Environment Canada has updated a winter storm watch to a storm warning for Burlington, Oakville and Hamilton regions this weekend.

It is forecast that a disturbance is expected to reach Southwestern Ontario Friday night and spread northeast on Saturday. About 10 to 15 cm of snow by Saturday night is estimated, said Environment Canada.

There is potential for more snow in the west end region of Lake Ontario, which is why the winter storm watch was issued.

Environment Canada also added that “strong and gusty easterly winds” will affect visibility in the region.

Special weather statements issued earlier are still in effect.

Temperatures were also supposed to be very cold, with a high Friday of minus 8 and of minus 7 Saturday. Lows were expected to hit minus 13.

A low-pressure system is expected to reach southwestern Ontario by Friday night before hitting the rest of southern Ontario by Saturday.

People in Barrie, Parry Sound, Orillia and Peterborough woke up to as much as 60 centimetres on the ground Friday morning, cancelling school bus routes in Simcoe County, Bruce Grey, Wellington-Dufferin and Trillium Lakes.

A snow squall watch was in effect for York-Durham, Dufferin-Innisfil, Waterloo-Wellington, but has since ended. The watch is still in affect for the Huron-Perth regions.

Snow could be heavier around the west end of Lake Ontario and north of Lake Erie as easterly winds pick up moisture from the relatively mild waters of the lake, Environment Canada said.

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