Balmy Thursday morphs into rainy night with chance of lightning

Sothat happened yesterday.

Nearly 7 centimetres of surprisingly intense snow measured at the Ottawa airport.

It may feel like spring will never arrive, but a milder pattern is on the way.

Look for a high near 7 C today undercloudy skies withan easterly breeze.

Rain moves in this evening, with the possibility of an overnightthunderstormas even milder air moves in.

It could be as warm as 9 C overnight and early tomorrow morning, which mayfeel like a heat wave.

Temperatures stabilize around a high of 1 C and overnight low of12 C for the next few days after that.

Our first glimpse on the seven-day forecast of the first day of spring on Wednesday calls for sunny skies and a high of 5 C.

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