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WWCN12 CWTO 272038

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 4:38 P.M. EDT THURSDAY 27 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

=NEW= SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND

=NEW= SEARCHMONT - MONTREAL RIVER HARBOUR - BATCHAWANA BAY

=NEW= MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY.



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==DISCUSSION==



SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS LIKELY, WITH POTENTIAL ICE 

STORM CONDITIONS. 



WHAT: 

PROLONGED PERIOD OF FREEZING RAIN WITH ICE ACCRETIONS OF 5 TO 15 MM. 

ICY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. 

UTILITY OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLE. 



WHEN: 

BEGINNING LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON OR EVENING AND ENDING EARLY SATURDAY 

MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

SNOW IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE REGION DURING THE DAY FRIDAY, BUT 

SHOULD QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO ICE PELLETS AS THE DAY PROGRESSES. THE 

THREAT OF SEVERAL HOURS OF FREEZING RAIN FRIDAY NIGHT IS POSSIBLE, 

PARTICULARLY FOR MANITOULIN ISLAND AND AREAS NEAR THE NORTH CHANNEL. 



ONE POTENTIAL COMPLICATION IS HOW MUCH OF THE PRECIPITATION FALLS IN 

THE FORM OF ICE PELLETS VERSUS FREEZING RAIN. IF MOST OF THE 

PRECIPITATION FALLS IN THE FORM OF FREEZING RAIN, THIS HAS THE 

POTENTIAL TO BE A SIGNIFICANT ICE STORM FOR THE REGION. 



EASTERLY WINDS GUSTING UP TO 50 KM/H COULD EXACERBATE THE SITUATION 

IF THERE IS ICE BUILD-UP ON TREE LIMBS AND POWER LINES. 



AFTER A BRIEF BREAK DURING THE DAY 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.



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

BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. ICE BUILD-UP MAY CAUSE TREE 

BRANCHES TO BREAK. UTILITY OUTAGES MAY OCCUR. 



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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