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WWCN13 CWTO 150622
WINTER STORM WARNING
FOR FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 2:22 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 15 MARCH 2025.
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WINTER STORM WARNING FOR:
=NEW= SANDY LAKE - WEAGAMOW LAKE - DEER LAKE
PIKANGIKUM - POPLAR HILL - MACDOWELL.
WINTER STORM WARNING - REPLACES FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:
SANDY LAKE - WEAGAMOW LAKE - DEER LAKE.
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==DISCUSSION==
HAZARDOUS WINTER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED.
WHAT:
ICE PELLETS WITH A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW
SATURDAY.
SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 15 CM POSSIBLE BY SATURDAY EVENING.
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW.
WHEN:
SATURDAY.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
INITIALLY PATCHY FREEZING RAIN OR ICE PELLETS TONIGHT WILL
TRANSITION TO MORE WIDESPREAD ICE PELLETS EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. BY
LATE SATURDAY MORNING, ICE PELLETS WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST
TO EAST AS TEMPERATURES RAPIDLY DROP. STRONG NORTHWESTERLY WINDS
GUSTING UP TO 50 KM/H WILL ALSO DEVELOP LATE SATURDAY MORNING
RESULTING IN REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY
BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW. PREPARE FOR
QUICKLY CHANGING AND DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. SURFACES SUCH
AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME ICY AND
SLIPPERY.
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO
ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM.
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA
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