WWCN12 CWTO 140900
ORANGE WATCH - WINTER STORM
FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:00 A.M. EDT SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2026.
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ORANGE LEVEL WATCH - WINTER STORM - FOR:
      SAULT STE. MARIE - SUPERIOR EAST
      TIMMINS - COCHRANE
      GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY
      CHAPLEAU - GOGAMA
      KIRKLAND LAKE - TEMISKAMING SHORES - TEMAGAMI
      ELLIOT LAKE - RANGER LAKE
      MANITOULIN - BLIND RIVER - KILLARNEY
      NORTH BAY - WEST NIPISSING.

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IMPACT LEVEL: HIGH
FORECAST CONFIDENCE: HIGH

==DISCUSSION==

MAJOR WINTER STORM EXPECTED. 

WHAT: 
TOTAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 30 TO 50 CM. 
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 
WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 KM/H. 
ICE BUILDUP FROM FREEZING RAIN. 

WHEN: 
SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 
CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING IN A HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM IMPACTING 
NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO. AT THIS TIME, MOST REGIONS ARE EXPECTED TO SEE 
RAPIDLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL AND BLOWING SNOW. REGIONS FROM 
MANITOULIN ISLAND TOWARD KIRKLAND LAKE AND EAST ARE EXPECTED TO 
SWITCH OVER TO FREEZING RAIN OR ICE PELLETS BY MONDAY, LOWERING 
THEIR TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS. TRAVEL ON HIGHWAYS 11, 17 AND 101 WILL 
BE IMPACTED.

VISIBILITY MAY BE SUDDENLY REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT TIMES. ROAD 
CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. PROLONGED UTILITY OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. 
PREPARE FOR POSSIBLY PROLONGED DISRUPTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION, 
SERVICES, AND UTILITIES. 

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 POST REPORTS ON X USING (HASH)ONSTORM.

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