Sault area expecting late season wintery conditions

ENVIRONMENT CANADA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ************************* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - MARATHON - SCHREIBER - WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE.

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - MARATHON - SCHREIBER - WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE.

LATE SEASON WINTERY CONDITIONS TODAY AND TONIGHT.

A LOW PRESSURE CENTRE NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL TRACK SLOWLY EASTWARD ACROSS NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO AND INTO QUEBEC TONIGHT.

PERIODS OF SNOW ASSOCIATED WITH THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CONTINUE OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO TONIGHT. A FEW LOCALES IN THE SNOW AREA REPORTED SEVERAL CENTIMETRES TODAY WITH UPWARDS OF ANOTHER 5 CM LIKELY TONIGHT. THIS WILL BRING GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO

10 CM FROM THIS WEATHER SYSTEM. IN ADDITION, BRISK WINDS WITH GUSTS UP TO 50 KM/H ARE ACCOMPANYING A SHARP COLD FRONT IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW. AS A RESULT, LOW VISIBILITIES IN BURSTS OF HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW MAY BE EXPECTED.

TRAVELLERS ARE ADVISED TO EXERCISE CAUTION DUE TO LOWER VISIBILITY AND ACCUMULATING SNOW ON ROADS. ALSO ICY CONDITIONS ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT.

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