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WINTER STORM WATCH: City of TorontoIssued at 9:12 AM EST SUNDAY 30 NOVEMBER 2008

..WINTER STORM FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO..

THIS IS AN ALERT TO THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.


A COMPLEX STORM IS APPROACHING SOUTHERN ONTARIO..COMPOSED OF AN ALBERTA CLIPPER LOCATED OVER INDIANA THIS MORNING AND A DEVELOPING TEXAS-LOUISIANA LOW WHICH IS EXPECTED TO MOVE UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF THE UNITED STATES.

THESE TWO SYSTEMS WILL COMBINE TO GIVE ANYWHERE FROM 10 TO 25 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW FOR MOST REGIONS. WET SNOW MIXED WITH RAIN WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN ONTARIO THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO EASTERN AND CENTRAL ONTARIO THIS EVENING.

AS TEMPERATURES ARE HOVERING NEAR ZERO THE ELEVATION OF THE REGION WILL BE A FACTOR FOR THE TYPE OF PRECIPITATION.

THE GOLDEN HORSESHOE WILL SEE WET SNOW CHANGING TO RAIN THEN BACK TO WET FLURRIES MONDAY WITH SNOW AMOUNTS AROUND 5 CENTIMETRES IN THE CITY CENTRES AND AS MUCH AS 15 OVER HIGHER GROUND AWAY FROM THE LAKE.

AREAS NORTH OF TORONTO FROM THE OAK RIDGES MORAINE TO THE HALIBURTON AND DUNDALK HIGHLANDS WILL SEE HEAVY WET SNOW GIVING ACCUMULATIONS OF 15 TO 20 CENTIMETRES. ALL OF THE REGIONS WILL SEE THE PRECIPITATION LIGHTEN MONDAY MORNING TO INTERMITTENT WET SNOW. SOME MINOR ACCUMULATION IS STILL POSSIBLE.

EASTERN ONTARIO IS A LITTLE MORE UNCERTAIN AS THE TEXAS-LOUISIANA LOW INTENSIFIES ALONG THE EASTERN SEABOARD. AS USUAL THE OTTAWA AND ST LAWRENCE VALLEYS COULD SEE A MIXED BAG OF WET SNOW ICE PELLETS AND SOME FREEZING RAIN. ACCUMULATIONS MAY BE REDUCED SOMEWHAT OVER EASTERN ONTARIO DUE TO THE MIXED PRECIPITATION.

STRONG WINDS ARE ALSO QUITE POSSIBLE WITH THIS TYPE OF WINTER STORM AND MAY BLOW TREE LIMBS COVERED IN WET SNOW ONTO POWER LINES..CAUSING POTENTIAL POWER OUTAGES.

COLDER AIR FLOODING OVER THE GREAT LAKES ON THE BACK SIDE OF THE WINTER STORM WILL ALSO LIKELY GENERATE MORE SNOWSQUALLS FOR THE SNOWBELT REGIONS BY MONDAY NIGHT AND INTO TUESDAY.

MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR DANGEROUS WINTER DRIVING CONDITIONS AND ALTER TRAVEL PLANS ACCORDINGLY.

VERY LOW VISIBILITY IN HEAVY SNOW AND LOCAL BLOWING SNOW WILL BE QUITE POSSIBLE IN THIS STORM. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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