Special weather statement issued for southern Ontario ahead of wet and windy weekend

It will be a wet and windy start to the weekend in Toronto and the rest of the Greater Toronto Area.

Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement for Toronto and surrounding regions, advising heavy rain and strong winds on Friday and Saturday.

“Rain is forecast to begin Friday evening over southwestern Ontario and spread over the remainder of southern Ontario Friday night,” the agency said in its advisory released Thursday.

“Showers at times heavy will continue Saturday before temperatures rapidly fall and light snow develops Saturday night in the wake of a strong cold front.”

Environment Canada said that Toronto could see rainfall between 25 to 45 millimetres by Saturday evening.