Heavy snow expected across much of Northern Ontario

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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CITY OF THUNDER BAY - KENORA - NESTOR FALLS - DRYDEN - IGNACE - FORT FRANCES - RAINY LAKE - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - SUPERIOR WEST - RED LAKE - EAR FALLS - SIOUX LOOKOUT - SAVANT LAKE - LAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMI - GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

APPRECIABLE SNOWFALL, SOME REGIONS MAY SEE FREEZING RAIN.

A BROAD AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY SITUATED OVER THE NORTHERN AND CENTRAL PLAINS OF THE UNITED STATES WILL MOVE SLOWLY THROUGH NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ON THURSDAY.

A LARGE AREA OF SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS SYSTEM WILL REACH THE ONTARIO-MANITOBA BORDER EARLY THIS EVENING AND REACH AREAS NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR LATER TONIGHT OR EARLY THURSDAY MORNING.

CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST A GENERAL SNOWFALL OF 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES BY LATE IN THE DAY THURSDAY.

FOR AREAS NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR, AMOUNTS MAY BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER AND LOCALLY EXCEED 15 CENTIMETRES.

HOWEVER, A SNOWFALL WARNING IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS POINT AS THE CONDITION OF RECEIVING 15 CENTIMETRES WITHIN A 12 HOUR PERIOD WILL LIKELY NOT BE MET.

AREAS ALONG THE SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR INCLUDING THUNDER BAY WILL SEE SLIGHTLY LESSER AMOUNTS AS THE SNOW IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE TO RAIN LATE TONIGHT OR THURSDAY MORNING.

AS THE STORM MATURES ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING A BAND OF FREEZING RAIN MAY MOVE THROUGH SUDBURY, CHAPLEAU, KIRKLAND LAKE AND NORTH BAY.

THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BE BRIEF BUT LOCAL AMOUNTS OF ICE ON SURFACES MAY WARRANT A FREEZING RAIN WARNING.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL MONITOR THIS SITUATION AND ISSUE ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AS MORE INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

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

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