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WWCN16 CWHX 180751

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR NEWFOUNDLAND

ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 5:21 A.M. NDT TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

=NEW= PORT SAUNDERS AND THE STRAITS

=NEW= NORTHERN PENINSULA EAST.



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==DISCUSSION==



FREEZING RAIN IS EXPECTED OR OCCURRING.



LOCATION: GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA. 



FREEZING RAIN DURATION: NEAR 4 HOURS. 



TIME SPAN: THIS MORNING TO THIS AFTERNOON. 



REMARKS: RAIN IS EXPECTED TO TRANSITION THROUGH FREEZING RAIN AND 

ICE PELLETS TO A BRIEF PERIOD OF SNOW AS TEMPERATURES DROP BELOW 

ZERO. THE FREEZING RAIN WILL BE PATCHY AND GENERALLY LIGHT IN 

NATURE, BUT COULD STILL POSE A HAZARD TO TRAVEL, ESPECIALLY AS WATER 

FROM THE PRECEDING RAINFALL BEGINS TO FREEZE. 



WHILE THE SNOW WILL END THIS AFTERNOON OVER MOST AREAS, IT IS 

EXPECTED TO PERSIST TROUGH TONIGHT WITH A FEW CENTIMETRES OF 

ACCUMULATION ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE GREAT NORTHERN PENINSULA TO THE 

SOUTH OF HARE BAY.



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

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

AFFECTED AREAS. 



FREEZING RAIN WARNINGS ARE ISSUED WHEN RAIN FALLING IN SUB-ZERO 

TEMPERATURES CREATES ICE BUILD-UP AND ICY SURFACES. 



PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 

ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 

NLSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)NLWX.



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