Snowfall warning for: Waterloo - Wellington
Issued at 11:57 AM EST WEDNESDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2007
..10 TO 20 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW LIKELY BY THURSDAY NIGHT..
AN APPROACHING WINTER STORM FROM MISSOURI WILL BRING THE FIRST WINTER STORM OF THE SEASON TONIGHT AND THURSDAY. MANY REGIONS EXTENDING FROM LAKE HURON EAST TO THE DUNDALK HIGHLANDS IS CURRENTLY SEEING RAIN BUT AS THE TEMPERATURE FALLS TO NEAR FREEZING THE RAIN WILL QUICKLY CHANGE OVER TO WET SNOW AND ICE PELLETS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN SNOW TONIGHT. NEAR 10 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW IS EXPECTED TO FALL TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 10 CENTIMETRES TO FOLLOW ON THURSDAY. HIGHER SNOW AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO FALL OVER HIGHER TERRAIN. REGIONS ACROSS EASTERN ONTARIO INCLUDING OTTAWA HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED SNOW FROM A PREVIOUS DISTURBANCE AND WILL CONTINUE TO SEE SNOW FALL TONIGHT AND INTO THURSDAY. TOTAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS NEAR 15 CENTIMETRES BY THURSDAY NIGHT ARE POSSIBLE AS THE WINTER STORM SLOWLY MOVES EAST ACROSS THE LOWER LAKES TONIGHT INTO NEW ENGLAND BY THURSDAY NIGHT. THE GREATER TORONTO AREA WILL BE VERY CLOSE TO THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE HEAVY SNOW BUT IS STILL EXPECTED TO RECEIVE SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF SNOW MIXED WITH ICE PELLETS. DEPENDING ON HOW MUCH ICE PELLETS FORM AT THE EXPENSE OF THE SNOW CURRENT SNOWFALL ESTIMATES OVER THE GREATER TORONTO AREA IS 5 TO 10 CENTIMETRES TONIGHT WITH AN ADDITIONAL 5 TO 10 CENTIMETRES THURSDAY. REGIONS CLOSE TO THE LAKE MAY SEE LESSER AMOUNTS DUE TO WARMER TEMPERATURES ALONG THE LAKESHORE. FOR FURTHER DETAIL OVER THE REST OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO PLEASE READ THE SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT RELEASED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA.PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.
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