{"id":529918,"date":"2026-01-20T13:36:15","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/529918\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T13:36:15","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T13:36:15","slug":"more-snow-for-ontario-this-week-followed-by-polar-vortex-bringing-extreme-cold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/529918\/","title":{"rendered":"More snow for Ontario this week, followed by polar vortex bringing extreme cold"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Prairie clipper will bring widespread snowfall Wednesday into Thursday morning, with 5-10 cm expected in regions including the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), Ottawa, Windsor, and Niagara.<\/p>\n

\"Baron<\/p>\n

Enhanced snow near London, the snow belts, and Lake Erie and Ontario shores could result in totals of 10-15+ cm.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: <\/b>Snow paradox: Why 2 cm of snow can actually be worse than 25 cm<\/a><\/p>\n

Blowing snow will reduce visibility once again, with wind gusts of 50-60 km\/h, especially downwind of the lakes. Plan ahead for potentially challenging travel conditions.<\/p>\n

\"BaronFrigid air to grip Ontario by the weekend, coldest in years for some regions<\/b><\/p>\n

This weekend, the Great Lakes Basin will experience a surge of frigid Arctic air<\/a>. Daytime highs will struggle to rise above the minus teens on Saturday across much of Ontario, with temperatures expected to remain below seasonal averages into the end of January.<\/p>\n

DON’T MISS: <\/b>The Great Lakes\u2019 winter superpower is fading, polar vortex punches through<\/a><\/p>\n

Ottawa may hit a low of -21\u00b0C, marking the city\u2019s coldest day in 10 years if this forecast holds.<\/p>\n

\"Baron<\/p>\n

Northern Ontario will face even harsher conditions, with localized areas potentially plunging to near -40\u00b0C during the cold snap. Northeastern Ontario is likely to see widespread overnight lows nearing -30\u00b0C.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Prairie clipper will bring widespread snowfall Wednesday into Thursday morning, with 5-10 cm expected in regions including…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":529919,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2],"tags":[2147,50,2150,71178,21484,190411,17541],"class_list":["post-529918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-ontario","tag-snow","tag-southern-ontario","tag-squall","tag-temperatures"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115927697896759132","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529918","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529918"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/529918\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/529919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529918"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=529918"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=529918"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}