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The federal weather service issued a two-pronged warning Wednesday alerting capital residents that heavy rain and foggy conditions are on the way.
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And the meteorologists added a third heads up: Snow is expected to be back Wednesday night and into Thursday.
The forecasts indicate Ottawa and most of Eastern Ontario can expect to see 10-15 mm of rain Wednesday, starting around noon.
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“The rain will likely continue through the afternoon before transitioning to wet snow this evening,” the agency said in a release.
“Given the frozen ground, water due to rain and snowmelt could accumulate on roads and in low-lying areas.”
This follows the more than nine millimetres of rain that fell Tuesday.
The temperature Wednesday is expected to hit a high of 3 C.
Meanwhile, dense fog in the capital is expected to continue Wednesday morning, before dissipating.
“Visibility may be significantly and suddenly reduced to near zero,” the agency said. “Travel is expected to be hazardous due to reduced visibility.”
The Renfrew schoolbus authority cancelled all transportation services Wednesday “due to observed icy road conditions with forecasted dropping temperatures and more mixed precipitation throughout the day.” All schools in the area were open.
The precipitation should end around midnight, although the cloud conditions should persist. The overnight low should be around -3 C.
Thursday should bring flurries, with a high of -3 C.
Further ahead, the weekend is looking passably good, with sunny skies and high temperatures reaching -4 C on Friday and -6 C on Saturday.
Clouds return Saturday and Sunday, but the temperatures should reach a high of about 0 C.
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