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WWCN11 CWTO 290003  
ORANGE WARNING - FREEZING RAIN  
FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO  
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA  
AT 7:03 P.M. EST SUNDAY 28 DECEMBER 2025.  
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ORANGE LEVEL WARNING - FREEZING RAIN - FOR:  
PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES  
STIRLING - TWEED - SOUTH FRONTENAC  
BANCROFT - BON ECHO PARK  
PLEVNA - SHARBOT LAKE - WESTERN LANARK COUNTY  
PORT CARLING - PORT SEVERN  
BRACEBRIDGE - GRAVENHURST  
HALIBURTON.  
 
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IMPACT LEVEL: HIGH  
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH  
 
==DISCUSSION==  
 
ICE STORM CONTINUES TONIGHT INTO EARLY MONDAY MORNING.  
 
WHAT:  
FREEZING RAIN LEADING TO ICY SURFACES.  
ICE ACCRETION OR BUILD-UP OF 15 TO 20 MM ON SOME SURFACES.  
 
WHEN:  
TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:  
FREEZING RAIN WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. THE FREEZING RAIN MAY BRIEFLY  
CHANGE OVER TO RAIN MONDAY MORNING AS TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO  
CLIMB TO JUST ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK.  
 
ROADS AND WALKWAYS WILL LIKELY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. TRAVEL WILL  
LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS AND SOME ROUTES WILL LIKELY BE IMPASSABLE.  
PROLONGED UTILITY OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL SHOULD BE  
AVOIDED.  
 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.  
 
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN ONTARIO, SEND AN EMAIL TO  
ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM.  
 
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE ALERTING PROGRAM, PLEASE VISIT:  
HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/EN/SERVICES/ENVIRONMENT/WEATHER/SEVEREWEATHER/WEATHER-ALERTS/COLOUR-CODED-ALERTS.  
 
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA  
 
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