Enjoy seeing large puddles of water around the city turn to ice at night as Environment and Climate Change Canada expects temperatures to be above zero during the day and below zero at night.
Brian Luzny, Operational Meteorologist with Environment and Climate Change Canada, says we're expecting double-digit highs at times this week, with some lows dipping below the freezing point.
"This time of year, this typical spring weather, our average highs are in the 8 to 10 range, but our average lows overnight are in the zero to minus 3 range," says Luzny. "That's unfortunately not going to be going away anytime soon. The freeze-thaw, freeze-thaw overnight, is going to continue for the next couple of weeks it looks like."
While some have been concerned about a fast melt which could lead to flooding, Luzny does not expect this to be the norm over the next few weeks. In fact, it should be pretty close to normal.
"I would say that, only in the last few days, and in the next couple of days, where it's going to be above normal highs, it might be a little bit quicker than normal," says Luzny. "These are pretty average daytime highs for this time of year, so I think going to be pretty normal melt. I wouldn't say it's significantly higher."
The daytime high will be single digits later this week as we could see some rain or snow, depending on just how cold it gets at night.
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