Much of Northern Ontario gets taste of winter tonight

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA KAPUSKASING - HEARST TIMMINS - COCHRANE CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA. CITY OF THUNDER BAY ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO SUPERIOR WEST LAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMI GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR. KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI.

A TASTE OF WINTER.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH, CROSSING LAKE SUPERIOR INTO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO ON SUNDAY.

WHILE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE STORM IN LATE OCTOBER, THIS SYSTEM WILL STILL BRING QUITE THE MIX OF WINTRY WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN ONTARIO.

A GENERAL SNOWFALL OF NEAR 10 CM IS QUITE LIKELY BY SUNDAY MORNING OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO INCLUDING MORE INLAND AND HIGHER PARTS OF THE LAKEHEAD AREA NEAR THUNDER BAY.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN AREAS ALONG THE LAKE SUPERIOR SHORE WILL BE SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED AS THE WARM WATERS MAKE THE SNOW WET OR KEEP IT MIXED WITH RAIN, LIMITING ACTUAL ACCUMULATIONS THERE PERHAPS TO A CM OR TWO OF SLUSH.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE ON SUNDAY ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO AND IN AREAS NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR WITH FURTHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 5 CM EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS.

AS A RESULT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS IN AREAS NEAR AND JUST WEST OF THUNDER BAY WILL LIKELY BE IN THE 10 TO 15 CM RANGE BY SUNDAY EVENING.

IN AREAS NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR TO TIMMINS AND KAPUSKASING A MESSY MIX OF SNOW, ICE PELLETS, BRIEF FREEZING RAIN AND POSSIBLY RAIN WILL ARE EXPECTED AS THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALLOW ENOUGH MILDER AIR TO WORK ITS WAY IN AND KEEP TEMPERATURES NEAR THE ZERO DEGREE MARK.

LATEST ANALYSES INDICATE THE BIGGEST RISK OF FREEZING RAIN MAY EXTEND FROM NEAR WAWA TOWARDS NAGAGAMI AND EAST TO THE QUEBEC BORDER OVERNIGHT AND EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AS UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY.

SHOULD THE FREEZING RAIN BECOME MORE LONG-LIVED THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED, FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO MAY BE REQUIRED.

SNOWFALL WARNINGS MAY BE ALSO ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO IF THE SNOW BECOMES HEAVIER THAN CURRENTLY EXPECTED.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST.

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