Strong, gusty wind expected for Sault and area (updated)

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

************************** SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST - MANITOULIN - NORTHSHORE - KILLARNEY.

STRONG AND GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS EXPECTED LATE TONIGHT AND SATURDAY.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

AN INTENSIFYING FALL STORM CENTRED WEST OF TIMMINS AT 4 PM EDT WILL DRIFT NORTH TO LIE JUST SOUTH OF JAMES BAY BY SATURDAY MORNING.

STRONG GUSTY WESTERLY WINDS WILL DEVELOP IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW BY LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING.  

THE STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH COOLER AIR AND RAIN WILL MAKE SATURDAY FEEL LIKE A BLUSTERY FALL DAY.

GENERALLY WINDS OF 50 GUSTING TO 70 KM/H ARE EXPECTED ON SATURDAY.

HOWEVER, A WIND WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR SAULT STE MARIE AND MANITOULIN ISLAND WHERE WINDS OF 70 GUSTING TO 90 KM/H ARE FORECAST.

THE WINDS WILL BEGIN TO WEAKEN SATURDAY NIGHT.

DRIVING CONDITIONS MAY BE DIFFICULT IN THE STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS.

AS A RESULT MOTORISTS SHOULD EXERCISE CAUTION.

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