****0000001575****
WWCN12 CWTO 220811

FLASH FREEZE WARNING

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:11 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 22 MARCH 2025.

---------------------------------------------------------------------

FLASH FREEZE WARNING FOR:

      GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY

      TEMISKAMING SHORES - TEMAGAMI

      NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.



FLASH FREEZE WARNING ENDED FOR:

      GOGAMA - FOLEYET

      KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART.



---------------------------------------------------------------------

==DISCUSSION==



TEMPERATURES ARE FORECAST TO FALL RAPIDLY. SLUSH AND ANY FALLING 

PRECIPITATION WILL FREEZE AS THE TEMPERATURE DROPS. 



WHAT: 

WATER FROM MELTING SNOW AND RECENT RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO FREEZE 

SUDDENLY, ESPECIALLY ON UNTREATED SURFACES. RAIN IS MOST LIKELY OVER 

THE NORTH BAY AREA BEFORE THE COLD FRONT. 



WHEN: 

THROUGH EARLY THIS MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA EARLY THIS MORNING. 

TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO QUICKLY PLUNGE BELOW THE FREEZING MARK 

IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. ANY WET SURFACES DUE TO SNOW MELT AND 

RAIN MAY BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY.



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

BECOME ICY AND SLIPPERY. TAKE EXTRA CARE WHEN WALKING OR DRIVING IN 

AFFECTED AREAS. 



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