Hail, thunder, record warmth, possible snow – this is the weirdest weather ever

Rolling thunder. Lightning. Pouring rain. Haile. Record-setting warmth. And next up, possibly snow. The stretch of weather that began Tuesday morning may be among the weirdest in memory.

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Tuesday began with a mix of springtime-esque stormy weather, mixed in with hail in some areas of the southwestern Ontario.

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The gloomy, decidedly-unlike-winter weather was set to continue with a balmy overnight low of 10 C Tuesday night before a bizarre yo-yo forecast takes hold, per Environment Canada.

  • A rainy high of 11 C was expected in Brantford for Wednesday, before temperatures start to fall significantly to an expected overnight low of -5C.
  • Environment Canada issued a wind advisory for Norfolk and Haldimand counties on Wednesday due to a strong cold front bringing wind gusts of 70-80 km/h for the afternoon into the evening.
  • On Thursday, Environment Canada’s forecast projects a 30 per cent chance of flurries and daytime and nighttime temperatures of 0 C and -7 C respectively for Brantford.
  • And then? Sunny on Friday, but cloudy all weekend with daytime highs of 5 C, 8 C, 12 C and 13 C from Friday to Monday, respectively.

Quite the brief but intense hail / thunderstorm event this morning in London ON, as this weather system runs across us. #LdnOnt @weathernetwork #ShareYourWeather #ONstorm #CTVLondon pic.twitter.com/KkeJCYYYzJ — David Rodenhiser (@drodenhi1) February 27, 2024

On social media, Londoner David Rodenhiser on Tuesday morning posted a photo of three pieces of hail, each next to a same-sized dime, nickel and quarter. “Quite the brief but intense hail/thunderstorm this morning in London,” he wrote.

CTV London meteorologist Julie Atchison

described the week’s forecast

as “a wild ride” heading toward the first weekend of March and the final three official weeks of the winter season.

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