It was a messy, snowy day in Ottawa on Thursday with heavy precipitation blowing across the roads.
The storm, which slammed the Greater Toronto Area, bringing back memories of 1999 when the army was called in, did not impact Ottawa as much as expected.
Environment Canada upgraded its warnings several times on Thursday to reflect even more snow than originally forecasted. The weather agency believed 35 centimetres by the end of Jan. 15 was possible.
However, according to measurements from the agency at the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier Airport, it recorded 21 cm.
This is not record-breaking according to Environment Canada. The greatest snowfall on Jan. 15 that ever happened was in 1968 when 28.4 cm fell.
However, in both 1999 and 2001, the city did see the most snow on the ground recorded by Jan. 15, which stands at 60 cm.
Major roads across Ottawa are cleared but slick. Officials are warning people to still drive according to conditions, with the possibility of black ice. Temperatures are -11 C but feel like -14 with the wind on Friday.
Overnight wind chills will drop the mercury to -19.
