Tuesday Morning News – November 21

Nov 21, 2017 @ 07:47

Weather –  Today, a few rain showers changing to flurries this morning. Local blowing snow this afternoon. Snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 becoming northwest 30 gusting to 50 near noon. Temperature falling to minus 7 this afternoon. Tonight will be mainly cloudy with 30 percent chance of flurries. Wind northwest 20 km/h gusting to 40 becoming light this evening. Low minus 13.

Marine – Gale warning in effect.Wind southwest 25 knots increasing to west 35 early this morning then veering to northwest 35 late this morning. Wind diminishing to northwest 30 this afternoon and to northwest 20 overnight. Wind diminishing to northwest 15 Wednesday morning then backing to west 15 near noon Wednesday. Wind increasing to west 20 Wednesday afternoon and to west 25 Wednesday evening. Waves 2 metres building to 3 to 4 near noon then subsiding to 2 near midnight. Waves subsiding to one Wednesday morning then building to 2 Wednesday evening.

Roads

	2017-11-21 – early morning report
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2017-11-21 5:22
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	bare and dry road	2017-11-21 3:55
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	bare and dry road with bare and wet road, partly snow covered sections.	2017-11-21 3:27
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2017-11-21 5:22
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and wet road	2017-11-21 5:20
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2017-11-21 3:55
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	bare and wet road	2017-11-21 3:55
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2017-11-21 5:21
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	bare and wet road	2017-11-21 3:55
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	bare and dry road	2017-11-21 3:55
631	White River to Highway 11	bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections.	2017-11-21 5:21

News Tidbits – It looks like today will be a rainy, dreary day. Be extra careful as you go out – snow-packed surfaces may be icy as temperatures drop.

Canada continues to try and make smoking less attractive. Health Canada’s internal study has revealed that the most effective way to reduce smoking is to raise the price by raising the amount of taxes on a pack of cigarettes.