****0000001961**** WWCN12 CWTO 302105 WINTER STORM WARNING FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA AT 5:05 P.M. EDT SUNDAY 30 MARCH 2025. --------------------------------------------------------------------- WINTER STORM WARNING FOR: AGAWA - LAKE SUPERIOR PARK TIMMINS - COCHRANE - IROQUOIS FALLS CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA KIRKLAND LAKE - ENGLEHART. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ==DISCUSSION== WINTER STORM CONTINUES THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. WHAT: SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 20 TO 30 CM. PEAK SNOWFALL RATES OF 2 TO 5 CM PER HOUR. RISK OF FREEZING RAIN. WHEN: CONTINUING THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: SNOW MAY MIX WITH OR TRANSITION TO ICE PELLETS AT TIMES THROUGH TONIGHT, PARTICULARLY FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GOGAMA TO KIRKLAND LAKE. A RISK OF FREEZING RAIN WILL ALSO EXIST IN THESE AREAS. FOR LOCATIONS THAT RECEIVE ICE PELLETS AND FREEZING RAIN, SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL BE REDUCED. A SHARP GRADIENT IN SNOWFALL AMOUNTS MAY EXIST TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE AXIS OF HEAVIEST SNOW. ALL PRECIPITATION WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW FROM WEST TO EAST LATE TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING. CONDITIONS WILL IMPROVE MONDAY MORNING AS THE WEATHER SYSTEM EXITS THE PROVINCE. CONSIDER POSTPONING NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE. RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOW COULD MAKE TRAVEL DIFFICULT OVER SOME LOCATIONS. SURFACES SUCH AS HIGHWAYS, ROADS, WALKWAYS AND PARKING LOTS WILL BECOME ICY, SLIPPERY AND HAZARDOUS. IF VISIBILITY IS REDUCED WHILE DRIVING, SLOW DOWN, WATCH FOR TAIL LIGHTS AHEAD AND BE PREPARED TO STOP. 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