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WWCN11 CWTO 290945
ORANGE WARNING - FREEZING RAIN
FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 4:45 A.M. EST MONDAY 29 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 EARLY THIS MORNING.
WHAT:
FREEZING RAIN LEADING TO ICY SURFACES.
ICE ACCRETION OR BUILD-UP OF 15 TO 20 MM ON SOME SURFACES.
WHEN:
CONTINUING EARLY THIS MORNING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
PERIODS OF FREEZING RAIN MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO RAIN OR DRIZZLE
THIS 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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