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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 3:07 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

      SEARCHMONT - MONTREAL RIVER HARBOUR - BATCHAWANA BAY

      SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND

      GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY

      TEMISKAMING SHORES - TEMAGAMI

      ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE

      BLIND RIVER - THESSALON

      ESPANOLA - KILLARNEY

      NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.



SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ENDED FOR:

      MANITOULIN ISLAND.



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==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN WITH POSSIBLE ICE STORM FOR SUNDAY. 



WHAT: 

PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN. 

ICE ACCRETION POSSIBLY EXCEEDING 10 MM. 

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 CM. 

UTILITY OUTAGES POSSIBLE. 

SLIPPERY SURFACES AND BROKEN TREE BRANCHES FROM ICE BUILD-UP. 



WHEN: 

BEGINNING NEAR MIDNIGHT OR EARLY SUNDAY MORNING CONTINUING INTO 

EARLY MONDAY. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

ANOTHER WEATHER SYSTEM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO BEGINNING 

LATE TONIGHT. PRECIPITATION MAY BEGIN AS SNOW OR ICE PELLETS BEFORE 

CHANGING TO FREEZING RAIN. DUE TO THE DURATION OF THE FREEZING RAIN, 

THIS HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE A MAJOR ICE STORM FOR THE REGION. 

TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. 



FOR SOME AREAS, TEMPERATURES MAY RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK SUNDAY 

NIGHT WITH FREEZING RAIN CHANGING TO RAIN. 



CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE BY MONDAY MORNING AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM 

EXITS THE PROVINCE. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE LIKELY TO 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.



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