****0000001820**** WOCN12 CWTO 202255 WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 6:55 P.M. EDT THURSDAY 20 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WEATHER ADVISORY FOR: =NEW= WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA =NEW= AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== WINTER WEATHER TRAVEL ADVISORY IN EFFECT. WHAT: TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 10 CM. PEAK SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 3 CM PER HOUR. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. WHEN: BEGINNING FRIDAY MORNING AND TAPERING OFF FRIDAY EVENING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: SNOW WILL BEGIN THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING AND GIVE UP TO 10 CM DURING THE DAY. THE HEAVIEST SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL FRIDAY AFTERNOON. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN BLOWING SNOW IS LIKELY LATER FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING AS STRONG NORTHERLY WIND GUSTS DEVELOP AND TEMPERATURES FALL. MOTORISTS SHOULD EXPECT HAZARDOUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ADJUST TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY. TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN WALKING OR DRIVING IN AFFECTED AREAS. IF VISIBILITY IS REDUCED WHILE DRIVING, SLOW DOWN, WATCH FOR TAIL LIGHTS AHEAD AND BE PREPARED TO STOP. SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME DIFFICULT TO NAVIGATE DUE TO ACCUMULATING SNOW. FOR ROAD CONDITIONS AND OTHER TRAVELLER INFORMATION FROM THE MINISTRY OF TRANSPORTATION, VISIT HTTPS://WWW.ONTARIO.CA/511, HTTPS://WWW.TWITTER.COM/511ONTARIO, OR CALL 5-1-1. 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