STRONG WINDS EARLY WEDNESDAY ALONG COLD FRONT. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DAMAGING WINDS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.
AN INTENSE COLORADO LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL SWEEP ACROSS THE REGIONS TONIGHT. IN GENERAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF 25 TO 40 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ESPECIALLY ALONG A SWATH EXTENDING FROM NORTHWESTERN SHORES OF LAKE SUPERIOR TO KAPUSKASING. EXTENSIVE BLOWING AND DRIFTING SNOW ARE ALSO FORECAST GIVING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. HEAVY SNOWFALL WILL START TAPERING OFF FROM THE THUNDER BAY ATIKOKAN AND VICINITY REGIONS OVERNIGHT AND FROM THE REST OF THE WARNED REGIONS WEDNESDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE DEEPENING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL BE TRIGGERED BY A FAST MOVING COLD FRONT MOVING FROM WEST TO EAST EARLY WEDNESDAY. ALONG THE FRONT WINDS WILL GUST TO 90 KM/H. A FEW LOCATIONS OVER THE NICKEL BELT AND EAST OF LAKE SUPERIOR WILL GUST NEAR 100 KM/H. NOTE THAT TEMPERATURES WILL DROP BEHIND THE COLD FRONT AND COLD WIND CHILLS ARE EXPECTED.