KAWARTHA LAKES-Hydro One is preparing for strong winds and power outages.
In an email sent to Kawartha Lakes residents the utility says “Our new outage prediction tool is forecasting that the high winds starting later today and into tomorrow could cause hundreds of outages across Central Ontario and Eastern Ontario.”
Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement for Kawartha Lakes.
Risk freezing rain this evening. Strong and gusty west to southwest winds arriving near midnight. Gusts of 85 to 90 km/h in a couple localities are possible especially
tonight. These winds are strong enough to cause minor tree damage and a few
local power outages.
“Our crews are moving into position to assess damage and quickly and safely restore power to affected customers. As the damage is assesed we’ll provde an estimated time of resoration for eahc outage.” says Hydro One.
After a brief visit of mild air temperatures later this evening, a sharp arctic cold front will blast through from the US Midwest near midnight.
Strong southwest winds gusting to 80 km/h will herald the arrival of the cold front, along with quickly falling temperatures. The strong and gusty southwest winds will continue into Friday then slowly start to diminish Friday afternoon.
Untreated roads may be icy in any freezing rain early this evening.
