WEATHER ALERT
ENVIRONMENT CANADA
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Weather Advisory in effect for:
- Elliot Lake - Ranger Lake
- Blind River - Thessalon
Winter weather travel advisory in effect. Snow, heavy at times, is expected today through Friday.
Hazards: Total local snowfall amounts near 15 to 25 cm.
Timing: Today through Friday evening.
Discussion: An approaching low pressure system is expected to bring snow across the region starting early this afternoon. The snow is expected to transition to lake effect flurries for Friday.
Total snowfall amounts of 10 to 15 centimetres are expected by Thursday morning with an additional 5 to 10 centimetres locally on Friday.
Motorists should expect hazardous winter driving conditions and adjust travel plans accordingly. Surfaces such as highways, roads, walkways and parking lots may become difficult to navigate due to accumulating snow.
Avoid travel if possible.
For road conditions and other traveller information from the Ministry of Transportation, visit ontario.ca/511, twitter.com/511Ontario, or call 5-1-1. Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using #ONStorm.
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