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WOCN12 CWTO 210945
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:45 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 21 MARCH 2026.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= GERALDTON - LONGLAC - CARAMAT
CITY OF THUNDER BAY
IGNACE - ENGLISH RIVER
UPSALA - RAITH
CLOUD BAY - DORION
BEARDMORE - JELLICOE - MACDIARMID
GULL BAY - BLACK STURGEON LAKE
NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH
WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA
AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
SEARCHMONT - MONTREAL RIVER HARBOUR - BATCHAWANA BAY.
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==DISCUSSION==
LATE SEASON SNOWFALL ON TAP.
WHAT:
TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 TO 12 CM.
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW.
WHEN:
TODAY ENDING LATE THIS AFTERNOON OR THIS EVENING.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
SNOW, BRIEFLY HEAVY AT TIMES WILL QUICKLY SPREAD EAST WITH AN
ALBERTA CLIPPER ACROSS THE DISTRICT THIS MORNING. LOCALLY HIGHER
SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 12 TO 15 CM ARE POSSIBLE NORTH OF LAKE
SUPERIOR AND OVER THE LAKEHEAD AREA NEAR THUNDER BAY TODAY.
PRECIPITATION MAY CHANGE BRIEFLY TO ICE PELLETS OR FREEZING RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON OVER AREAS NORTHWEST OF LAKE SUPERIOR INCLUDING
THUNDER BAY.
SNOW OR MIXED PRECIPITATION WILL TAPER OFF LATER THIS AFTERNOON OVER
WESTERN SECTIONS INCLUDING THUNDER BAY, AND THIS EVENING OVER AREAS
NORTH AND EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR.
ROADS AND WALKWAYS MAY BE DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING
SNOW. MOTORISTS SHOULD ALLOW EXTRA TIME TO GET TO THEIR DESTINATION.
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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