Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the entire Kawarthas region for a long-lasting period of freezing rain beginning on Sunday (December 28).
The special weather statement is in effect for Peterborough County, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, Haliburton County, and Hastings Highlands.
A rapidly intensifying low-pressure system is expected to track over the Great Lakes, bringing freezing rain to the region beginning Sunday afternoon or evening. The freezing rain will persist through Monday morning before transitioning to rain showers or flurries.
Ice accretion amounts of 5 to 10 mm are possible across most of the Kawarthas, with 10 to 15 mm possible in Hastings Highlands. Local utility outages are possible. Travel conditions are expected to be difficult. Ice-covered surfaces are likely.
As temperatures are expected to be fairly close to the freezing mark, it is possible some areas will receive rain Sunday afternoon and evening.
“There remains some uncertainty regarding the track of the low pressure system and as a result exact ice accretion amounts are somewhat uncertain,” Environment Canada states.
