Freezing rain warning issued for Ottawa area

Environment Canada has freezing rain warnings, in red, and winter weather travel advisories, in grey, for almost all of eastern Ontario. as of 1 p.m. (Environment Canada)

Forecasters call for several hours of freezing rain in the evening before a change to either snow or rain.

A few hours of snow should come before the freezing rain.

The capital is expected to hit 2 C by morning and peak at 4 C Wednesday and Thursday.

There are winter weather travel advisories for Tuesday afternoon through Wednesday morning for almost all of the rest of eastern Ontario, except for communities close to Lake Ontario.

Expect more like four to eight centimetres of snow and a slightly earlier switch to rain in those areas.

The Lanark and Renfrew county border is the rough border here between the warning and the advisory.

This may lead to daily snow records in places such as Gatineau, Kemptville, Stirling and Val-des-Monts.

Kingston should still get a mix of snow and ice this afternoon and evening, but less than areas to the north.

On the other side of these advisories, people in the Maniwaki area may wake up to five to 10 centimetres of overnight snow without any freezing rain.