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Wednesday, March 05, 2008

Make the snow go away already....!

This is from the WeatherNetwork...Can you believe it??


Winter storm warning for: London - Middlesex
Issued at 8:51 AM EST WEDNESDAY 5 MARCH 2008
..A MIXED BAG OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TODAY.. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.

..THE SNOW HAS MOVED EAST OF THIS AREA..
A WINTER STORM CENTRED OVER THE ADIRONDACKS IS TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD INTO NEW ENGLAND THIS MORNING. THE STORM IS BRINGING A MIX OF WINTRY PRECIPITATION TO SOUTHERN ONTARIO. HOWEVER THE PRECIPITATION HAS TURNED OVER TO SNOW IN ALL AREAS EXCEPT EASTERN ONTARIO EAST OF KINGSTON. ..WINTER STORM WARNING..SNOW MIXED WITH FREEZING RAIN AND ICE PELLETS CURRENTLY STRETCHES FROM JUST EAST OF KINGSTON TO OTTAWA EAST TO THE QUEBEC BORDER. THIS WILL CHANGE TO ALL SNOW THIS MORNING AS THE STORM CENTRE PASSES BY. OVER EASTERN ONTARIO REGIONS IN THE WINTER STORM WARNING HAVE RECEIVED 15 TO 20 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW AND ICE PELLETS AND WILL RECEIVE 10 TO 15 ADDITIONAL CENTIMETRES TODAY WITH SOME FREEZING RAIN POSSIBLE THIS MORNING. THE SNOW AND ICE PELLET ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED TO BE VERY HEAVY FOR THOSE SHOVELLING. ..SNOWFALL WARNING..THE SNOW HAS ENDED OVER WINDSOR AND SARNIA AND AS OF 8 AM WINDSOR HAS RECEIVED 20 CENTIMETRES OF SNOW. THE REMAINING REGIONS WILL SEE THE SNOW END FROM WEST TO EAST THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY. FURTHER NORTHEAST ALONG AN AXIS FROM BARRIE TO PETAWAWA ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF 10 TO 15 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED AND WILL END LATER THIS AFTERNOON. TRAVELLERS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ALTER PLANS ACCORDINGLY AS DRIVING CONDITIONS ARE HAZARDOUS ACROSS ALL OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO.

PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECASTS FOR FURTHER DETAILS.

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