Two weather warnings hit London as another wintry wallop looms

Heavy snowfall was expected to hit London and surrounding communities in the wee hours of Wednesday, a storm that Environment Canada expected could continue into the afternoon.

The snowfall warning – colour-coded yellow, the least-severe – was delivered Tuesday evening with a simultaneous warning of freezing drizzle as winter-like cold weather grips the region.

The warnings were for London, Parkhill and eastern Middlesex County.

SNOWFALL

The national weather agency warned that heavy snow and local blowing snow was in the forecast starting overnight, and was expected to end by Wednesday morning or afternoon. Amounts totalling 10 to 20 centimetres (four to eight inches) were expected, Environment Canada warned.

An Alberta clipper – a fast-moving, low-pressure system that forms in Albert