Monday Morning News – November 6

Nov 6, 2017 @ 07:46

Weather – Mainly cloudy with 40 percent chance of flurries this morning. A few flurries beginning near noon. Local amount 2 cm. Wind becoming west 20 km/h late this morning. High zero. Tonight – Flurries. Local amount 2 cm. Wind west 20 km/h becoming light this evening. Low minus 9.

Winter Weather Travel Advisory in effect for this afternoon, evening and overnight – Brief but intense snowfall could affect road conditions and visibilities today into Tuesday morning. Travel conditions are expected to be the most difficult this evening and overnight.

 

Marine – Strong wind warning in effect.Wind northwest 25 knots diminishing to northwest 15 this morning then increasing to west 25 this afternoon. Wind veering to northwest 20 overnight then diminishing to northwest 15 Tuesday morning. Wind increasing to southwest 20 Tuesday evening. Waves one and one half to 2 metres.

 

Roads

	Last updated: 2017-11-05 – night report
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections.	2017-11-04 5:06
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	bare and dry road	2017-11-04 5:23
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2017-11-04 21:47
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	bare and dry road	2017-11-05 0:30
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2017-11-04 21:49
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2017-11-04 21:51
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	bare and wet road	2017-11-04 21:51
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections.	2017-11-04 21:52
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	bare and wet road	2017-11-04 21:51
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	bare and dry road with bare and wet road sections.	2017-11-04 21:51
631	White River to Highway 11	bare and wet road with partly snow covered sections.	2017-11-04 21:52

 

News Tidbits – at about 7:30 this morning, the OFSC advised that they were now opening up the site for everyone as we continue to monitor the performance and speed. They ask that everyone remember that a transaction may take up to  12 seconds to process, please DO NOT resubmit or hit the back button during this time. If you time out during the transaction, please email [email protected] immediately with the exact time of your attempted transaction and email address.

They hope to give the full green light soon and again, thank you for your continued support and patience as we’ve been working diligently to get this resolved.