Hanmer, Ontario, Canada Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

A major winter storm expected Sunday evening to Monday night.

What:
Possible snowfall amounts of 10 to 20 cm.
Reduced visibility in heavy snow and blowing snow.
Freezing rain is possible.

When:
Beginning Sunday evening through to Monday night. 

Additional information:
A rapidly intensifying low pressure system is expected to track over the Great Lakes. Precipitation is expected to begin as freezing drizzle or light freezing rain before transitioning to ice pellets or snow Sunday night. Snow mixed with ice pellets and freezing rain at times is expected to change to snow Monday afternoon and end overnight. 

There remains some uncertainty regarding the track of the low pressure system and as a result exact precipitation amounts remain somewhat uncertain.

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Roads and walkways may be difficult to navigate. Visibility may be suddenly reduced to near zero at times. Road closures are possible. Local utility outages are possible.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada. To report severe weather, send an email to ONstorm@ec.gc.ca or post reports on X using #ONStorm.

For more information about the alerting program, please visit: https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/colour-coded-alerts.