****0000001435**** WOCN12 CWTO 261823 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:23 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA =NEW= AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK =NEW= CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA =NEW= KIRKLAND LAKE - TEMISKAMING SHORES - TEMAGAMI. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WITH SPRING STORM LIKELY. WHAT: TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 25 CM. AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 25 CM ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOME AREAS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. WHEN: LATE FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: TWO PREDOMINANT ROUNDS OF SNOW ARE EXPECTED WITH A SERIES OF LOW PRESSURE SYSTEMS. THE FIRST ROUND IS EXPECTED LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING, AND THE SECOND ROUND IS EXPECTED SUNDAY. THERE REMAINS UNCERTAINTY WITH THE SWATH OF HEAVIEST SNOW, ESPECIALLY FOR THE FIRST ROUND OF SNOW. WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE ISSUED AS THE EVENT DRAWS NEARER. 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