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Incoming heavy snow with freezing rain for northern Ont.


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Sunday, February 18, 2018, 12:54 PM - Pacific moisture ahead of a developing U.S. system brings snow to northern Ontario Sunday, before a more significant system sets up early this week.

Environment Canada issued special weather statements along the northern shores of Lake Superior, including Thunder Bay and Sault Ste. Marie, in anticipation of up to 15 cm of snow by Monday.

Looking ahead, more heavy snowfall will move in Monday night, accompanied by a mix of ice pellets and freezing rain from northern Georgian Bay to the Nickel Belt through Tuesday.

"The active pattern is due to the region being the dividing line between the arctic air to the west and much milder weather to the southeast that attempts to surge north," says Weather Network meteorologist Dr. Doug Gillham. "We'll see messy weather along the boundary between the air masses, primarily for the Nickel Belt."

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While parts of northern Ontario will see a taste of the warmth in the coming days, it will still be cold enough for snow. For example, Family Day on Monday will be 5°C in Toronto, while -3°C is the daytime high forecast in Sault Ste. Marie.

Widespread snow tracks close to the international border in northwestern Ontario through Sunday, pushing slightly north and east of Lake Superior through the afternoon.

For Family Day, the active storm track will be in full swing, allowing for a couple of systems to be guided through the province. Another round of snow will quickly develop for the holiday Monday, especially for areas east and northeast of Lake Superior.

Another system will arrive through Tuesday, but the exact track of the storm will be very important to decipher where the heavier band of snow will be and whether the storms are more of an issue for just northeastern Ontario and the Nickel Belt, or if northwestern Ontario gets clipped by snow next week as well. 

Either way, travel will be impacted a few times along the Trans-Canada Highway, but these will likely not be highway-closing storms.

According to Gillham, the rest of the province will see a return to winter within a few days of March 1.

"March has the potential to be a rather wild month!," Gillham says. 

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