Blizzard Warning Replaces Winter Storm Warning

Environment Canada

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Blizzard conditions through tonight.

Travel will be extremely difficult and is not advised.

Hazards: Blizzard conditions with wind gusts of 100 to 110 km/h. Utility outages are possible. Snowfall amounts of 5 to 15 cm by Saturday morning. Wind chill values into the minus twenties.

Timing: Blizzard conditions easing early Saturday morning. Snow will taper to flurries Saturday morning. Very cold wind chill values will persist into the weekend.

Discussion: Blizzard conditions will ease early Saturday morning. Remember, it does not take much accumulation in combination with very strong winds for whiteout conditions to develop.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.

To report severe weather in Ontario, send an email to onstorm@ec.gc.ca or tweet reports using #ONStorm.

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