Wet winter weather approaching northern regions

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ENVIRONMENT CANADA

*************************** SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR CITY OF THUNDER BAY - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - SUPERIOR WEST - LAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMI - GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE

SPRING SNOWFALL FROM THE THUNDER BAY AREA TO LITTLE ABITIBI.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT IS DEVELOPING OVER MISSOURI FRIDAY AFTERNOON IS EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH THE GREAT LAKES REGION THIS WEEKEND.

THE CURRENT FORECAST TRACK OF THE SYSTEM INDICATES THAT AREAS WEST AND NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR COULD RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT SNOW AMOUNTS.

THE SNOW WILL START IN THE THUNDER BAY AREA OVERNIGHT WITH THE BULK OF THE SNOW FALLING BY LATE SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

FOR THE AREAS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR THE SNOW WILL BEGIN SATURDAY MORNING WITH THE HEAVIER SNOW CONTINUING INTO LATE SATURDAY EVENING.

THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF KAPUSKASING, TIMMINS AND WAWA REGIONS, INCLUDING THESE CITIES, ARE EXPECTED TO RECEIVE ABOUT 2 TO 5 CM OF SNOW BEFORE CHANGING OVER TO RAIN.

A HEAVY SNOWFALL WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR REGIONS WEST AND NORTH LAKE SUPERIOR.

THE LATEST INDICATIONS FOR REGIONS EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR ARE THAT SNOW AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 15 CM WILL FALL IN 12 TO 18 HOURS.

THIS IS LESS THAN THE WARNING CRITERIA WHICH IS SNOW AMOUNTS OF 15 CM OR MORE IN 12 HOURS OR LESS.

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