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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 1:37 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      BLIND RIVER - THESSALON

      MANITOULIN ISLAND.



SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:

      GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY

      TEMISKAMING SHORES - TEMAGAMI

      ESPANOLA - KILLARNEY

      NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.



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==DISCUSSION==



RAINFALL EXPECTED THIS EVENING THROUGH TONIGHT. FREEZING RAIN 

POSSIBLE THURSDAY. 



WHAT: 

RAINFALL WITH TOTAL AMOUNTS OF 15 TO 25 MM. 

FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT ICE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE. 

LOCAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 5 CM. 



WHEN: 

RAINFALL BEGINNING THIS EVENING. 

BRIEF PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING. 

RAIN OR FREEZING RAIN TRANSITIONING TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. 

ENDING THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BRING RAIN TO THE AREA BEGINNING THIS 

EVENING. RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THURSDAY MORNING. DURING THIS 

TRANSITION, A PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN OR ICE PELLETS IS POSSIBLE. 



FOR INFORMATION CONCERNING FLOODING, PLEASE CONSULT YOUR LOCAL 

CONSERVATION AUTHORITY OR ONTARIO MINISTRY OF NATURAL RESOURCES 

OFFICE. VISIT ONTARIO.CA/FLOODS FOR THE LATEST DETAILS. 



LOCALIZED FLOODING IN LOW-LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. 



SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY 

BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY.



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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