Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for southern Peterborough County, southern Kawartha Lakes, and Northumberland County for the possibility of patchy freezing rain on Friday night (January 1).
A low pressure system moving north from Texas will track near the south shore of Lake Erie on Friday evening.
Precipitation will begin as snow early in the evening over areas north of Lake Ontario. This snow will then become mixed with patchy freezing rain or ice pellets later in the evening.
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Some minor ice accretion is possible.
Precipitation will transition to snow by early Saturday morning.
Environment Canada does not anticipate issuing freezing rain warnings at this time but will continue to monitor the situation.
