Sault area included in heavy rain warning
Sunday, October 14, 2012 by: SooToday.com Staff
SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND - GOGAMA - FOLEYET - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - BLIND RIVER - THESSALON.
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL EXPECTED SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR: GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAM - MANITOULIN ISLAND - ESPANOLA - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE AMERICAN MIDWEST IS FORECAST TO TRACK ACROSS LAKE HURON SUNDAY NIGHT TO NEAR NORTH BAY BY MONDAY MORNING.
THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO TAP INTO WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH AND BRING SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL TO AREAS NEAR AND NORTH OF THE TRACK.
REGIONS IN THIS SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT CAN EXPECT TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN THE 25 TO 40 MM RANGE BY MONDAY MORNING.
FOR AREAS FARTHER SOUTH, THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT HAS BEEN ENDED AS EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED. A RAINFALL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THESE REGIONS.
THERE IS STILL CONSIDERABLE UNCERTAINTY WITH THE INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THIS LOW.
AS THE POSITION AND INTENSITY OF THIS LOW BECOME MORE CERTAIN, THIS STATEMENT WILL BE UPDATED AS REQUIRED.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA
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