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The Weather Network reports that drivers should expect snow to affect their travels on all major highways in southern Ontario including highway 400, 401 and the Queen Elizabeth Way.

The next three weeks will feel like winter with more storms, but after that, meteorologists say spring will make its appearance across Canada.

“Spring is knocking at that door and it’s coming in,” said the network’s chief meteorologist Chris Scott. “The crack in the armour of winter is showing and it’s really going to break down almost all at once through to the middle to the latter half of March.”

Scott said the network is forecasting a sudden flip to spring weather in late March across Canada, but there will be some colder days interrupting the milder conditions.

The network predicts that the sharp change could also bring an increased chance of flooding to parts of the country that received a significant amount of snow in the months prior.

“Winter has got a lock on the country for the next few weeks,” said Scott. “It’s not ready to let go just yet. So with this spring forecast, we’re talking about the next few weeks feeling like the middle of winter, and then a real flash of spring weather.”

Ontario and Quebec

Scott said Ontario and Quebec can expect more wind storms and snowfall leading into March.

“We’ve really got to get through these next three weeks and then we start to see that weather pattern turn to a really strong start to spring,” said Scott.