Ice storm behind us, snow mixed with rain on the way: Environment Canada

The wild, Winter week that began with freezing rain and an ice storm will end in Hamilton, Environment Canada says, with more snow mixed with rain.

Hamilton is expecting 2 to 4 cm of snow starting this evening

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Hamilton is expecting to get 2 to 4 cm of snow starting this evening (Shutterstock / Holly Vegter)

The wild, Winter week that began with freezing rain and an ice storm will end in Hamilton, Environment Canada says, with more snow mixed with rain. 

Starting tonight, the national weather agency says the city is expected to get 2 to 4 centimetres of snow mixed with rain. 

The snow will fall until morning, says Environment Canada. 

This comes after a winter storm hit much of Southern Ontario last weekend causing power outages, dangerous driving conditions and some flooding. According to Environment Canada, Hamilton airport reported 11 hours of ice pellets last Saturday and six hours of ice pellets mixed with freezing rain Sunday. 

The agency says there was a "maximum packed" ice pellet depth of 15 centimetres, with a total rainfall equivalent of 74.2 millimetres plus wind gusts of up to 87 km/h Sunday afternoon. 

The agency says Thursday will be mainly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of flurries with a high of 3 C and a low of - 3 C. 

The most snow on record to have fallen on April 18 in Hamilton came down in 1969 when 5.1 centimetres came down.