{"id":606898,"date":"2026-04-16T01:00:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606898\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T01:00:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T01:00:08","slug":"april-16-weather-50-km-h-wind-gusts-and-thunderstorms-in-southern-ontario","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/606898\/","title":{"rendered":"April 16 weather: 50 km\/h wind gusts and thunderstorms in southern Ontario"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday\u2019s forecast calls for showers and a risk of thunderstorms in the Greater Toronto Area with wind gusts up to 50 km\/h in some parts of southern Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Environment Canada says the morning is expected to bring showers with a chance of thunderstorms in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton, Hamilton, Oshawa and the Niagara Falls area.<\/p>\n<p>A special weather statement will be in effect through Thursday, with between 5 mm to 10 mm of rainfall possible in some areas.<\/p>\n<p>There could also be periods of fog in Toronto, Mississauga, Brampton and Oshawa during the early hours.<\/p>\n<p>The daytime high will be around 20 C in Mississauga, the weather agency says. Wind gusts could reach up to 40 km\/h in the GTA and up to 50 km\/h in Hamilton in the afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Into the evening, conditions are expected to be cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers.<\/p>\n<p>A northwest wind blowing around 20 km\/h is expected to die down in the evening, and the low will be around 8 C.<\/p>\n<p>Looking ahead to Friday, the wet weather is expected to clear with sunny skies expected and a high of around 20 C. The weekend could see more showers in Mississauga, with a 60 per cent chance in the morning on Saturday and a 40 per cent chance in the evening.<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insauga.com\/editorial-guidelines\" class=\"editorial-guidelines-link d-block mb-4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n            INsauga&#8217;s Editorial Standards and Policies        <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last 30 Days: 26,714 Votes<\/p>\n<p>All Time: 1,286,552 Votes<\/p>\n<p>    1263 VOTES<br \/>\n    Do you plan on selling your house this year?    <\/p>\n<p>\tWIN A $100 GIFT CARD<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to INsauga\u2019s daily email newsletter for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thursday\u2019s forecast calls for showers and a risk of thunderstorms in the Greater Toronto Area with wind gusts&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":599479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194297],"tags":[49,48,55405],"class_list":{"0":"post-606898","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mississauga","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-mississauga"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606898","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=606898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/599479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}