{"id":547812,"date":"2026-03-19T23:51:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547812\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T23:51:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T23:51:17","slug":"heavy-snow-expected-in-ottawa-other-parts-of-eastern-ontario-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/547812\/","title":{"rendered":"Heavy snow expected in Ottawa, other parts of eastern Ontario on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/canada\/ottawa\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ottawa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Ottawa and other parts of eastern Ontario, saying that heavy snow is expected at times on Friday. The statement also covers Gatineau. <\/p>\n<p>5 to 10 centimetres predicted to fall starting in the morning<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771633473_516_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/author\/guy-quenneville-1.3950762\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Guy Quenneville<\/a>  \u00b7 CBC News  \u00b7 Posted: Mar 19, 2026 6:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\" alt=\"A person walks through the streets of Ottawa during a snow storm, in Ottawa, Thursday, Jan. 15, 2026. \"   src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/1773964276_641_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"leadmedia-story-img\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>A person walks through the streets of Ottawa during a snow storm in January 2026. The city and other parts of eastern Ontario are expected to get a good deal of snow starting Friday morning. (Adrian Wyld\/The Canadian Press)<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Ottawa and other parts of eastern Ontario, saying that heavy snow is expected at times on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Between five to 10 centimetres of snow is predicted to fall in the region and beyond from early Friday morning through Friday afternoon. The heaviest snow is expected to fall in the morning. <\/p>\n<p>Roads and walkways may be difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.<\/p>\n<p>The statement also covers Gatineau. <a href=\"https:\/\/weather.gc.ca\/?zoom=11&amp;center=45.64153422,-76.20408242\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Check this page<\/a> for the very latest information from Environment Canada. <\/p>\n<p>Special weather statements, which appear in grey on the weather service&#8217;s map, give information about a weather event that is potentially significant or of interest but doesn\u2019t quite reach warning-level criteria, which are shown in yellow, orange and red.<\/p>\n<p>Friday marks the first day of spring.<\/p>\n<p>ABOUT THE AUTHOR<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" alt=\"\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771633475_844_default.jpg\" data-cy=\"author-image-img\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"authorprofile-biography\">guy.quenneville@cbc.ca<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/corrections-clarifications-1.5893564\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Corrections and clarifications<\/a>\u00b7<a class=\"reportIssue-MwDQL\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news\/email-cbc-contact-phone-tips-news-story-1.6466536\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Submit a news tip<\/a>\u00b7Report error<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ottawa Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Ottawa and other parts of eastern Ontario, saying&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":547813,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-547812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547812","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=547812"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547812\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/547813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547812"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547812"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547812"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}