Snow rolling through on Saturday, with temperatures set to plummet

CTV London's Reta Ismail brings you the latest forecast details ahead of a temperature drop this weekend.

Although temperatures may have seemed frigid today, we’re in for a rude awakening this weekend - it’s not time to pack the sweaters away just yet.

“We are tracking the next weather maker, it’s a low pressure system, it’s not packing a lot of moisture,” said CTV London weather specialist Reta Ismail. “It should move in overnight tonight into tomorrow, which means a little bit of rainfall for your Saturday morning.”

The rainfall is the least of our problems though, that low pressure system will bring with it a rapid drop in temperatures on Saturday, “there is a chance for some wrap around snowfall Saturday before noon,” cautioned Ismail. “So it moves in as rainfall around 7 a.m., and then you could see that line of snow between nine and noon.”

Temperatures are expected to plummet down to -2 C tomorrow afternoon, with cold temperatures sticking around into the evening.

On Sunday, there is a chance for recovery, where temperatures are expected to rebound to four degrees, “more sunshine on Sunday than your Saturday and then Monday through to Wednesday.”

We will be hovering below the double digits for much of the first half of next week.

Here’s your London area forecast:

Friday night: A few clouds. Increasing cloudiness late this evening then 40 percent chance of rain showers after midnight. A few rain showers or flurries beginning overnight. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 before morning. Low plus 1.

Saturday: A few rain showers or flurries changing to a few flurries and ending near noon then cloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurries. Wind northwest 40 km/h gusting to 60. Temperature falling to minus 5 in the afternoon. Wind chill minus 13 in the afternoon.

Sunday: Sunny. High plus 4.

Monday: Cloudy with 40 per cent chance of showers. Windy. High 6.

Tuesday: Cloudy with 30 per cent chance of flurries or rain showers. High plus 4.

Wednesday: Cloudy with 40 per cent chance of flurries or rain showers. High plus 4.