Freezing rain warning for points north

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ***************************** WATCHES/ WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO: FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - KIRKLAND LAKE - NE

SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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WATCHES/ WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO:

FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI.

SNOWFALL WARNING FOR - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - GULL BAY - BLACK STURGEON LAKE - BEARDMORE - JELLICOE - MACDIARMID - GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE.

WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND FREEZING RAIN.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM DEVELOPING OVER WISCONSIN WILL TRACK OVER LAKE SUPERIOR TODAY BRINGING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO NORTHERN ONTARIO.

SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES IS FALLING OVER AREAS FROM THE MINNESOTA BORDER NORTHEAST TO LAKE NIPIGON THEN EAST THROUGH THE GERALDTON REGION.

FOR THESE AREAS, SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED BY THIS EVENING. FOR REGIONS FURTHER NORTHEAST, INCLUDING NAKINA - AROLAND - PAGWA, KAPUSKASING - HEARST AND TIMMINS - COCHRANE, THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS LIKELY TO FALL TONIGHT WITH 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY
MORNING.

PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, ICE PELLETS AND SNOW OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO NEAR THE WAWA, CHAPLEAU AND KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI REGIONS THIS MORNING.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST FOR MUCH OF THE DAY THEN CHANGE
TO RAIN LATE IN THE DAY AS WARMER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE SOUTH.

THE BAND OF FREEZING RAIN MAY SHIFT NORTHWARDS THROUGH THE TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS AND POSSIBLY THE KAPUSKASING - HEARST - SMOOTH ROCK FALLS REGIONS TONIGHT.

BOTH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS AND PROLONGED FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ADJUST TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.

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

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