{"id":536446,"date":"2026-03-14T19:02:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:02:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536446\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T19:02:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T19:02:08","slug":"road-closures-power-outages-likely-as-winter-storm-pushes-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/536446\/","title":{"rendered":"Road closures, power outages likely as winter storm pushes through"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on Mar. 14, 2026, 1:53 PM<\/p>\n

Fans of snow and warmth will both have a place to be pleased in Ontario for the coming days, with temperatures nearing 20\u00b0C and 40-50+ cm of snow–all in the same province.<\/p>\n

A significant winter storm will strengthen and track toward Ontario on Sunday, delivering a mix of snow, ice, rain, and strong winds into early next week.<\/p>\n

The major system will bring heavy snow to northern parts of the province and a chance of blizzard conditions for areas along the Trans-Canada Highway in northeastern Ontario.<\/p>\n

DON’T MISS: A potentially strong El Ni\u00f1o will develop by this summer<\/a><\/p>\n

Blowing and drifting snow, coupled with gusts between 50\u201390+ km\/h, will likely make travel impossible through Monday. Road closures are likely. In fact, most of Ontario can expect a threat of strong-to-potentially damaging winds as a result.<\/p>\n

Be sure to check back for the latest forecast updates as this system develops, and keep an eye on the road conditions<\/a> before heading out.<\/p>\n

Sunday: Major winter storm develops, with blustery winds, snow and ice<\/p>\n

A deep Arctic air supply across the eastern Prairies, paired with exceptionally mild air across the southern U.S., will provide the perfect environment to rapidly develop a low-pressure system throughout Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Ontario<\/p>\n

The Colorado low will have a noteworthy low-pressure, likely near 980 hPa by Monday. That means most of Ontario can expect a threat of strong-to-potentially damaging winds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on Mar. 14, 2026, 1:53 PM Fans of snow and warmth will both have a place to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,21205,905,11738,20792,5097],"class_list":["post-536446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-northern-ontario","tag-ontario","tag-snow","tag-southern-ontario","tag-temperatures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}