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WINTER STORM WARNING

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 6:13 P.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 19 MARCH 2025.

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WINTER STORM WARNING FOR:

      GOGAMA - FOLEYET

      KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART.



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==DISCUSSION==



A WINTER STORM CONTINUES TONIGHT. 



WHAT: 

TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 20 TO 40 CM POSSIBLE. 

FREEZING RAIN WITH LIGHT ICE BUILD-UP POSSIBLE. 



WHEN: 

CONTINUING TONIGHT AND TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

SNOW WILL BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD AND PICK UP IN INTENSITY THIS 

EVENING. CURRENT INDICATIONS SUGGEST THAT A RAIN-SNOW TRANSITION 

LINE WILL STRETCH FROM SAULT STE. MARIE NORTHEAST TOWARDS KIRKLAND 

LAKE. ALONG THIS TRANSITION LINE, FREEZING RAIN OR ICE PELLETS IS 

EXPECTED. NORTH OF THE TRANSITION LINE, PRECIPITATION WILL BE HEAVY 

SNOW. SOUTH OF THIS LINE, PRECIPITATION WILL MAINLY FALL AS RAIN. 

PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW TONIGHT BEFORE 

TAPERING OFF THURSDAY AFTERNOON. 



THE POSITION OF THIS RAIN-SNOW TRANSITION LINE MAY STILL SHIFT NORTH 

OR SOUTH WHICH WILL AFFECT EXACT PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS AND TYPES.



CONSIDER POSTPONING NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. 

RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW WILL MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT. PREPARE FOR 

QUICKLY CHANGING AND DETERIORATING TRAVEL CONDITIONS. VISIBILITY MAY 

BE SUDDENLY REDUCED AT TIMES IN HEAVY SNOW. SURFACES SUCH AS 

HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS MAY BECOME ICY AND 

SLIPPERY. 



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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