Special weather statement covers huge area (6 photos)
Tuesday, February 19, 2013 by: SooToday.com Staff
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: LAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMI - GERALDTON - LONGLAC - CARAMAT - NAKINA - AROLAND - PAGWA - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - GOGAMA - FOLEYET - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.
SIGNIFICANT SNOW TODAY.
A WINTER STORM CENTRE WILL TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE NICKEL BELT TONIGHT.
AREAS NEAR LAKE NIPIGON AND NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL BE NEAR THE NORTHERN EDGE OF THE SNOW SHIELD FROM THIS STORM AND WILL RECEIVE A COUPLE MORE CENTIMETRES OF SNOW.
HOWEVER STRONG AND GUSTY NORTHERLY WINDS WILL CAUSE LOW VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IN EXPOSED AREAS, MAKING TRAVEL QUITE DIFFICULT.
OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO ACROSS A LARGE SWATH OF REGIONS EXTENDING FROM WAWA TO SAULT STE. MARIE NORTHEAST THROUGH TIMMINS AND KAPUSKASING A MAJOR SNOWFALL IS NOW UNDER WAY AND WINTER STORM WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT.
FOR REGIONS EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF ST. JOSEPH ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE HURON INTO THE NICKEL BELT AND NIPISSING AREAS, AND NORTH TO GOGAMA AND KIRKLAND LAKE, ANOTHER COUPLE OF CENTIMETRES OF SNOW TONIGHT.
HOWEVER THE SNOW MAY BE MIXED WITH FREEZING DRIZZLE THIS EVENING BEFORE CHANGING BACK TO SNOW AS MUCH COLDER AIR ARRIVES IN THE WAKE OF THE STORM CENTRE.
THE SNOW WILL TAPER OFF SLOWLY TONIGHT AS THE STORM CENTRE MOVES AWAY OVER SOUTHERN QUEBEC.
DRIVING CONDITIONS WILL BE HAZARDOUS DUE TO VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
UNTREATED ROADS MAY QUICKLY BECOME SNOW COVERED.
MOTORISTS SHOULD ADJUST TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA.
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kelseybear9 2/19/2013 4:45:22 PM ReportWhatever happened to school snow days
cookie 2/19/2013 6:21:43 PM ReportYou will never see snow days here in the Sault! The schools remain open for business so that the teachers get paid and some parents get free babysitting!! I for one feel that if it is too dangerous for the buses to run then it is a snow day at our house. Now you have hundreds of motorists on the road driving their kids to school in nasty weather. I made my complaint years ago to the board and was told that the schools will remain open and it is up to the parent(s) to make the decision to keep the kids home. What a joke! Glad that safety comes first with the board!!
kelseybear9 2/19/2013 6:37:44 PM Reportthey'll keep doing that till there is a school bus accident and kids get hurt then maybe they will use common sense
cookie 2/19/2013 7:26:18 PM ReportYes, unfortunately that is the way it is. Very reactive instead of proactive! At least as a parent I can make the right decision.
chandler 2/19/2013 7:52:07 PM ReportThe bus companies do the cancelations ... not the school board.
cookie 2/24/2013 12:29:14 PM ReportWe know that!! That isn't the issue! The comment was, "what happened to snow days"?
Bus companies cancel buses not the schools!!!!!!!!
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