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ENVIRONMENT CANADA SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT ************************* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - SAULT STE.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATMENT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - 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.

SIGNIFICANT SNOW TONIGHT THROUGH MUCH OF MONDAY.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CURRENTLY OVER SOUTHERN MANITOBA WILL TRACK SLOWLY INTO MINNESOTA TONIGHT AND TOWARDS SAULT STE MARIE ON MONDAY NIGHT.
 
INTERMITTENT SNOW HAS BEEN FALLING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO TODAY AND WILL MAKE ITS WAY INTO REGIONS NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR TONIGHT.

A FEW CENTIMETRES OF SNOW FELL IN MANY REGIONS WEST OF SUPERIOR TODAY WITH FURTHER AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 10 CM EXPECTED TONIGHT FOR SIMILAR REGIONS.
 
IT WILL GRADUALLY TAPER OFF IN NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO ON MONDAY WITH SEVERAL MORE CENTIMETRES POSSIBLE.

AS THE LOW SLOWLY INTENSIFIES MONDAY AND MONDAY NIGHT, SNOW WILL SPREAD ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO.
 
IT WILL BEGIN TONIGHT NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR AND DURING THE DAY NORTH OF LAKE HURON AND GEORGIAN BAY.
 
THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOW FOR THIS AREA IS LIKELY TO BE ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 17 INCLUDING THESSALON TO SUDBURY ON MONDAY NIGHT.
 
SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS IN EXCESS OF 10 CENTIMETRES ARE QUITE LIKELY, PARTIALLY DUE TO ADDED MOISTURE FROM LAKE ENHANCEMENT.
 
HOWEVER, IT WILL LIKELY CHANGE TO RAIN IN THIS SWATH FROM SAULT STE MARIE TO KILLARNEY OVERNIGHT.

SNOWFALL TOTALS MAY VERY WELL EXCEED 15 OR POSSIBLY 20 CENTIMETRES IN A FEW LOCALES, HOWEVER IT IS EXPECTED TO BE SPREAD OVER 24 TO 36 HOURS.
 
IT WILL BE A SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION, BUT SOMEWHAT BELOW THE WARNING THRESHOLD OF 15 CM IN 12 HOURS.
 
TRAVELLERS ARE URGED TO ALLOW EXTRA TIME GIVEN THE EXPANSIVE AREA OF SNOW OVER THE PROVINCE.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE INTENSITY AND TRACK OF THE LOW AND WARNINGS MAY BE ISSUED AS THE SITUATION WARRANTS. 

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