{"id":658968,"date":"2026-05-09T21:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658968\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T21:40:10","slug":"stay-alert-in-southern-ontario-on-saturday-with-the-risk-of-thunderstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/658968\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay alert in southern Ontario on Saturday with the risk of thunderstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"

Published on May. 9, 2026, 1:30 PM<\/p>\n

Updated on May. 9, 2026, 9:15 PM<\/p>\n

Southern Ontario folks will need to stay alert on Saturday as a threat of thunderstorms, possibly severe in some areas, exists.<\/p>\n

Southern Ontario is facing a round of active weather on Saturday, with the potential for thunderstorms–some of which could reach severe limits.<\/p>\n

Some of the storms could produce heavy rain, small hail and strong winds. The setup will be made favourable from milder air and southerly winds in the region.<\/p>\n

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Stay alert and pay attention to the local forecast if you have any outdoor plans.<\/p>\n

\"OntarioWeather Highlights:<\/p>\n

Saturday will bring thunderstorms to Ontario, with a risk of some turning severe<\/p>\n

A broken line of storms potentially extending from Windsor into cottage country will develop by late afternoon, and track southeast through the evening<\/p>\n

Heavy downpours, small hail and strong winds are possible, especially in inland areas with higher thunderstorm energy<\/p>\n

Saturday sees widespread thunderstorm threat<\/p>\n

A more organized weather system is expected to move across northeastern Ontario Saturday, sparking thunderstorm development near Chapleau, Sudbury, and Timmins.<\/p>\n

\"Ontario<\/p>\n

Scattered showers and maybe a few rumbles of thunder will develop late morning into the early afternoon around Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. Only weak activity is forecast.<\/p>\n

A broken line of storms potentially extending from Windsor into cottage country will develop by late afternoon, and track southeast through the evening hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Published on May. 9, 2026, 1:30 PM Updated on May. 9, 2026, 9:15 PM Southern Ontario folks will…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":658969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44,905,11696,20792,5097,18234,3623],"class_list":["post-658968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news","tag-ontario","tag-rain","tag-southern-ontario","tag-temperatures","tag-thunderstorm","tag-wind"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658968","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=658968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/658968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/658969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=658968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=658968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=658968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}