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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 6:29 P.M. EDT THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      GATINEAU

      BANCROFT - HASTINGS HIGHLANDS - DENBIGH

      BROCKVILLE - LEEDS AND GRENVILLE

      CITY OF OTTAWA

      PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL

      CORNWALL - MORRISBURG

      SMITHS FALLS - LANARK - SHARBOT LAKE

      HUNTSVILLE - BAYSVILLE

      OXTONGUE LAKE - FORT IRWIN - NORTHERN HALIBURTON COUNTY

      RENFREW - PEMBROKE - BARRY'S BAY

      ALGONQUIN

      BURK'S FALLS - BAYFIELD INLET.



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==DISCUSSION==



HEAVY SNOW, ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED. 



WHAT: 

SNOW, ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN. 

POSSIBLE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 CM. 

SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION OF 5 TO 10 MM. 



POSSIBLE UTILITY OUTAGES. 

SLIPPERY SURFACES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES FROM ICE BUILD-UP. 



WHEN: 

BEGINNING FRIDAY EVENING CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY MORNING. 

ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE SATURDAY NIGHT. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING THAT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN 

ONTARIO WILL EXPERIENCE HEAVY SNOW OR A COMBINATION OF SNOW, ICE 

PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN. THE SWATH OF MAXIMUM SNOWFALL 

ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED FROM ALGONQUIN PARK THROUGH THE OTTAWA AREA 

WHILE THE SWATH OF HEAVIEST ICE ACCRETION IS LIKELY FROM MANITOULIN 

ISLAND THROUGH PARRY SOUND TO GANANOQUE. 



AFTER A BREAK IN THE SNOW, ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN SATURDAY, 

ADDITIONAL FREEZING RAIN IS FORECAST SATURDAY NIGHT. 



WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS THE EVENT DRAWS NEARER.



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. TO 

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER IN GATINEAU, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)QCSTORM.



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