Monday Morning News – October 30

Oct 30, 2017 @ 07:48

Weather – Periods of snow mixed with rain. Local snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind becoming northeast 20 km/h gusting to 40 this morning. High plus 2. Tonight – Periods of light snow. Snow at times mixed with rain early this evening. Wind north 20 km/h gusting to 40. Low minus 3.

Marine – Strong wind warning in effect. Wind southwest 15 knots becoming variable 15 early this morning then becoming northeast 15 near noon. Wind increasing to north 20 this afternoon and to north 25 this evening. Wind backing to northwest 20 overnight then diminishing to northwest 10 Tuesday afternoon.

Roads

Highway	Range	Road Conditions	Last Updated
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2017-10-29 14:25
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:25
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:24
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2017-10-29 14:25
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:24
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:25
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:25
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:25
17	Southwest of White River to Marathon	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2017-10-29 14:03
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:25
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	bare and dry road	2017-10-29 14:25
631	White River to Highway 11	bare and wet road with bare and dry road sections.	2017-10-29 14:25

 

Please note that the Lacroix bus from Dubreuilville is not running today due to the icy road condition.  These students normally travel to Wawa to attend ADSB elementary school and Ecole St. Joseph.

Other travelers to and from Dubreuilville may wish to take extra care this morning.

Do you know? The radio version of H.G. Wells’s War of the Worlds was first broadcast via radio on this day in 1938; panicking most of the listeners who believed they were listening to a real news radio broadcast.