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WWCN16 CWHX 181323

FREEZING RAIN WARNING

FOR NEWFOUNDLAND

UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA

AT 10:53 A.M. NDT TUESDAY 18 MARCH 2025.

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FREEZING RAIN WARNING FOR:

      PORT SAUNDERS AND THE STRAITS

      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: UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON. 



REMARKS: FREEZING RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THIS AFTERNOON. 



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

EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH TONIGHT, WITH A FEW CENTIMETRES OF 

ACCUMULATION EXPECTED 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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