Rapidly falling temperatures could make for icy surfaces Thursday, weather agency says

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· Posted: Mar 05, 2025 10:28 PM EST | Last Updated: March 6

Rapidly falling temperatures could create slippery conditions successful and astir Toronto connected Thursday, Environment Canada says.

In a wintertime upwind question advisory issued for the metropolis arsenic good arsenic Durham, Peel and York regions connected Wednesday night, the upwind agency said below-freezing temperatures could marque for icy highways, roads, walkways and parking lots, starring to a hard greeting commute.

The daytime somesthesia is acceptable to driblet to astir -2 C Thursday.

"Be prepared to set your driving with changing roadworthy conditions. Slow down driving successful slippery conditions. Watch for taillights up and support a harmless pursuing distance," Environment Canada said.

Toronto and surrounding regions were under three abstracted upwind alerts Wednesday night: the wintertime upwind question advisory, a fog advisory and a peculiar upwind statement.

Fog reduced visibility connected Wednesday night

Environment Canada said "locally dense fog" reduced visibility to near-zero in immoderate areas. The fog was expected to dissipate aft midnight owed to beardown northwesterly winds.

The peculiar upwind statement, successful spot since earlier this week, said an further 5 to 15 millimetres of rainfall was expected Wednesday night.

"The frozen crushed has a reduced quality to sorb this rainfall," the national upwind bureau said, noting melting snowfall is besides contributing to bedewed conditions.

Ryan Rozinskis, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the peculiar upwind connection volition apt lift when snowfall starts falling Thursday morning, leaving only the wintertime question advisory in place.

City ends large snowstorm information declaration

The City of Toronto, meanwhile, said successful a quality merchandise connected Wednesday that its major snowstorm information and important upwind lawsuit declarations, which came into effect connected Feb. 12, ended astatine 4 p.m. Thursday.

"These declarations improved the ratio of wintertime roadworthy attraction arsenic they prohibited parking connected designated snowfall routes, allowing crews to plow and region snowfall from the roads and sidewalks faster," the metropolis said.

On-street parking is present permitted connected designated snowfall routes, the metropolis said. 

Snow removal, which involves crews collecting snowfall in dump trucks and moving it to designated snowfall retention sites, volition continue, the metropolis added.

Drivers are reminded to debar parking wherever impermanent orangish "No Parking – Snow Removal" signs are posted because crews volition beryllium removing the snowfall from the country wrong 48 hours of the signs being posted, the metropolis said.

Vehicles parked connected streets with the temporary signs could beryllium fined oregon towed astatine the owner's expense, the metropolis added.

To assistance forestall flooding, the metropolis says crews are moving astir the timepiece to inspect and wide drawback basins, peculiarly those successful low-lying areas.