Rainfall Warning: Rainfall begins in Ottawa Saturday [Video]

The anticipated rainfall for Ottawa has started. It started shortly before noon Saturday.

Environment Canada issued a rainfall warning on Thursday afternoon calling for a 20-30 mm of rain this weekend.

“Significant rainfall expected today through tonight. The frozen ground has a reduced ability to absorb this rainfall,” said the weather agency in a statement.

Meanwhile, Environment Canada’s Mitch Meredith told CFRA Live this morning that the capital will see 5 mm of rain this afternoon, and 15-25 mm tonight.

“The rain is gonna move in all across the region, all of eastern Ontario,” Meredith said.

Temperatures will fall to a high of 3 C this afternoon and a low of 1 C tonight, with rain changing to snow, according to Environment Canada’s forecast.

Sunday will have a mix of rain and snow in the morning withn a high of 2 C. At night, periods of snow and a low …