It looked like winter in Ontario's Wasaga Beach after huge storm

Parts of Ontario woke up to turbulent weather conditions to kick off the work week, including a scene that looked like a fast-forward to the dark depths of winter ahead.

Residents of Wasaga Beach may have thought they partied too hard and skipped a couple of months on the calendar upon waking up to a whiteout hailstorm on Monday morning that left the beach town briefly looking like a desolate tundra.

Wasaga Beach weather cameras captured the early glimpse of winter around 7:30 a.m. on Monday as hail pummelled the town.

Wow! Heavy hail core over Wasaga Beach with that cell. Checking the live cam and watching it cover the beach. #ONStorm #ONwx pic.twitter.com/aIt54yjxJk

— WeatherCAN (@1Weathercanada) September 18, 2023

While it may have looked wintery at first glance, it was approximately 12 degrees during the deluge of hail.

Wasaga Beach @ 7:30am today. #onstorm pic.twitter.com/Nv3ZJpA27Q

— Mark A (@MJA1690) September 18, 2023

These same weather cameras show that most of the hail has since melted after the brief blanketing.

Monday's blanketing of hail may have been brief, but it foreshadows a long winter ahead.

One fully mature #waterspout along with several funnels this morning just south of #GrandBend on #LakeHuron right around 8a.m.@ICWR @weathernetwork #ShareYourWeather @StormhunterTWN @ONwxchaser pic.twitter.com/RB7jxT3EQc

— Jamie (@PhotoChaserJ) September 18, 2023

Approximately 200 kilometres away in Grand Bend, there was no hail to be found, however, stormy skies over Lake Huron brought a menacing-looking tornadic waterspout just off the coast.

Just looked at the same thing from the grand bend camera lol pic.twitter.com/DweLat3wXt

— WeatherCAN (@1Weathercanada) September 18, 2023

Inclement weather is set to affect much of the province on Monday. Toronto will be spared from much of the severe conditions seen along Lake Huron and Georgian Bay on Monday, however, rain is indeed in the mix for the city.