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After a mild winter with sporadic snowfall and days that felt almost spring-like, a winter storm on Wednesday in Greater Toronto could potentially be record-breaking — and create a messy Thursday morning commute.

Environment Canada issued a winter storm alert for the city of Toronto and surrounding area, calling for up to 15 to 25 centimetres to fall during the day and into the early hours of the following morning.

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“Be prepared to adjust your driving with changing road conditions,” the alert read. “There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic in urban areas.”

Dave Phillips, Environment Canada’s senior climatologist, said that while the storm isn’t inherently significant, it could possibly break a single-day snowfall record for the city of Toronto, if more than 11 cm touches the ground by the end of day.

“This would be the big one of the winter in terms of snow,” he said, noting that the snow has been coming down since about 4 a.m. “It’s going to be an all day event.”