(3:20 p.m. update) Snow & freezing rain mix possible

(3:20 p.m. update) Snow & freezing rain mix possible

Below is an update of Environment Canada's special weather statement for Sault Ste.

Below is an update of Environment Canada's special weather statement for Sault Ste. Marie - Superior East - Wawa - Kapuskasing - Timmins - Cochrane - White River - Hornepayne - Pukaskwa - Hearst - Chapleau - Gogama - Greater Sudbury and vicinity - North Bay - West Nipissing - Kirkland Lake - New Liskeard - Temagami - Superior North - City of Thunder Bay - Atikokan - Upsala - Quetico - Superior West - Lake Nipigon - Wabakimi - Geraldton - Manitouwadge - Nipigon - Marathon.

The statement has been ended for Elliot Lake - Ranger Lake - North Shore - Killarney.

*************************** DENSE FOG CREATING PATCHY AREAS OF ZERO VISIBILITY THIS AFTERNOON EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR.

CONSIDERABLE SNOWFALL WITH POSSIBLE FREEZING RAIN TONIGHT OVER NORTHERN ONTARIO.

A VERY MOIST AIR MASS HAS RESULTED IN LOCAL NEAR ZERO VISIBILITIES IN FOG THIS MORNING FOR REGIONS EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR TOWARD THE QUEBEC BORDER INCLUDING THE NICKEL BELT.

THE FOG SHOULD DISSIPATE LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER THE CENTRAL UNITED STATES WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT.

CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT A GENERAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO AS MUCH AS 15 CENTIMETRES WILL OCCUR IN THE REGIONS NORTH AND WEST OF WAWA.

A SNOWFALL WARNING IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS POINT AS THE CONDITION OF RECEIVING 15 CENTIMETRES IN 12 HOURS APPEARS UNLIKELY.

FOR AREAS NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR FROM WAWA TO KAPUSKASING TO NORTH OF TIMMINS, SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED.

HOWEVER, THERE IS A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN CREATING ICY CONDITIONS TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING.

THE CITY OF TIMMINS ITSELF LOOKS TO ESCAPE BOTH THE SNOW AND THE FREEZING RAIN AS TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY REMAIN ABOVE ZERO AS THE STORM TRACKS NORTHEASTWARD.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL MONITOR THE SITUATION AND ISSUE THE APPROPRIATE WARNINGS SHOULD THE NEED ARISE.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST.

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