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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:30 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      GATINEAU

      BANCROFT - HASTINGS HIGHLANDS - DENBIGH

      MERRICKVILLE-WOLFORD - KEMPTVILLE

      WESTPORT - CHARLESTON LAKE

      BROCKVILLE - PRESCOTT

      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==



FREEZING RAIN ON SUNDAY. 



WHAT: 

PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. 

ICE ACCRETION OF 5 TO 10 MM. 

POWER OUTAGES. 

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



WHEN: 

SUNDAY. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

AFTER A BREAK IN THE PRECIPITATION TODAY, 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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