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WOCN11 CWTO 192104
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
ISSUED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA ONTARIO REGION.
4:04 PM EST WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 2008.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT ISSUED FOR..
CITY OF TORONTO
WINDSOR - ESSEX - CHATHAM-KENT
SARNIA - LAMBTON
ELGIN
LONDON - MIDDLESEX
SIMCOE - DELHI - NORFOLK
DUNNVILLE - CALEDONIA - HALDIMAND
OXFORD - BRANT
NIAGARA
CITY OF HAMILTON
HALTON - PEEL
YORK - DURHAM
HURON - PERTH
WATERLOO - WELLINGTON
DUFFERIN - INNISFIL
GREY - BRUCE
BARRIE - ORILLIA - MIDLAND
BELLEVILLE - QUINTE - NORTHUMBERLAND
KINGSTON - PRINCE EDWARD
PETERBOROUGH - KAWARTHA LAKES
PARRY SOUND - MUSKOKA.

..THE FIRST GENERAL SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON FOR SOUTHERN ONTARIO..

AN ALBERTA CLIPPER OVER LAKE SUPERIOR IS MAKING A BEELINE TOWARDS
THE LOWER GREAT LAKES OVERNIGHT. SNOW IS BEGINNING TO ENVELOP MANY
AREAS OF SOUTHERN ONTARIO EARLY THIS EVENING INCLUDING THE GOLDEN
HORSESHOE AREA.

PERIODS OF SNOW SHOULD CONTINUE TONIGHT BEFORE TAPERING TO FLURRIES
EARLY THURSDAY.  SNOWFALL ACCUMULATIONS OF AROUND 5 TO LOCALLY 10
CENTIMETRES ARE LIKELY FOR MANY REGIONS. THE SNOWFALL WILL TEND TO
BE RATHER WET IN THE SHORELINE LOCALITIES ALONG LAKES ERIE AND
ONTARIO INCLUDING TORONTO. THIS MAY LIMIT ACCUMULATIONS SOMEWHAT IN
THESE COMMUNITIES.

SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OVER EASTERN SECTIONS SUCH AS PETERBOROUGH TRENTON
AND KINGSTON MAY BE SOMEWHAT LESS AS THESE AREAS WILL BE NEAR THE
EDGE OF THE WEATHER SYSTEM.

IN THE LONGER TERM..A SIGNIFICANT SNOW SQUALL EVENT IS SHAPING UP
FOR THURSDAY AND ESPECIALLY THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY FOR AREAS TO
THE LEE OF THE GREAT LAKES. A SNOW SQUALL WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE AFFECTED AREAS.

MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION TONIGHT DUE TO REDUCED
VISIBILITIES AND POTENTIALLY ACCUMULATING SNOWFALL MAKING ROADS
SOMEWHAT HAZARDOUS. THIS EVENING'S AND THURSDAY MORNING'S COMMUTE
MAY BE LONGER DUE TO SLIPPERY CONDITIONS AND SOME SNOW ACCUMULATION.

LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION MAY ALSO BE
FOUND BY CONSULTING THE LATEST PUBLIC FORECAST. THE NEXT PUBLIC
FORECAST WILL BE ISSUED BY 5 AM.

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