Severe weather update for Northern Ontario

SEVERE WEATHER BULLETIN

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ENDING THIS AFTERNOON.

WATCHES/WARNINGS ENDED FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO:

SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED FOR NAKINA - AROLAND – PAGWA - FRASERDALE - PLEDGER LAKE.

THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH PROMPTED THE SNOWFALL WARNING HAVE NOW ENDED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

WINTER STORM WARNING CHANGED TO FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE.

WINTER STORM WARNING ENDED FOR KAPUSKASING - HEARST - SMOOTH ROCK FALLS.

THE WEATHER CONDITIONS WHICH PROMPTED THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAVE NOW ENDED OR MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM NEAR TIMMINS WILL TRACK INTO QUEBEC THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO.

PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, ICE PELLETS AND SNOW OVER THE LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE REGION.  THIS BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO THIS AFTERNOON.

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