28 October 2016 / #ottawa weather #photos Snow strikes the capital (with photos!)Ottawa had its first serious snowfall Thursday, with several centimetres falling from the late afternoon into the night.https://twitter.com/ottawastart/status/791797307016642560There had been short but sweet sprinkles of the white stuff over the capital region over the past few days, although Thursday took it a little too far.According to Environment Canada, the snow will taper off Friday morning with a 60 per cent chance of rain into the day.Rain continues Saturday and should clear up into decent (yet cold) trick ‘r treating weather for Halloween on Monday night.In case you were wondering, yes, there is precedence for snow this early.https://twitter.com/YOW_Weather/status/791798602402115584https://twitter.com/YOW_Weather/status/791799634632990720Here’s a roundup of photos and videos from Thursday’s winter wonderland:[caption id=“attachment_54941” align=“alignleft” width=“480”] Photo by Barry Gray[/caption][caption id=“attachment_54942” align=“alignleft” width=“720”] Photo by Barry Gray[/caption]https://twitter.com/withfilesfrom/status/791783435455045637https://twitter.com/alice_macgirl/status/791796576050155521https://twitter.com/alice_macgirl/status/791750624522145793https://twitter.com/NancyFromCanada/status/791769910196043776https://twitter.com/dougdela/status/791733094898360320https://twitter.com/smoonsammy/status/791768606090661888If you liked this post, you should ** subscribe to etcetera , ** our free email newsletter. Featuring cool Ottawa events, interesting local news and contests and giveaways. Also like us on Facebook and follow on Twitter .