It’s a few days too early for April showers to bring May flowers – but those March showers seem pretty potent on their own.
Showers and thunderstorms moved into southern Ontario late Sunday night, and continued into the early part of Monday.
As of 11 a.m., Environment Canada was reporting rainfall totals including 45.6 mm in Collingwood, 44.8 mm in Goderich and 42.2 mm in Sarnia.
Areas further from water saw less precipitation, with 33.9 mm reporting in Mount Forest and only 20.1 mm in Kitchener.
Some parts of Toronto saw as little as 5 mm of rainfall, Environment Canada said.
In northern parts of our coverage area, including Grey-Bruce, northern Wellington County and northern areas in Huron-Perth, rain was expected to continue falling into the afternoon, then change to wet snow.
Several centimetres of snowfall was possible in addition to the rain.
Forecasts for Waterloo Region, Oxford-Brant and the Guelph area were calling for high winds, and the possibility of wet flurries.
Above-average temperatures are expected in our area for most of the week, with further showers expected.
The Grand River Conservation Authority warned Sunday that low-lying areas near the Grand and its tributaries could receive some flooding, depending on the exact amount of rain received.
