Flash freeze conditions expected (11:20 a.m. update)

Flash freeze conditions expected (11:20 a.m. update)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ************************* (11:20 a.m. December 28 update) SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR: SAULT STE. MARIE - ST.

SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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(11:20 a.m. December 28 update)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR: SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND - SEARCHMONT - MONTREAL RIVER HARBOUR - BATCHAWANA BAY - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

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(9:10 p.m. December 27 update)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR - CITY OF THUNDER BAY - KENORA - NESTOR FALLS - DRYDEN - IGNACE - FORT FRANCES - RAINY LAKE - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - SUPERIOR WEST - SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

NEAR FLASH FREEZE CONDITIONS POSSIBLE TONIGHT AND TUESDAY WITH WET SNOW OR RAIN FOLLOWED BY PLUMMETING TEMPERATURES.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CENTRED OVER NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO WILL HEAD TOWARDS JAMES BAY OVERNIGHT.

A SHARP ARCTIC COLD FRONT IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT WILL SAG SOUTHWARDS ACROSS NORTHERN ONTARIO.

SOME MIXED WET SNOW OR RAIN WILL SPREAD ALONG THE FRONT TONIGHT, FOLLOWED BY SOME SNOW IN ITS WAKE.

AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES, TEMPERATURES WILL DROP SHARPLY FROM JUST ABOVE ZERO TO WELL BELOW FREEZING IN A FEW HOURS.

THIS WILL CAUSE ANY FALLING PRECIPITATION OR RESIDUAL MOISTURE TO QUICKLY FREEZE ON UNTREATED SURFACES LIKE ROADS AND SIDEWALKS MAKING FOR HAZARDOUS TRAVELLING CONDITIONS.

FLASH FREEZE WARNINGS WERE ISSUED FOR A SWATH FROM NORTH OF SUPERIOR INTO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO.

REGIONS FROM THUNDER BAY TO KENORA WERE NOT INCLUDED AS MINIMAL PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED, ALLOWING ROADS TO DRY SOMEWHAT WHEN THE COLDER AIR ARRIVES.

THE FLASH FREEZE CONDITIONS WILL LIKELY SPREAD SOUTHEASTWARD ON TUESDAY REACHING THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE HURON BY THE END OF THE DAY.

THE WARNING WILL LIKELY BE EXTENDED TO SOME OF THESE AREAS LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY TUESDAY, SUCH AS THE NICKEL BELT.

THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS AS WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED OR EXTENDED.

PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA

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