Ontario's weather will be rainy this weekend and there's a risk of thunderstorms
Keep those umbrellas handy. ☂️
A road with rainy conditions and puddles.
It's officially the first week of May but Ontario's weather isn't necessarily going to feel spring-like for the weekend.
"May is finally here, bringing us one month closer to the coveted summer months!" says The Weather Network. "But the first weekend may not be as nice as you like."
Rainy and stormy conditions are expected across southwestern Ontario on Friday, but the GTA will get off lightly and will only see light showers.
"Areas with the greatest risk for thunderstorms on Friday are around Georgian Bay, the western GTA, and southwestern Ontario," says the weather agency. "However, it is possible that isolated thunderstorms could pop up throughout most of the region as well."
The GTA will stay mostly dry on Saturday and while there might be light rain around cottage country, there's unlikely to be any sunshine to be seen that day before the rain returns again in the evening and brings a risk for thunderstorms on Sunday.
"The rain and possible rumbles of thunder will meander over to the GTA through Sunday's mid-afternoon hours before moving up to eastern Ontario in the evening," says TWN. "For the most part, the heaviest rainfall will stay to the north, around Sault Ste. Marie and Sudbury, where it is much needed."
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