Weather warnings issued for much of Northern Ontario

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENVIRONMENT CANADA ***************************** WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO.

SPECIAL WEATHER
STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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WATCHES/WARNINGS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO.

SNOWFALL WARNING FOR MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - NAKINA - AROLAND - PAGWA - FRASERDALE - PLEDGER LAKE - LITTLE ABITIBI - KESAGAMI LAKE.

WINTER STORM BRINGING HEAVY SNOWFALL AND RISK OF FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.

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

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 15 CM OF SNOW PLUS FREEZING RAIN EARLY THIS MORNING.

WATCHES/WARNINGS ENDED FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO.

FREEZING RAIN WARNING ENDED FOR WHITE RIVER - DUBREUILVILLE - CHAPLEAU - MISSINAIBI LAKE.

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

SNOWFALL WARNING ENDED FOR UPSALA - RAITH - GULL BAY - BLACK STURGEON LAKE - BEARDMORE - JELLICOE - MACDIARMID - GERALDTON - LONGLAC - CARAMAT.

WINTER STORM WARNING ENDED FOR TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM JUST EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL TRACK INTO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO EARLY THIS MORNING AND CONTINUE TO BRING A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION TO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO.

SNOW HEAVY AT TIMES IS FALLING OVER THE MANITOUWADGE AND PAGWA REGIONS. FOR THESE AREAS, FURTHER SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 2 TO 10 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED EARLY THIS MORNING.

FOR REGIONS FURTHER NORTHEAST, INCLUDING FRASERDALE - PLEDGER LAKE AND LITTLE ABITIBI -KESAGAMI LAKE, THE BULK OF THE SNOW IS FORECAST TO FALL THIS MORNING WITH 10 TO 15 CM LIKELY.

SNOW WILL END FROM WEST TO EAST LATER THIS MORNING AND AFTERNOON.

MEANWHILE, PRECIPITATION IS FALLING AS A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, ICE PELLETS AND SNOW OVER NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO OVER THE KAPUSKASING - HEARST - SMOOTH ROCK FALLS REGION.

THIS BAND OF MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL PERSIST INTO THIS MORNING.

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO BE IN THE 10 TO 15 CM RANGE.

PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN HAVE ENDED FOR THE WHITE RIVER, MISSINAIBI AND TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS REGIONS AS WARMER AIR HAS PUSHED IN FROM THE SOUTH.

THIS WARM AIR WILL CONTINUE TO PUSH TO THE NORTH THIS MORNING.

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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