A special weather statement is in effect for Windsor, Essex County and Chatham-Kent.

Environment Canada says a system is expected to bring snow, ice pellets, freezing rain and rain to southern Ontario Tuesday.

A low pressure system developing over the American plains will be tracking towards Southern Ontario, bringing a wintery mix of precipitation to the region.

For extreme southwestern Ontario east towards the Niagara Peninsula precipitation is forecasted to begin as snow or ice pellets then transition through a period of freezing rain before temperatures rise above zero and a change to rain occurs.

The freezing rain could persist for a few hours and some areas may require a freezing rain warning.

Further north, for areas east of southern Lake Huron to regions north of Lake Ontario including the Greater Toronto Area, precipitation is expected to be predominantly snow, but it could be mixed with ice pellets and freezing rain at times.

Environment Canada says snowfall amounts in the five to 10 centimetre range will be possible, with lower amounts in areas that receive more ice pellets or freezing rain.