Saturday Morning News – January 27

Weather

Today	A few rain showers or flurries changing to flurries this morning. Risk of snow squalls late this afternoon. Fog patches dissipating this morning. Local snowfall amount 2 cm. Wind southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50. Temperature falling to minus 3 this afternoon.
Tonight	Flurries ending overnight then cloudy. Risk of snow squalls early this evening. Local amount 2 cm. Wind north 20 km/h. Low minus 17. Wind chill minus 25.

 

Snow squall watch in effect for:

• Wawa – Pukaskwa Park
• White River – Dubreuilville

Brief, intense snowfall is expected to develop. Under the snow squall, visibilities will be significantly reduced due to the heavy snow.

A brief but intense snow squall, associated with a fast moving cold front, will cross the regions late this afternoon or early this evening.

 

Roads

	2018-01-27 – early morning report
101	Timmins to Highway 144	partly snow covered	2018-01-27 2:24
101	Highway 144 to Shawmere River	partly snow covered with bare and wet road sections.	2018-01-27 2:26
101	Shawmere River to Highway 651	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-01-27 5:24
101	Highway 651 to Wawa	bare and wet road	2018-01-27 5:22
129	Thessalon to Aubrey Falls	partly snow packed with bare and wet road sections.	2018-01-27 3:16
129	Aubrey Falls to Chapleau	bare and wet road with partly snow packed sections.	2018-01-27 5:24
17	Sault Saint Marie North Limits to Montreal River Bridge	bare and wet road	2018-01-27 4:20
17	Montreal River Bridge to Wawa	bare and wet road	2018-01-27 5:22
17	Wawa to Paint Lake Rd	bare and wet road	2018-01-27 5:22
17	Paint Lake Rd to Southwest of White River	bare and wet road	2018-01-27 5:23
519	Highway 17 – Dambrossio Township to Green Lake Road – Dunphy Township	bare and wet road	2018-01-27 5:22
547	Highway 101 to Hawk Junction	bare and wet road	2018-01-27 5:22
631	White River to Highway 11	bare and wet road with bare and dry road, partly snow packed sections.	2018-01-27 5:23
651	Highway 101 to Missinabi	snow packed	2018-01-27 5:24

 

News Tidbits – Don’t forget the Annual Emergency Services Game tonight at the MMCC!

Remember that as temperatures drop, all those melting surfaces will become glazed. The forecasted drop in temperature late this afternnon or early evening will freeze and may create problems.