Heavy snow warning for points north and west

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ************************** SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: SUPERIOR WEST - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - WAWA - PUKASKWA PARK. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS GIVING LOCALLY HEAVIER FLURRIES TODAY.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: SUPERIOR WEST - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - WAWA - PUKASKWA PARK.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS GIVING LOCALLY HEAVIER FLURRIES TODAY.

LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS COMING IN OFF OF LAKE SUPERIOR IN A COLD SOUTHERLY FLOW WILL BRING A FEW CM OF SNOW TO THE REGIONS, WITH LOCAL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 CM EXPECTED IN THE THUNDER BAY AREA AND HIGHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 CM EXPECTED ACROSS THE SUPERIOR NORTH REGION AND INTO PUKASKWA PARK BY THIS EVENING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT LOCALLY POOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS FROM LOW VISIBILITY IN OCCASIONAL HEAVIER SNOWFLURRIES AND ACCUMULATING SNOW ON UNTREATED ROADS.

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

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