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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 5:17 A.M. EDT FRIDAY 28 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART.



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==DISCUSSION==



SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. ANOTHER 

WINTER STORM POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY. 



WHAT: 

SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 5 TO 10 CM TODAY. ADDITIONAL PRECIPITATION 

LIKELY ON SUNDAY. 

REDUCED VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVIER SNOW. 

DIFFICULT TRAVEL CONDITIONS AND POSSIBLE ROAD CLOSURES. 



WHEN: 

BEGINNING THIS AFTERNOON AND ENDING EARLY SATURDAY MORNING. SECOND 

WEATHER SYSTEM TO AFFECT THE AREA SUNDAY. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN THIS AFTERNOON, INTENSIFYING THIS EVENING. 

AT THIS POINT, THE HEAVIEST SNOWFALL WILL LIKELY REMAIN SOUTH OF THE 

REGION, ALTHOUGH AMOUNTS UP TO 10 CM ARE STILL POSSIBLE. SNOW WILL 

TAPER OFF BY SATURDAY MORNING. 



AFTER A BRIEF BREAK SATURDAY, ANOTHER WINTER STORM WILL LIKELY 

AFFECT THE REGION ON SUNDAY WITH A THREAT OF SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL, 

FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS. MORE DETAILS ON PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS 

WILL COME IN FUTURE UPDATES.



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.



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