Winter storm update

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

ENVIRONMENT CANADA

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CITY OF THUNDER BAY - ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO - SUPERIOR WEST - LAKE NIPIGON - WABAKIMI - GERALDTON - MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE - NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH - KAPUSKASING - HEARST - TIMMINS - COCHRANE

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR

WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA - CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA

A TASTE OF WINTER.

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER UPPER MICHIGAN WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY DEEPEN AS IT MOVES NORTH, CROSSING LAKE SUPERIOR INTO NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO TODAY.

WHILE NOT NEARLY AS STRONG AS THE STORM IN LATE OCTOBER, THIS SYSTEM WILL STILL BRING QUITE THE MIX OF WINTRY WEATHER CONDITIONS TO MUCH OF NORTHERN ONTARIO.

OVER NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO, INLAND AREAS HAVE ALREADY SEEN A GENERAL SNOWFALL OF 5 TO 10 CM BEFORE THIS MORNING.

SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO FALL TODAY GIVING ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 2 CM.

AS A RESULT TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS ARE LIKELY TO BE IN THE 10 CM RANGE BY THE TIME THE SNOW TAPERS TO A FEW FLURRIES LATER TODAY.

OVER AREAS TO THE NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR, SNOW WILL CONTINUE TODAY GIVING FURTHER AMOUNTS OF UP TO 5 CM AS THE LOW TRACKS THROUGH THE AREA.

HOWEVER, AREAS FROM MARATHON TO MANITOUWADGE AND SOUTH WILL SEE LESSER AMOUNTS AS THE SNOW CHANGES OVER TO RAIN TODAY.

IN AREAS NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR TO TIMMINS AND KAPUSKASING MILDER AIR HAS RESULTED IN THE SNOW HAVING ALREADY CHANGED OVER TO RAIN IN MANY LOCALES, ALTHOUGH BRIEF FREEZING RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE EARLY THIS MORNING FROM KAPUSKASING TO LITTLE ABITIBI.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AS UNTREATED ROADS MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST.

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