Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for Toronto, forecasting 2 to 4 cm of snow in some areas.

The weather agency says the white fluff will be heavy at times, as a band of snow makes its way east to the Kingston area early this afternoon. The snow is expected to change to rain later in the day, and winter’s white will end up looking more like grey April showers. The rain will stick around well into Thursday morning with a 60 per cent chance of showers until noon.

The good news? Temperatures will hold steady around 4 C from midday onwards, and continue to rise until Thursday morning, when they’ll hit a high of 8 C.

“We just came through the warmest winter on record, but we’re getting greedy if we want muscle shirts and tank tops in April,” said Environment Canada climatologist Dave Phillips. “All things considered, this is still very typical weather for this month.”

The bad news is that our first taste of warmer, spring-like weather won’t be here for long. Temperatures will fall back into the negatives on Friday and into the weekend, with a low of -6 C on Friday and -7 C on Saturday.

Never fear – this could be the last we see of ole’ man winter (we swear!). Environment Canada is projecting that temperatures will continue to rise until the end of the month as we head into a warmer than usual spring.

“The key word is patience. Every day it’s getting more difficult for the cold air to hang on but it likely won’t be until the third week of April before temperatures become something a bit more persistently warm,” Phillips said.