets of rain target cottage country and communities surrounding Georgian Bay, where amounts could locally push 30-40+ mm. Additionally, a chance for thunderstorms will build Sunday night into Monday around and north of cottage country.<\/p>\n<p>Folks around the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) can expect generally less than 10 mm of rainfall, with higher amounts up to 20 mm across northern sections of the region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Apr. 12, 2026, 12:21 AM Bouts of heavy rainfall will accompany temperatures in the 20s in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,631,94,58,931,60],"class_list":{"0":"post-1320","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-canada","8":"tag-canada","9":"tag-ice","10":"tag-ontario","11":"tag-rain","12":"tag-snow","13":"tag-temperatures"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}