You could get into an argument with our neighbours to the north about who got more snow over the past week. Environment Canada only has Kapuskasing’s total of 25.8 centimetres – that’s ten inches. Most of it fell on Wednesday.
Meteorologist Geoff Coulson says a system moving in from Lake of the Woods could give us another ten or 15 centimetres overnight Monday. However, with the temperature rising to +3 this evening, Timmins and Cochrane could get rain, at least until the thermometer plunges dramatically to -15.
“Any melting or rain shower mixed-in activity could freeze up dramatically in the overnight hours,” Coulson notes, “and that leads us into a chilly Tuesday for much of the area.”
The nice weather we’ve had so far on this March Break will get even better for the second half of the week. Coulson is expecting temperatures into the low double-digits on the plus side on Friday. Normal this time of year is a high of -1.
“So spring-like temperatures as we head into the weekend, but the longer term forecast into next week and the start of astronomical spring brings the temperatures back down to more seasonal values. So again that’s going to be daytime highs close to the freezing mark, overnight lows well below freezing.”
Astronomical spring arrives at 5:01am Thursday, March 20th.
