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WOCN12 CWTO 312026

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:26 P.M. EDT MONDAY 31 MARCH 2025.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:

=NEW= WAWA - WHITE RIVER - PUKASKWA

=NEW= SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST

=NEW= KAPUSKASING - HEARST - SMOOTH ROCK FALLS

=NEW= TIMMINS - COCHRANE

=NEW= GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY

=NEW= CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA

=NEW= KIRKLAND LAKE - TEMISKAMING SHORES - TEMAGAMI

=NEW= ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE

=NEW= MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY

=NEW= NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.



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==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN EXPECTED MIDWEEK. 



WHAT: 

FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCRETION OF 2 TO 5 MM ON SOME SURFACES. 

SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY 

BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. 

ICE BUILD-UP MAY CAUSE TREE BRANCHES TO BREAK. 



WHEN: 

WEDNESDAY MORNING THROUGH THURSDAY MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN AS SNOW BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO ICE PELLETS 

AND THEN FREEZING RAIN. THE PRECIPITATION WILL BEGIN FOR SAULT STE. 

MARIE AND ALONG THE NORTH CHANNEL WEDNESDAY MORNING BEFORE REACHING 

THE HIGHWAY 11 CORRIDOR LATER WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. PRIOR TO THE 

TRANSITION TO FREEZING RAIN, SNOWFALL AMOUNTS UP TO 10 CM MAY OCCUR 

OVER SOME LOCATIONS, PARTICULARLY NORTHEAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR TO THE 

ONTARIO-QUEBEC BORDER. 



EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING TO NEAR 50 KM/H, EXCEPT UP TO 70 KM/H FOR 

LOCATIONS NEAR TO THE NORTH CHANNEL TO SAULT STE. MARIE ON WEDNESDAY 

MAY EXACERBATE ANY TREE DAMAGE. 



AS TEMPERATURES RISE ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO 

THURSDAY MORNING, PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO RAIN 

FOR SOUTHERN PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED 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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