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WWCN12 CWTO 290628

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 2:28 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

      MANITOULIN ISLAND.



FREEZING RAIN WARNING ENDED FOR:

      SAULT STE. MARIE - ST. JOSEPH ISLAND

      BLIND RIVER - THESSALON

      ESPANOLA - KILLARNEY.



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==DISCUSSION==



PATCHY FREEZING RAIN ENDING THIS MORNING, BUT REDEVELOPING AGAIN 

TONIGHT. 



WHAT: 

FREEZING RAIN WITH SIGNIFICANT ICE ACCRETION OF 10 TO 15 MM. 

ICY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. 

UTILITY OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLE. 



WHEN: 

PATCHY FREEZING RAIN ENDING THIS MORNING. 

MORE SIGNIFICANT FREEZING RAIN REDEVELOPING TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

A MIX OF FREEZING RAIN, SNOW AND ICE PELLETS WILL EASE LATER THIS 

MORNING WITH PATCHY FREEZING DRIZZLE POSSIBLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF 

THE DAY. FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING, 

PERSISTING THROUGH SUNDAY. FREEZING RAIN MAY BRIEFLY CHANGE OVER TO 

RAIN SUNDAY NIGHT. 



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

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



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

BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. SLOW DOWN DRIVING IN SLIPPERY 

CONDITIONS. WATCH FOR TAILLIGHTS AHEAD AND MAINTAIN A SAFE FOLLOWING 

DISTANCE. 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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