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WWCN12 CWTO 291625

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 12:25 P.M. EDT SATURDAY 29 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

      MANITOULIN ISLAND.



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==DISCUSSION==



ICE STORM BEGINNING THIS EVENING. 



WHAT: 

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

ICY AND SLIPPERY CONDITIONS. 

UTILITY OUTAGES AND TREE DAMAGE POSSIBLE. 



WHEN: 

THIS EVENING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 

FREEZING RAIN WILL MOVE BACK INTO THE REGION THIS EVENING, 

PERSISTING THROUGH EARLY MONDAY MORNING. FREEZING RAIN MAY BRIEFLY 

CHANGE OVER TO RAIN SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO SUNDAY NIGHT. 

PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO ICE PELLETS AND THEN SNOW EARLY 

MONDAY MORNING. 



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

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

BECOME NORTHERLY EARLY MONDAY MORNING.



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

BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY AND EXTREMELY HAZARDOUS. BEWARE OF BRANCHES OR 

ELECTRICAL WIRES THAT COULD BREAK UNDER THE WEIGHT OF ICE. EXTENDED 

AND WIDESPREAD UTILITY OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 



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



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