Active AlertsMitchell, ON

Orange Warning - Snow Squall

Issued at Tue 12:44 PM Mar. 17
Issued by: Environment and Climate Change Canada
Description

Snow squalls with hazardous travel conditions today.

What:
Reduced visibility in areas of heavy snow and blowing snow.
Local snowfall amounts of 20 to 30 cm.

When:
Continuing today and easing this evening.

Additional Information:
Snow squalls off Lake Huron will be accompanied by westerly to northwesterly winds gusting to 50 km/h.

Conditions are expected to slowly improve beginning late this afternoon.

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Travel will likely be extremely hazardous. Visibility will likely be suddenly reduced to near zero at times. Road closures are possible. Utility outages are likely.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #ONStorm.

Recommended Action


Prepare for quickly changing and deteriorating travel conditions.

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