More snow blowing in tomorrow and Saturday

NEWS RELEASE ENVIRONMENT CANADA ************************* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: SAULT STE. MARIE - ST.

NEWS RELEASE

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND - SEARCHMONT - MONTREAL RIVER HARBOUR - BATCHAWANA BAY - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - GOGAMA - FOLEYET - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.

A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE TRACKING TOWARDS THE GREAT LAKE REGION FRIDAY TO LIE NEAR THE NICKEL BELT SATURDAY.

SNOW AHEAD OF THE SYSTEM IS FORECAST TO BEGIN OVER THE REGIONS FRIDAY EVENING WITH GENERAL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 CM POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY NIGHT.

NEAR NORTH BAY AMOUNTS MAY BE REDUCED AS SNOW COULD BECOME MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS OR FREEZING RAIN OVERNIGHT THEN WITH RAIN ON SATURDAY.

ALSO, STRONG NORTHEASTERLY WINDS WILL BE DEVELOPING OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO EARLY SATURDAY MORNING.

AS A RESULT, VISIBILITIES WILL BE REDUCED IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.

THERE IS STILL UNCERTAINTY IN THE TRACK AND INTENSITY OF THE STORM.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA CONTINUES TO MONITOR ITS EVOLUTION CLOSELY.

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

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