Heavy snowfall expected east of the Sault (8:50 a.m. update)

SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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SNOWFALL WARNING FOR GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI - ESPANOLA - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

HEAVY SNOW EXPECTED TODAY.

SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED FOR ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - BLIND RIVER - THESSALON.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER INDIANA WILL TRACK OVER LAKE HURON ON TODAY AND REACH WESTERN QUEBEC BY SATURDAY MORNING.

THIS SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO BRING A SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL TO THE NICKEL BELT AND NIPISSING REGION ON TODAY.

SNOW IN ADVANCE OF THIS LOW WILL BEGIN EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 15 CM EXPECTED FOR THE ELLIOT LAKE AREA WHILE THE NIPISSING REGION WILL LIKELY SEE BETWEEN 15 AND 25 CM BY LATE TODAY.

THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO TAPER OFF IN WESTERN REGIONS LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND NEAR THE QUEBEC BORDER LATE THIS EVENING.

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