****0000001588**** WOCN12 CWTO 261824 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 2:24 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 26 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR: =NEW= CITY OF THUNDER BAY =NEW= KENORA - NESTOR FALLS =NEW= DRYDEN - IGNACE =NEW= FORT FRANCES - RAINY LAKE =NEW= ATIKOKAN - UPSALA - QUETICO =NEW= SUPERIOR WEST =NEW= BEARDMORE - JELLICOE - MACDIARMID =NEW= GULL BAY - BLACK STURGEON LAKE =NEW= NIPIGON - MARATHON - SUPERIOR NORTH. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL WITH SPRING STORM LIKELY. WHAT: TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 CM. AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 20 CM ARE POSSIBLE OVER SOME AREAS. REDUCED VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS FOR REGIONS NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. WHEN: FRIDAY TO EARLY SATURDAY. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: SIGNIFICANT SNOW WITH A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE ACROSS NORTHWESTERN ONTARIO FROM WEST TO EAST. TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS COULD BE REDUCED IF ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN MIX IN. THERE REMAINS SOME UNCERTAINTY WITH WHERE THE HEAVIEST SNOW WILL FALL. 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