(7:05 p.m. update) Up to 10 cm possible in some areas

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: ESPANOLA - KILLARNEY - GOGAMA - FOLEYET - TIMMINS - COCHRANE - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI  - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

SIGNIFICANT SNOW TONIGHT INTO TUESDAY.

A STRONG WEATHER SYSTEM OVER UPSTATE NEW YORK WILL MOVE INTO ONTARIO OVERNIGHT, BRINGING SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL AND STRONG WINDS TO PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO.

SOME PATCHY WET SNOW OR RAIN IS FALLING ACROSS THE REGION EARLY THIS EVENING.

HOWEVER, A HEAVIER AREA OF SNOW WILL MOVE INTO THE REGIONS.

FROM EAST TO WEST LATER THIS EVENING.

ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 CM IS EXPECTED BEFORE MORNING WITH A FEW MORE CM POSSIBLE TUESDAY BEFORE ENDING.

THIS WEATHER SYSTEM IS ALSO ACCOMPANIED BY STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 70 KM/H.

THE SNOWFALL WARNING CRITERIA IS 15 CM WITHIN 12 HOURS.

AT THIS POINT A SNOWFALL WARNING APPEARS UNLIKELY BUT IS BEING MONITORED.

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

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