Areas east of the Sault may see 'significant snow' Monday

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

SIGNIFICANT SNOW DEVELOPING MONDAY AFTERNOON.

A BROAD AREA OF PRECIPITATION WILL MOVE INTO THE REGIONS FROM EAST TO WEST MAINLY AS SNOW MONDAY AFTERNOON.

THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF HEAVY SNOW BANDS THROUGH MONDAY EVENING AS A LOW PRESSURE AREA APPROACHES.

SOME WET SNOW OR ICE PELLETS ARE POSSIBLE INITIALLY HOWEVER AREAS WILL BEGIN TO SEE ACCUMULATING SNOW, APPROXIMATELY 5 CM, LATER MONDAY AFTERNOON AND THEN AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 CM MONDAY NIGHT.

NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND GUSTS NEAR 60 KM/H MAY RESULT IN SOME LOCAL BLOWING SNOW ESPECIALLY MONDAY NIGHT MAKING TRAVEL HAZARDOUS.

IF THE REGIONS ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE 15 CM IN 12 HOURS A SNOWFALL WARNING WILL BE ISSUED HOWEVER AT THIS POINT THE AMOUNTS REMAIN BELOW WARNING CRITERIA.

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

PLEASE MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND WARNINGS FROM ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT WWW.WEATHEROFFICE.GC.CA

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