Weather/Roads

Special Weather Statement – White River – Dubreuilville

Freezing rain is expected Wednesday and Wednesday night. Precipitation is forecast to begin as snow for most regions tonight except rain is likely near the shore of Lake Superior. Snow or rain will then transition to freezing rain or ice pellets Wednesday morning. Several hours of freezing rain is possible and significant ice accretion may occur before the precipitation transitions ...

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Special Weather Statement – Wawa – Pukaskwa Park

Locally heavy rain and significant snowmelt Wednesday and Wednesday night. Locally heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecast to move across the area Wednesday into Wednesday night. Local rainfall amounts up to 25 mm are possible. In addition, very mild temperatures will result in rapid snowmelt and significant run-off. The combination of locally heavy rain and run-off may result in ...

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Special Weather Statement – Chapleau – Gogama

Special weather statement in effect for: Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Locally heavy rain and significant snow melt Wednesday and Wednesday night. Locally heavy showers and isolated thunderstorms are forecast to move across the area Wednesday into Wednesday night. Local rainfall amounts up to 25 mm are possible. In addition, very mild temperatures will result in rapid snow melt and significant ...

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Special Weather Statement – Geraldton – Manitouwadge – Hornepayne

Special weather statement in effect for: Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Freezing rain is expected Wednesday and Wednesday night. Precipitation is forecast to begin as snow for most regions tonight except rain is likely near the shore of Lake Superior. Snow or rain will then transition to freezing rain or ice pellets Wednesday morning. Several hours of freezing rain is possible and ...

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Wintry Precipitation forecast for Tonight

Special weather statement in effect for: White River – Dubreuilville Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Mix of wintry precipitation expected including an extended period of freezing rain Wednesday. Precipitation is forecast to begin tonight as snow over most of the area. However, for areas closer to Lake Superior including Marathon and White River, this precipitation is forecast to begin as rain. However, ...

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Freezing Rain Warning (Wawa- Pukaskwa Park, Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake)

Freezing rain warning in effect for: Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Freezing rain continues this morning. What: Freezing rain. Ice accretion of 5 to 10 mm is expected in the hardest hit areas. Where: A corridor stretching from the north shore of Lake Superior to the Quebec border. This includes the following highways: ...

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Rain, Freezing Rain and Heavy Snow along Northeastern Lake Superior

Freezing rain warning in effect for: Wawa – White River- Pukaskwa Park White River – Agawa Lake Superior Park – Timmins Cochrane – Iroquois Falls Chapleau – Missinabie A weather system coming from Wisconsin will bring a mixed bag of rain to snow. A corridor of freezing rain is expected along and north of Highway 101, including Timmins. This includes ...

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Highway Closures – 6:56

Mar 1, 2021 at 06:56 Highway 11 has been opened.   Mar 1, 2021 at 04:55 Hwy631 has reopened in both directions (Hornepayne to Highway 11).   Mar 1, 2021 at 03:55 Hwy 11 is closed between Geraldton to Cochrane. Hwy 11 reduced to one lane south of Cochrane due to a disabled transport. Disabled Vehicle on HWY 11 Southbound ...

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Weather Conditions Detoriating – Hwy 17 (Wawa to Batchawana Bay) OPEN

Mar 1, 2021 at 02:00 Highway 17 between Wawa and Batchawana Bay has been reopened. Feb 28, 2021 at 20:04 Highway 17 between Wawa and Batchawana Bay has been closed citing poor weather conditions. Marathon – Westbound at Lafarge Plant Entr. N – Westbound lane has reopened. Feb 28, 2021 at 19:58 The storm that they have forecast has hit. ...

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Poor weather expected Sunday

A low-pressure system currently centred over Kansas will move north-northeast, and will be over Marquette, Michigan by mid-Sunday. This weather system will bring snow, and strong northwest winds gusting up to 70 km/h by Sunday evening. This system will create snow, at times heavy beginning late Sunday morning or afternoon. For Wawa to Pukaskwa Park snowfall from 10 to 15cm ...

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Snow Squalls to stretch from Pukaskwa Park to Lake Superior Park

  Snow squall warning in effect for Wawa – Pukaskwa Park – Agawa – Lake Superior Park Snow squalls continue today. Snow squalls have developed between Wawa and White River south of Highway 17 and will move into the town of Wawa later this morning. The snow squalls will drift into the Agawa region this afternoon. Travel along Highway 17 ...

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Poor Travel Weather for North Shore of Lake Superior Communies

The radar at Montreal River is snowing snow just between Michipicoten Island and the mainland (Wesdome/Pukaskwa Park). A look at AccuWeather’s radar map that shows the weather coming at Lake Superior from Minnesota displays two significant bands of weather that are headed towards Marquette. This combined with the lack of ice cover on Lake Superior means that lake effect snow ...

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Extreme Cold Weather Conditions today

Extreme Cold Warning

Ninety percent or so of Northern Ontario is under an Extreme Cold Warning. Extreme lows vary from values of -45 but no warmer than -30. Vehicles may not start even if they have been plugged in. Wawa is currently showing -28, Chapleau -33. Locally Wawa – Pukaskwa Park White River – Dubreuilville Manitouwadge – Hornepayne Chapleau – Missinaibi Lake Gogama ...

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