****0000001508**** WOCN12 CWTO 011724 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 1:24 P.M. EDT TUESDAY 1 APRIL 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: MANITOUWADGE - HORNEPAYNE FRASERDALE - PLEDGER LAKE. SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR: RED LAKE - WOODLAND CARIBOU PARK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== ACCUMULATING SNOW EXPECTED MIDWEEK. WHAT: SNOW, AT TIMES HEAVY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 10 TO 20 CM. PEAK SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 4 CM PER HOUR. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW. WHEN: WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: SNOW WILL ADVANCE NORTHEASTWARD WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND REACH AREAS NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 11 CORRIDOR WEDNESDAY EVENING. SNOWFALL WARNINGS MAY BE REQUIRED AS THE EVENT DRAWS NEARER. SNOW WILL TAPER TO FLURRIES FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW. BE PREPARED TO ADJUST YOUR DRIVING WITH CHANGING ROAD CONDITIONS. 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 END/OSPC