Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for the Kawarthas region for snow or freezing rain with strong easterly or southerly winds on Sunday (March 15).
The special weather statement is in effect for Peterborough County, Kawartha Lakes, Northumberland County, Haliburton County, and Hastings Highlands.
A band of snow will move across the regions Sunday morning and will be associated with easterly or southeasterly winds up to 70 km/h, resulting in local blowing snow. Brief freezing rain is also possible with the snow. The snow band will continue out of most regions by Sunday afternoon.
Snowfall amounts of 2 to 6 cm are expect (up to 8 cm in northern Kawartha Lakes and Haliburton County) with 1 to 2 mm of ice build-up from freezing rain. Reduced visibility from blowing snow will make travel difficult.
Snow accumulations may be highly variable. However, most areas will receive at least 2 cm with locally higher amounts possible.
Following the snow, a warm-up is expected with above freezing temperatures for most areas. Strong southerly wind gusts may develop again Sunday afternoon or Monday morning, with local power outages possible.
