Winter Operations Update - Friday, January 17

Is it Groundhog Day, Ottawa? Tomorrow’s forecast is looking wildly similar to Wednesday’s, and we know how that worked out for us. Thankfully, our winter warriors are on standby, and they’ll be ready when the snow begins!

Forecast and conditions

Flurries are expected to start overnight and continue through to the morning before transitioning to snow in the afternoon. Snow is expected to continue throughout the afternoon and into the early evening with up to 5 centimeters expected and possibly more in localized areas throughout the city. The temperature is expected to rise to 0 degrees with 15 kilometre winds possible, creating a wind chill near minus 7. The overnight low is expected to drop to minus 18.

Looking ahead to next week, temperatures are expected to remain cold, and Ottawa is about to go into a deep freeze for several days. The transportation network may become icy and slippery, and residents are reminded to exercise caution while walking, driving or cycling.

Our response

Supervisors will be monitoring conditions throughout the weekend. Across the City and as this event unfolds, resources will be deployed to clear treat conditions on sidewalks, priority roads, bus routes, the Transitway and the winter cycling network. Crews will continue to work through weekend and move into residential neighborhoods to clear and treat streets as required should we receive more snow than originally forecasted. They will also clean up any problem areas such as bus stops, crosswalks, intersections, pedestrian islands, corners and cul de sacs.

As the temperature drops, crews will be out treating icy conditions on the transportation network.

Next steps

Supervisors will continue to monitor the network over the weekend, and should the need arise, crews will be deployed as required.

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