Special weather statement in effect tonight

Kawartha Lakes –  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Kawartha Lakes:

Risk of freezing rain late tonight followed by potentially heavy snow Saturday.

Precipitation will move into the area after midnight tonight. With temperatures hovering near the freezing mark, some of this precipitation may begin as rain where temperatures are above zero or as freezing rain where temperatures are at or below zero. A period of freezing rain is then expected through the night before a transition to snow Saturday morning or Saturday afternoon. A period of heavy snow is then forecast with accumulations near 10 cm possible by Saturday night.

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