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'Snow-mageddon' in Toronto?

Winter walloped Toronto with a thick blanket of snow early Wednesday and meteorologists warn it's not going away anytime soon.

A weather bulletin from Environment Canada warned that much of southern Ontario will be hit Friday and Sunday by significant snowstorms. The storms appear ominous enough that officials compiling the bulletin actually wrote, "Could this be snow-mageddon?"

Most parts of the city awoke to eight centimetres of snow Wednesday morning, with the southwest reporting slightly higher amounts. It was the same throughout much of southern Ontario, with even typically hard-hit areas such as Barrie seeing only about 10 centimetres.

"Things come in threes," Environment Canada meteorologist Geoff Coulson told CBC News by telephone from Mississauga.

"We've got another storm system on Friday that could potentially dump 15 or more centimetres in the Toronto area and another storm system on Sunday that could again leave us with 15-plus centimetres on the ground."

The storms will be followed by a drop in temperatures.