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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 6:55 A.M. EDT FRIDAY 28 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      GATINEAU

      OTTAWA NORTH - KANATA - ORLEANS

      PRESCOTT AND RUSSELL

      MAXVILLE - ALEXANDRIA

      CORNWALL - LANCASTER

      PETAWAWA - PEMBROKE - COBDEN

      RENFREW - ARNPRIOR - CALABOGIE.



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==DISCUSSION==



HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT AND SATURDAY FOLLOWED BY FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY. 



WHAT: 

SNOW, ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN. 

POSSIBLE SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 CM. 

POSSIBLE ICE ACCRETION OF 5 TO 10 MM. 

POWER OUTAGES POSSIBLE. 

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



WHEN: 

SNOW AND ICE PELLETS BEGINNING THIS EVENING CONTINUING INTO 

SATURDAY. 

FREEZING RAIN SUNDAY. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

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

IS FORECAST TO BEGIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND CONTINUE UNTIL SUNDAY 

EVENING. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE LIKELY TO 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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