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Updated weather warnings for the North

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ***************************** WATCHES/ WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO. FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART.
SooToday Staff

SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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WATCHES/ WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO.
 
FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA - KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART.

SNOWFALL WARNING FOR UPSALA - RAITH - GULL BAY - BLACK STURGEON LAKE - BEARDMORE - JELLICOE - MACDIARMID - GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE.
 
WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND FREEZING RAIN.
 
WINTER STORM WARNING FOR TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS.
 
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 15 CM OF SNOW PLUS FREEZING RAIN THIS EVENING.
 
WATCHES/WARNINGS ENDED FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO.
 

SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED FOR ATIKOKAN - SHEBANDOWAN - QUETICO PARK.



A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER LAKE SUPERIOR WILL TRACK INTO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO TONIGHT AND CONTINUE TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO NORTHERN ONTARIO.
 

SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES IS FALLING OVER AREAS FROM NORTHWEST OF LAKE SUPERIOR NORTHEAST TO LAKE NIPIGON THEN EAST THROUGH THE GERALDTON REGION.  

FOR THESE AREAS, FURTHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 10 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT.  

FOR REGIONS FURTHER NORTHEAST, INCLUDING NAKINA - AROLAND - PAGWA, KAPUSKASING - HEARST, AND LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE, THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL TONIGHT WITH 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES LIKELY.  

SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST SUNDAY MORNING.

 

MEANWHILE, PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, ICE PELLETS AND SNOW OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO NEAR THE WAWA, CHAPLEAU AND KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART REGIONS.  
 
THIS BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION IS AFFECTING THE TIMMINS AREA AND WILL PERSIST INTO THIS EVENING.  
 
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10 TO 15 CM FOR THE TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS REGION.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN ARE EXPECTED TO END THIS EVENING FOR THE CHAPLEAU TO GOGAMA TO KIRKLAND LAKE CORRIDOR AS WARMER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE SOUTH.

BOTH SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS AND PROLONGED FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTRIBUTE TO HAZARDOUS TRAVEL CONDITIONS.  
 
MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE EXTRA CAUTION AND ADJUST TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.

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

 

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