Waterloo Region sees thunderstorms, strong winds

It was a humid and stormy day in Waterloo Region on Tuesday.

At one point in the afternoon, three weather alerts were in effect for thunderstorms and damaging winds.

The storm activity was fast and furious, bringing heavy rainfall and strong wind gusts.

Environment Canada warned the winds were powerful enough to toss around loose objects and power outages were possible.

As of Tuesday morning, Jill Taylor, 570 NewsRadio Meteorologist, said the worst of it was expected between 3 and 7 p.m.

“There is the potential for damaging winds … just a heads up for that, some of these storms could be quite intense bringing very strong, gusty winds out of the southwest, very active weather as we head into the last days of April.”

Jill Taylor’s Morning Forecast – April 29

After the heat and humidity Tuesday, temperatures are expected to take a dramatic dip, down to 0 C overnight Tuesday into Wednesday morning.

“It’s going to get a lot colder Tuesday night … We’ll get into a northwest wind, quite a change from a high of 25 C to a low of 0 C.”

Wednesday’s high is 14 C.

Taylor said the long-range forecast is looking a bit steadier, with fewer dramatic ups and downs next week. She expects temperatures to hover around the low twenties to start May.

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