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WIND WARNING & Snow Possible: North Bay – West Nipissing, Port Loring

March 10, 2009 George Walters Leave a comment

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.

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Weather

Highway 522, Ontario Road Conditions

March 7, 2009 George Walters Leave a comment


Segment	Surface	Visibility	Observed at
Cranberry to 7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing	Bare and Dry	Good	2009/03/07 01:45 PM
7 km W. of Fleming’s Landing to Trout Creek	Bare and Dry	Good	2009/03/07 01:45 PM

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Weather

Weather Warnings Port Loring

February 27, 2009 George Walters Leave a comment

North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa
8:55 AM EST Friday 27 February 2009
Blowing snow warning for
North Bay – Powassan – Mattawa & Port Loring continued

Extensive blowing snow today.

A low pressure system currently located east of Georgian Bay tracks north eastward this morning and into Québec this afternoon. Cold air will continue to flood into the regions from the north.

Additional snowfall amounts of 5 to 10 centimetres are expected along a line extending from Killarney to Kirkland Lake this morning and end later this morning.

Strong northerly winds gusting to 60 to 70 km/h will give extensive blowing snow. Bitterly cold temperatures combined with the snow and the wind will produce low visibilities. Wind chill values will be in the minus 30 to 35 range today.

Conditions will begin to improve near Lake Superior later this morning with the improvement spreading eastward to reach areas near the Québec border in the evening.

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Weather

WINTER STORM WARNING: North Bay – West Nipissing Issued at 3:46 PM EST THURSDAY 26 FEBRUARY 2009

February 26, 2009 George Walters Leave a comment

HEAVY SNOW TONIGHT. SNOW TAPERING OFF FRIDAY WITH EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW AND VERY COLD TEMPERATURES GIVING NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS. THIS IS A WARNING THAT DANGEROUS WINTER WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE IMMINENT OR OCCURRING IN THESE REGIONS. MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS..LISTEN FOR UPDATED STATEMENTS.

AN INTENSE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM FROM KANSAS WILL PASS JUST SOUTH OF THE REGIONS EARLY FRIDAY BRINGING A MAJOR STORM WITH AND BLOWING SNOW TO THE REGIONS. SNOW WILL DEVELOP OVER ALL REGIONS THIS EVENING. SNOWFALL AMOUNTS OF TO 20 TO 30 CENTIMETRES ARE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF NORTHERN ONTARIO INCLUDING THE NICKEL BELT. FURTHER NORTHWEST SNOWFALL AMOUNTS WILL TAPER OFF TO ABOUT 10 CENTIMETRES. STRONG NORTHERLY WINDS GUSTING TO 60 TO 70 KM/H WILL DEVELOP EARLY FRIDAY GIVING EXTENSIVE BLOWING SNOW. BITTERLY COLD TEMPERATURES COMBINED WITH THE SNOW AND THE WIND WILL PRODUCE NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES. CONDITIONS WILL BEGIN TO IMPROVE NEAR LAKE SUPERIOR NEAR NOON FRIDAY WITH THE IMPROVEMENT SPREADING EASTWARD TO REACH AREAS NEAR THE QUEBEC BORDER IN THE EVENING.

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Health, Weather

Weather Forecasting Not Just Left Up To Meteorologists

February 16, 2009 George Walters Leave a comment

The effect of changes in the weather on our health is undeniable. Just ask the severe rheumatoid arthritis patient about his or her joint pain during rainy days. Atmospheric pressure can be felt by those with achy joints or metal implants in their bodies. They can predict the weather better than some network television meteorologists. How can you be wrong when the atmosphere is in your bones, literally? And remember; The sun is a person’s most crucial source of vitamin D which we all need to live a healthy life. So get as much of it as humanly possible this comming summer. Not far off either and I am sure lookin’ forward to it.

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