Looming snow storm expected to stubbornly dawdle. Really?

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

A LATE WINTER SNOW STORM IN THE OFFING LATE THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY.

A SLOW-MOVING LOW PRESSURE CURRENTLY CENTRED OVER MISSOURI WILL MIGRATE TOWARDS THE LOWER GREAT LAKES OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.

IT IS EXPECTED TO SPREAD SNOW OVER REGIONS IN A SWATH FROM SAULT STE. MARIE TO SUDBURY AND NORTH BAY OVERNIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT. 5 TO LOCALLY 10 CM OF SNOW ARE LIKELY IN SOME OF THESE AREAS BY FRIDAY MORNING.

THE SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD NORTH ON FRIDAY AFFECTING A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO EXCEED 15 CM IN SOME OF THESE AREAS BY LATE FRIDAY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL ACCUMULATION ON SATURDAY AS THE SYSTEM STUBBORNLY DAWDLES OVER THE PROVINCE.

WINTER STORM WATCHES OR SNOWFALL WARNINGS MAY VERY WELL BE ISSUED OVER THE NEXT DAY OR SO.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA WILL MONITOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THIS SYSTEM AND ISSUE WATCHES AND WARNINGS ACCORDINGLY.

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

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