Messy weather continues in the area
Monday, March 11, 2013 by: SooToday.com Staff
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
*************************
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK - LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.
SNOW WITH RISK OF FREEZING RAIN TODAY.
SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL AND FOG PATCHES CLOSER TO NORTHERN LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY.
A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER ILLINOIS WILL SLOWLY TRACK TOWARDS CENTRAL ONTARIO TODAY.
A SWATH OF ORGANIZED PRECIPITATION WILL ENVELOP MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO THIS MORNING WITH RAIN AND FOG PATCHES OVER SOUTHERN AREAS AND SNOW FARTHER NORTH.
IT WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT TODAY AND TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING OFF ON TUESDAY WHEN THE LOW WILL HEAD INTO QUEBEC.
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO LOCALLY 15 CENTIMETRES ARE LIKELY IN A BAND TO THE NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR. EVEN HIGHER AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY AROUND CHAPLEAU AND TIMMINS WHERE A SNOWFALL WARNING IS IN EFFECT.
A RAINFALL WARNING IS IN EFFECT ACROSS MANITOULIN TO SUDBURY AND NORTH BAY WHERE UP TO 30 MM IS EXPECTED BY THE TIME IT TAPERS OFF BY TUESDAY MORNING.
FOG PATCHES ARE EXPECTED TO DISSIPATE LATE THIS MORNING.
MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR POOR ROAD CONDITIONS IN ACCUMULATING SNOW AND LOWER VISIBILITIES OVER PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA.
PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA.
*************************
