If you were looking for signs of an early spring, well, look elsewhere, because most of southern Canada is about to get walloped by a strong hit of winter weather.

A large portion of Ontario, from the Temiskaming-Temagami area in the north to the Sarnia area in the south, is under a snowfall warning, as is the southern half of Quebec

HALIFAX — Environment Canada issued a flurry of weather warnings Wednesday as a huge winter storm was forecast to descend across parts of Ontario and Quebec and quickly spread to Atlantic Canada.

Environment Canada updated its weekly forecast for Quebec on Tuesday, and Montreal has been hit with a weather advisory. A powerful snowstorm is set to hit the city starting late Wednesday, bringing between 20 and 35 cm of snow — much more than the 15 cm originally forecast just a day earlier.