Sunday icky weather update

ENVIRONMENT CANADA SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ************************* SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: CITY OF THUNDER BAY - KENORA - NESTOR FALLS - DRYDEN - IGNACE - FORT FRANCES - RAINY LAKE - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - SUPERIOR WEST - RED LAKE -

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: CITY OF THUNDER BAY - KENORA - NESTOR FALLS - DRYDEN - IGNACE - FORT FRANCES - RAINY LAKE - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - SUPERIOR WEST - RED LAKE - EAR FALLS - SIOUX LOOKOUT - SAVANT LAKE - LAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMI - GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE - GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - KIRKLAND LAKE - NEW LISKEARD - TEMAGAMI - ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE - MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY - NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

MORE WINTERY PRECIPITATION BEGINNING SUNDAY NIGHT.

ANOTHER LATE SEASON WINTER STORM IS HEADED FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO.

A FAIRLY INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS STATES SUNDAY INTO MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT.

HOWEVER, IT WILL WEAKEN SOMEWHAT AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTRE MOVES INTO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO MONDAY AFTERNOON.

SNOW AHEAD OF THIS LOW WILL SPREAD INTO NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO FROM MINNESOTA SUNDAY NIGHT.

OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO, SNOW WILL ALSO BEGIN SUNDAY NIGHT BUT CHANGE TO ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN, AND EVENTUALLY TO RAIN MONDAY AS MILDER AIR ARRIVES FROM THE SOUTH.

CURRENT INDICATIONS ARE THAT 5 TO 10 CM ARE LIKELY OVER NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO WITH LOCALLY 15 POSSIBLE ALONG THE NORTH SHORE OF LAKE SUPERIOR BEFORE THE SNOW ENDS MONDAY NIGHT.

BRISK NORTHEASTERLY WINDS UP TO 50 KM/H MAY GIVE REDUCED VISIBILITIES IN BLOWING SNOW.

NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO SHOULD SEE LESS SNOWFALL.

HOWEVER A FEW HOURS OF ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN IS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY IN AREAS FROM SUPERIOR EAST AND SAULT STE MARIE ACROSS CHAPLEAU TO THE TIMMINS AREA.

A FREEZING RAIN WARNING MAY BE ISSUED LATER TODAY DEPENDING ON THE LIKELIHOOD OF FREEZING RAIN.

TRAVELLING CONDITIONS WILL DETERIORATE SUNDAY NIGHT AS UNTREATED ROADS WILL BECOME SLIPPERY AND ICE COVERED IN SOME AREAS.

THE PUBLIC IS ADVISED TO MONITOR FUTURE FORECASTS AND WARNINGS AS WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED OR EXTENDED.

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

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