City crews cleaning up Ottawa streets after blast of snow

A snowplow clears a road in Ottawa during heavy snowfall. (CTV News Ottawa)

City of Ottawa snow-removal crews spent Sunday clearing streets after the capital saw 10 centimetres of snow Saturday night.

A total of 8.8 cm was recorded at the Ottawa Airport Saturday, with most of it coming after 7 p.m., sometimes very quickly. Another 1.2 cm fell overnight into Sunday morning.

A winter weather parking ban is in effect in Ottawa until 7 p.m. Sunday. The ban prohibits parking vehicles on city streets unless you have an on-street parking permit. The fine for violating the ban is $125, with an early payment option of $105. Alternative parking during a parking ban can be found by visiting the city’s Winter Parking webpage.

Environment Canada’s weather forecast for Ottawa calls for increasing cloudiness Sunday afternoon with flurries dropping up to two more centimetres of snow. The temperature is expected to fall to around -3 C in the afternoon with a wind chill of -11.

The overnight low is -11 C with a wind chill of -19. There is a 30 per cent chance of flurries in the evening.

Monday’s outlook is cloudy with a high of -3 C and a 70 per cent chance of flurries.

Tuesday has a 60 per cent chance of either snow or rain and a high of -1 C.

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