Saturday Morning News – October 28

Weather – Cloudy with 60 percent chance of flurries. Wind northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40. High plus 1. Tonight will be cloudy. Becoming partly cloudy near midnight. 60 percent chance of flurries over eastern sections this evening. Wind north 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 8.

Marine – Strong wind warning in effect. Wind northeast 30 knots diminishing to north 20 near noon and to north 15 this evening. Wind diminishing to variable 10 overnight then increasing to south 20 Sunday morning. Waves 2 metres subsiding to one this afternoon and to one half metre near midnight. Waves building to one near noon Sunday.

Roads 

Highway Range Road Conditions Last Updated
101 Shawmere River to Highway 651 bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections. 2017-10-28 5:06
101 Highway 651 to Wawa bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections. 2017-10-28 5:29
129 Thessalon to Aubrey Falls bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections. 2017-10-28 3:33
129 Aubrey Falls to Chapleau
17 Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge bare and wet road 2017-10-28 5:28
17 Montreal River Bridge to Wawa bare and wet road 2017-10-28 5:29
17 Wawa to Paint Lake Rd bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections. 2017-10-28 5:29
17 Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River bare and wet road with snow covered sections. 2017-10-28 5:30
519 Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township bare and wet road with partly snow covered, partly snow packed sections. 2017-10-28 5:29
547 Highway 101 to Hawk Junction bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections. 2017-10-28 5:29
631 White River to Highway 11 bare and wet road with snow covered sections. Poor visibility. 2017-10-28 5:30

News tidbits – the MFN Halloween Dance and pumpkin carving contest is tonight at the MFN rink from 7 – 10 p.m. and the Haunted Trail is on for $5. It was cancelled last night because of the snow.