WWCN12 CWTO 150146
ORANGE WARNING - WINTER STORM
FOR NORTHERN ONTARIO
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 9:46 P.M. EDT SATURDAY 14 MARCH 2026.
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ORANGE LEVEL WARNING - WINTER STORM - FOR:
      GREATER SUDBURY AND VICINITY
      TEMISKAMING SHORES - TEMAGAMI
      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 AND ICE PELLET ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 20 CM. 
NEAR ZERO VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND BLOWING SNOW. 
FREEZING RAIN WITH 6 TO 12 MM OF ICE BUILD-UP. 
NORTHEASTERLY WIND GUSTS OF 70 TO 80 KM/H. 

WHEN: 
SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT. 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 
A HAZARDOUS WINTER STORM WILL BEGIN AFFECTING NORTHEASTERN ONTARIO 
ON SUNDAY. PRECIPITATION IS EXPECTED TO BEGIN AS RAPIDLY 
ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL BEFORE TRANSITIONING TO FREEZING RAIN OR ICE 
PELLETS SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. SOME REGIONS MAY SEE A WARM UP TO 
RAIN MONDAY MORNING BEFORE RETURNING TO SNOW LATE MONDAY. TRAVEL ON 
HIGHWAYS 11 AND 17 WILL BE IMPACTED.

TRAVEL WILL LIKELY BE HAZARDOUS. ROAD CLOSURES ARE POSSIBLE. 
PROLONGED UTILITY OUTAGES ARE LIKELY. AVOID NON-ESSENTIAL TRAVEL AND 
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES. 

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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