A special weather statement has been issued by Environment Canada for Windsor and Essex County, where temperatures are expected to “go up and down like a roller coaster.”
“A big change is coming as winter clashes again with spring. Showers, accompanied by occasional wind gusts up to 85 km/h, are moving in from Southwestern Ontario,” warned the national forecaster in a bulletin issued at 9:18 a.m. Monday. “This will herald an end to the first taste of almost summerlike weather across the regions.”
ENWIN tech is attempting to remove the tent from the hydro line. http://t.co/alxGIriyZC—
Dan Janisse (@winstarjanisse) April 14, 2014
Tent drama is over. Safely on the ground. Hydro wires fried. People without electricity on block. http://t.co/Oo8GfrY4yO—
Dan Janisse (@winstarjanisse) April 14, 2014
The forecaster warned of a “very sharp Arctic cold front” that will cause a dramatic drop in temperatures. Rain showers are forecast to become ice pellets near midnight and then to snow overnight in Windsor. As muchs as 2 to 4 centimetres of snow are possible.
The high Tuesday is forecast at -1C. It will warm up slightly on Wednesday with a forecast high of 3 C. Spring-like conditions then return to the region with a high of 12 C Thursday and high of 13 C Friday.
High winds caused a power outage Monday, April 14, 2014, to homes in the 2500 block of George Ave. after a large car canopy was blown into hydro wires. The canopy caused wires to short and burn. EnWin Utilities technicians check out the canopy after it was freed from the hydro wire. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
High winds caused a power outage Monday, April 14, 2014, to homes in the 2500 block of George Ave. after a large car canopy was blown into hydro wires. The canopy caused wires to short and burn. Mike Easter, the owner of the canopy, checks out his Corvette that it was covering. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
High winds caused a power outage Monday, April 14, 2014, to homes in the 2500 block of George Ave. after a large car canopy was blown into hydro wires. The canopy caused wires to short and burn. An EnWin Utilities technician works to free the canopy from the hydro line. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
High winds caused a power outage Monday, April 14, 2014, to homes in the 2500 block of George Ave. after a large car canopy was blown into hydro wires. The canopy caused wires to short and burn. The canopy is shown in the wires. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
High winds caused a power outage Monday, April 14, 2014, to homes in the 2500 block of George Ave. after a large car canopy was blown into hydro wires. The canopy caused wires to short and burn. An EnWin Utilities technician works to free the canopy from the hydro line. (DAN JANISSE/The Windsor Star)
County Rd 20 still closed at Martin Lane and Malden Rd. Crews working to clean up fallen tree. http://t.co/daMKeymWYw—
Julie Kotsis (@JulieKotsis) April 14, 2014
SB Front Rd closed at Martin Lane. Fallen tree blocks two lanes. LaSalle police on scene http://t.co/gQh8X3IbBR—
Julie Kotsis (@JulieKotsis) April 14, 2014
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