Published on Feb. 15, 2026, 5:43 PM
Updated on Feb. 16, 2026, 1:50 AM
A broad Montana low will track across Ontario on Wednesday after impacting the Prairies earlier in the week, spreading some complex and mixed precipitation signals
Southern Ontario finally warmed up enough to turn down the thermostat a tad this weekend, with more tolerable winter temperatures after an extended period of cold, but that milder air has opened the floodgates for messy, wintry storms.
It didn’t take long for Mother Nature to capitalize on the warmer temperatures in southern Ontario. A system from the Prairies will bring a swath of messy, wintry weather, including significant snow (10-20 cm) for some, on Wednesday.
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Meanwhile, freezing rain is expected south of the snow and rain is likely to the south of the warm front–with a messy, wintry mix in the middle for some areas. Travel will be heavily impacted as road conditions will be slippery and poor.
However, the exact placement of the warm front is still uncertain, the key on where the location of the heaviest snow in southern Ontario will be.
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A wavy warm front slicing into southwestern Ontario will provide the warmer air to bring rainfall across extreme areas of the region.
A swath of messy precipitation, freezing rain and ice pellets, sets up north of the warm front, but the timing and exact placement is still uncertain.
