WOCN13 CWTO 220945
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
FOR FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:45 A.M. EDT WEDNESDAY 22 MAY 2024.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FOR:
=NEW= SANDY LAKE - WEAGAMOW LAKE - DEER LAKE
=NEW= SUMMER BEAVER - WUNNUMMIN LAKE - KINGFISHER LAKE.

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==DISCUSSION==

RAIN CHANGING TO A PERIOD OF HEAVY SNOWFALL FOR SOME AREAS THIS 
AFTERNOON. 

HAZARDS: 
A FEW HOURS OF HEAVY, WET SNOW GIVING A QUICK 10 TO 15 CM OF 
ACCUMULATION. 
SNOWFALL RATES UP TO 5 CM PER HOUR. 
REDUCED VISIBILITY IN AREAS OF HEAVY SNOW. 

TIMING: 
THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY THIS EVENING. 

DISCUSSION: 
RAIN WILL BEGIN THIS MORNING, BUT SHOULD BECOME MIXED WITH OR 
COMPLETELY CHANGE OVER TO WET SNOW THIS AFTERNOON AS TEMPERATURES 
DROP TO NEAR THE FREEZING MARK. FOR SOME AREAS, A FEW HOURS OF HEAVY 
WET SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE, GIVING ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY EXCEED 10 
CM. 

AT THIS POINT, THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO EXPERIENCE THIS PERIOD OF 
HEAVY WET SNOW IS SOUTH OF BIG TROUT LAKE, INCLUDING KINGFISHER LAKE 
AND WEAGAMOW LAKE. 

THE SNOW WILL DIMINISH IN INTENSITY THIS EVENING, ALTHOUGH A FEW 
ADDITIONAL CENTIMETRES WILL BE POSSIBLE TONIGHT INTO THURSDAY BEFORE 
PRECIPITATION ENDS.

PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY 
ENVIRONMENT CANADA. TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER, SEND AN EMAIL TO 
ONSTORM(AT)EC.GC.CA OR TWEET REPORTS USING (HASH)ONSTORM.

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