Ottawa's brief taste of spring ends, flash freeze warning in effect

The brief, two-day January thaw came to a bone-chilling end Friday afternoon.
Ottawa residents who woke up to a balmy 11 C Friday morning found themselves driving home that afternoon through a mix of snow, freezing rain and ice pellets, with the temperature plunging to a low of -15 C.
Environment Canada had the area under a “flash freeze” warning Friday and by Saturday night, the mercury was predicted to be down to a polar-like -26 C.
“It’s a pretty dramatic swing in temp