A stretch of spring-like weather has begun, with at least three consecutive days of double digit temperatures in the forecast.
Environment Canada is calling for a daytime high of 10 C on Sunday, along with mainly sunny skies.
WEATHER: For the full forecast, including hour-by-hour temperatures, follow this link
It is a significant turnaround from Saturday morning when the temperature sat several degrees below freezing and felt as cold as – 13 with the wind chill.
And it should get even better to start the week, albeit with some showers.
Right now, the weather agency is forecasting a high of 16 C on Monday. There will be mainly sunny skies to start the day that will give way to increasing cloudiness later in the morning and a 30 per cent chance of showers in the afternoon .
Environment Canada is forecasting a high of 14 C on Tuesday with rain. But temperatures will plunge again the following day, with expected highs of 3 C (Wednesday), 4 C (Thursday) and 5 C (Friday),
The typical daytime high at this time of year is 8 C.
Dave Phillips, climatologist for Environment Canada described the upcoming weather forecast as a “trailer” for what’s to come, but warned of potential “weather whiplash.”
“That’s something that dominated the month of March, and so what we’re going to see, I think, next week,” he said, adding that going forward there will be more consistency.
Phillips said that by around April 10, residents will finally see mostly double digit in the daytime. At night, the temperature will remain in the positives, and rain showers can be expected.
But that doesn’t mean the GTA is officially out of the winter weather.
According to Phillips, data from the last century showed only two instances of the month of April when it didn’t snow.
“My sense is you can’t say it’s over yet,” he said. “It could be a trace of snow, it could be something here, gone the next hour, but it’s not cherry blossoms filling the sky. It’s actually snow flurries.”
