'Significant windchill' expected in GTA today; snow squall warnings for other parts of Ontario

Toronto weather: Winter weather whiplash After a warmer start to the week, a biting arctic wind has swept intoOntario, making it feel like its in the negative double-digits.

It’s worth bundling up before heading out the door today as the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) is set to see strong winds that will make it feel frigid.

A high of -4 C is expected in Toronto Thursday, but high winds will make it feel more like -14.

Westerly winds of 40 kilometres per hour are expected, with wind gusts of up to 70 kilometres per hour.

“Windchills definitely significant here, in the minus to mid-teens right through the afternoon,” CP24 Meteorologist Bill Coulter said. “The temperature slides down to about -9, -10 tonight as the winds gradually start to abate. It will still be significant windchill.”

According to Environment Canada, it could feel as cold as -17 overnight with the windchill.

Snowsqualls outside of GTA

Meanwhile, some areas surrounding the GTA are expected to see a blast of wintry weather over the next two days. Snow squall warnings are in effect for areas north and west of the GTA.

According to Environment Canada, some areas could see heavy local accumulation of 40 to 80 centimetres of snow Thursday through Friday.

Environment Canada warned that the snow could produce “very poor visibility” at times in the affected areas.

“Locally higher snowfall amounts greater than 80 cm are possible, especially if a strong snow squall band remains over the same area,” the weather agency said. “Road closures are possible given the expected poor travel conditions.”

The warnings stretch roughly from Stratford to Huntsville north-south and from Tobermory to the Kawartha Lakes east-west.