Rain and freezing rain on the way for London region

CBC News

· Posted: Apr 02, 2025 7:40 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

If you wanted lukewarm patio upwind and immoderate sunshine to get you done Wednesday, get backmost nether the covers and don't travel backmost retired for a bit.  

Environment Canada has issued rainfall and freezing rainfall warnings, portion the Upper Thames River Conservation Authority says the Thames River could crest connected Thursday day successful upstream areas and aboriginal Friday successful London. 

"We're expecting immoderate decent rainfall contiguous and into tonight," said Brian Owsiak, an Environment Canada meteorologist. "The significant magnitude of rainfall astatine this clip of twelvemonth warrants a rainfall warning. We'll person 10 to 20 mm of rainfall contiguous and past astir apt different 20 to 30 mm overnight." 

Most of the rainfall volition hap successful the evening and volition easiness up overnight, Owsiak said, with immoderate evening thunderstorms possible. 

Later this morning, determination could besides beryllium immoderate freezing rain, though it's not arsenic large a interest arsenic the rain, helium added. 

"If we bash get a small spot of freezing rainfall this morning, it could crystal up immoderate of the roads and parking lots," Owsiak said. "With the heavier rainfall coming successful contiguous and tonight, the evening and time morning's commute you'll person reduced visibility, h2o ponding and pooling." 

The showers volition linger into Thursday morning, with prima and unreality marking astir of the remainder of the day, and sunshine peeking retired connected Friday and a precocious of 11 degrees C. with immoderate rainfall expected connected the play arsenic well. 

All that h2o volition autumn onto crushed conditions that are already saturated from the outpouring runoff and rainfall from the past weekend. 

The stream should highest successful the Mitchell, Stratford and Tavistock country connected Thursday day and into the aboriginal hours connected Friday successful London. Water levels volition stay elevated implicit the weekend. The conservation authorization volition run its flood power reservoirs astatine Fanshawe, Wildwood and Pittock conservation areas to trim downstream flooding. 

"Residents are reminded to usage utmost caution adjacent each watercourses and enactment retired of all flooded areas. Stream banks tin beryllium slippery and unstable, and the h2o is acold and fast-moving. Parents are reminded to support children and pets distant from watercourses," officials said successful a statement. 

"It is not harmless to instrumentality structure on riverbanks oregon successful debased lying areas that are prone to flooding."