TORONTO – It’s going to be a cool and soggy weekend.
Environment Canada issued a special weather statement calling for significant rain on Saturday and Sunday.
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The culprit is a low pressure system moving northeast from the United States. The system is expected to bring persistent rain, spreading from west to east across southern Ontario beginning Saturday afternoon.
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The rain is expected to last into Sunday with the chance of some isolated thunderstorms.
Regions from Windsor through to the Golden Horseshoe could receive between 30 and 60 mm.
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And it gets even better: along with the rain, the wind is expected to blow in on Saturday with gusts in the 50 to 70 km/h range.
Temperatures will also be somewhat cooler with highs near 16 C.
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